![]() Kevin didn’t learn anything from the first film. It was also a default way to generate a sequel to a film – stick the characters in a new situation, maybe somewhere iconic like say New York, and basically do the same story again. There’s a proud tradition of British sitcoms sending their characters on holiday to create a feature film. Will Kevin survive the vengeful bandits? Will Catherine O’Hara’s Kate get to see her son again? Will anyone have a Merry Christmas? When they spot him they see a chance for revenge, but Kevin manages to hide himself in a building and stay one step ahead of them. The Wet Bandits have escaped from prison and are in New York. Mr Hector (Tim Curry) the hotel receptionist, and the bellhop Cedric (Rob Schneider) find it suspicious that they never see Kevin’s father, but that is the least of his trouble. Luckily, he also has his father’s credit card and cash, so he books himself into a hotel. BUT… he gets separated from his family, and ends up catching a plane to New York instead! But this time Kevin gets himself in the car, and makes it to the airport. Again they sleep-in and rush to the airport. Again Kevin gets in a fight with his brother, and has to sleep in the attic. ![]() Again, we have a big, chaotic household the night before. (I don’t know why the year before didn’t teach them the importance of family being together at home). Still, it IS undeniably fun.Ī year later, and this time the McAllisters are going to Florida for Christmas. Will Kevin survive Christmas alone? Will he outwit the bandits? And will his mother get home to her son?Īlthough it’s one of the most successful films EVER, Kevin McCallister is a brat, and now that I’m a grown up (in age terms at least) I can’t help but root for the Wet Bandits for most of the film. ![]() That is until they come across this one ingenious little boy determined to protect his castle. They have been surveying the McCallister’s street, and realise that this well-off suburb of Chicago, with its residents all away for Christmas, will be easy pickings for them. Kevin loves his temporary freedom, living the life of Riley, until the Wet Bandits (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) turn up. They can’t get back from Paris in time, so it looks like Kevin is going to get the Christmas of his dreams. When the family oversleeps the next morning, in the mad dash to the airport, Kevin is left behind, home alone, much to the horror of his parents (Catherine O’Hara and John Heard). All he wants is a plain cheese pizza, but when his brother Buzz eats the last piece, they get in a scrap, and Kevin is sent to sleep in the loft alone. Aunties, uncles, cousins, are all packed into one chaotic household, leaving poor Kevin (Macauley Culkin) feeling left out. The extended McCallister family is flying to Paris for a Christmas vacation. So, after one of the best Christmas films of the Millennium, it’s time for a nineties classic.
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