Home Alone 4 (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

2.0/10   

Director:

Rod Daniel

Writers (WGA):

John Hughes (characters)
Debra Frank (written by) ...

Release Date:

3 November 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with...

Plot Keywords:

Mansion | Christmas | Prince | Trap | Love

Cast

French Stewart	...	Marv Merchants
Erick Avari	...	Prescott
Barbara Babcock	...	Molly
Jason Beghe	...	Peter McCallister
Clare Carey	...	Kate McCallister
Joanna Going	...	Natalie
Missi Pyle	...	Vera
Gideon Jacobs	...	Buzz
Chelsea Russo	...	Megan
Mike Weinberg	...	Kevin McCallister (as Michael Weinberg)
Lisa King	...	Queen
Sean Cameron Michael	...	Cop (as Sean Michael)
Craig Geldenhuys	...	Prince
Andre Roothman	...	King
Anton Smuts	...	Cab Driver

Also Known As:

Home Alone: Taking Back the House (USA) (DVD title)
Esqueceram de Mim 4 (Brazil) (cable TV title) [pt]
Kevin - Allein gegen alle (Germany) [de]
Kevin - Allein zu Haus 4 (Germany) (DVD box title) [de]
Maman je suis seul contre tous (France) [fr]
Maman, je suis seul contre tous (Canada: French title) [fr]
Mamma ho allagato la casa (Italy) [it]
Mamma, ho allagato la casa (Italy) [it]
Mi pobre angelito 4 (Argentina) [es]
Yksin kotona 4 (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

Brazil:84 min | USA:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo (presented in Dolby Surround)

Certification:

USA:TV-G (TV rating) | USA:Unrated (original rating) | Finland:K-7 | Brazil:Livre | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG | Germany:o.Al. | UK:U | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Daniel Stern, who played Marv in the first two films, was approached to reprise his role in this one. Stern quickly declined, calling it "an insult, total garbage."

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the flood, you can see six inch boards on all the doorways keeping the water from spilling into adjacent rooms.

Quotes:

Vera: Marv, I gotta pee.
Marv Merchants: Vera, you can pee next week.

Movie Connections:

Follows Home Alone 3 (1997)

Just doesn't make the steal

Home Alone 4, a made for TV sequel to Home Alone 1 and 2 (part 3 had a different story line) just doesn't make the cut. The casting for Kevin and his brother and sister were terrible. The kids look younger and even in the film Kevin states he is 9 years old, where in the first two he was older, however he remembers one of the burgulars from before. Marv, played by French Stuart this time around, has a new partner, Vera, who isn't any brighter than Marv. They decided to cancel the Harry character, originally played by Joe Pesci, even though they do reference him a few times. Now, Kevin's parents are about to finalize their divorce. His father lives in a huge smart house mansion with his girlfriend Natalie and Kevin stays over for Christmas. But Marv and Vera show up with a new plan - kidnapping. Home Alone 4 makes a failed attempt of returning to the Kevin McCallister storyline, but they were better off using new characters.