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Home Alone is a American comedy film written and produced by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. It stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, and Catherine O'leondumoulin.nltion company‎: ‎Hughes Entertainment.
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The ruse clearly works — the poor pizza guy falls all over himself trying to get away from the perceived gunshots coming from the house — but then nothing happens. If he's under the impression that one of his delivery customers just tried to murder him, you'd think that he'd call the police, or at least report it to his manager, who would likely pass the incident along to the authorities. But it appears that instead, the pizza guy just kept the incident to himself and went about his day, never letting it slip to anyone that the residents of Lincoln Boulevard may occasionally murder unsuspecting delivery people.

Unlike the break-in extravaganza at the end of the film when the Wet Bandits inadvertently tell Kevin to expect them at nine o'clock, all he knows when he sets up his elaborate fake party is that two creepy guys in a van were hanging around outside his house earlier in the day. He had no way of knowing what time they'd be coming back — or if they were even planning on returning at all — yet he somehow managed to be enthusiastically dancing precisely when Harry and Marv Daniel Stern drove by that night.

Either Kevin happened to luck into putting his plan into motion at the exact right time, or he'd already been partying for hours with his cardboard friends by the time the Wet Bandits finally returned, just to make sure his bases were covered. What's even more baffling is how Kevin somehow knew when Harry and Marv made their return, and when they gave up and left, since he knew to go to the window to watch them drive away.

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The most plausible explanation is that he had the whole party setup ready to go as soon as their van turned onto his street, kept a close watch, and it was a lot less complicated than it appeared for him to put all the cutouts in motion — but it's more fun to think that Kevin was just rocking out with his inanimate guests all day. Although the church scene between Kevin and Old Man Marley Roberts Blossom is heartwarming, and an emotional turning point for both characters, watching it as an adult, it's hard not to notice that the scene is also a little odd.

Even putting aside the fact that instead of setting up all his traps earlier in the day, Kevin is in a church an hour before the Wet Bandits are due to arrive, and has to run home in order to make his battle plan in time hey, he's eight , there are a few elements about the scene itself that are kind of strange when you examine them closely. It makes sense that Old Man Marley would come over to introduce himself to Kevin and tell him he doesn't need to be afraid of him. After all, it would've been hard for Marley to miss his young neighbor fleeing from him in terror earlier in the movie.

However, it's a little bizarre that Marley then proceeds to unload all of his troubles with his estranged son onto a second-grader he's only just officially met, and whose parents are nowhere in sight. Of course, we understand that Marley means well, especially when he comes to Kevin's rescue at the end of the film, but typically adults don't have impromptu heart-to-hearts with unaccompanied minors they don't know.

Of the many traps Kevin sets for the Wet Bandits, one that could've had disastrous consequences is the electric charcoal starter that he hangs from the front doorknob. The idea behind the trap is simple, even if the physics are a little advanced for a second-grader — he plugs in the starter inside the house, hangs it on the indoor metal knob, which conducts the heat to the outdoor knob, which ultimately sears an impression of itself into the unsuspecting Harry's hand.

However, after Harry gives up on the front entrance, Kevin still leaves the starter plugged in and hanging on the door, presumably until after Harry and Marv are arrested at the end of the night. Keeping in mind that it had already been hanging on the door for about an hour before Harry showed up, that starter which, remember, is intended to start fires was probably left unattended for at least a couple hours before Kevin turned it off.

In that time, Kevin risked the starter catching the door on fire , and subsequently, the rest of the house. The traps Kevin sets for the Wet Bandits at the end of Home Alone all seem like delightfully funny pranks when watching the film as a kid, but as an adult, it's easy to see the many ways that Kevin could've unwittingly killed Marv and Harry. While Harry may not have died from the blowtorch burns to his head although it was a distinct possibility that he would've at least lost consciousness , both criminals take some severe blows to the head and body during the home invasion sequence, any one of which could've proved lethal.

First, there's the the iron dropped on Marv's face via the laundry shoot, which falls the three stories from the second floor to the basement to hit him squarely in the forehead. We can't say for sure whether it would've killed Marv , but he probably would've at least suffered severe facial trauma and bone fractures.

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Then there are the paint cans both Bandits take to the face, which could've taken their heads right off, and as a bonus, the crowbar Marv uses to whack Harry in the chest, which could've broken his ribs, punctured his lungs, and pierced his heart. And that's not even mentioning the severe maiming and internal injuries both men would've suffered as a result of Kevin's less lethal traps. After successfully leading the Wet Bandits through his funhouse of horrors, the two would-be burglars finally gain the upper hand over Kevin when, instead of following him through the Murphys' flooded basement like he'd planned, they go around the front and intercept him at the top of the stairs.

They then hang him by his sweater from a coat hook and begin to detail what they plan to do to him as revenge for his traps, and it is gruesome. The two bumbling criminals decide that they'll methodically do everything to him that he did to them, including burning his head with a blowtorch and smashing his face with an iron. But first, Harry announces that he's going to partially cannibalize Kevin by biting off each of his fingers.

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Fortunately, Old Man Marley steps in and stops Harry and Marv before they can inflict any physical damage. Watching Home Alone as a kid, it's easy to shrug off the horrific fate Kevin very nearly suffers, since you know that they don't actually do any of it. But as an adult, it's hard to overlook that the Wet Bandits detail their intent to torture and likely kill a child in the most grisly fashion right before they're thwarted.

While it's understandable why the police don't seem to take Kevin's plight too seriously earlier in the movie, thanks to the lack of detail provided by his mother over the phone, it's a little less easy to follow their process at the end of the film. After receiving Kevin's call that the Murphys' house is being robbed, the police arrive to discover Harry and Marv significantly worse for wear, presumably still being watched over by Old Man Marley and his shovel.

Harry and Marv are arrested, and Kevin watches from the window of his house, where he then goes to bed and peacefully awaits Christmas morning. Why don't the police ever question Kevin? They had to have wondered why Harry and Marv were so beaten up, and in such a weird way, what with the feathers and burn wounds on Harry and the iron-shaped impression on Marv's face. Even if Marley attempted to take responsibility for it, Harry and Marv were fully conscious when the police showed up, and would likely have been grumbling about the kid that did this to them.

It's bizarre that no one ever comes to get Kevin's side of the story, and in the process, realize that he's home by himself. While it would've taken away from the moving family reunion at the end of the film, if the police were better at their jobs, Kate McCallister would've arrived home to an empty house and the message that her son was at the police station. All rights reserved. Things only adults notice in Home Alone. Kevin is kind of a brat. The McCallisters' entire house is Christmas themed. The McCallisters' parenting skills leave a lot to be desired.

Kevin's dad risked ruining all their passports. Kevin's mom left out a rather important detail when calling the police.

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Why doesn't the pizza guy call the police? Kevin may have been rocking around the Christmas tree for hours. It's a little weird for Kevin's neighbor to confide in a lone 8-year-old. Kevin's lucky he didn't burn his house down. From metacritic. Top 25 Highest-Grossing Christmas Movies. Lovable Dysfunctional Holiday Families. Share this Rating Title: Home Alone 7. Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 2 Oscars. Learn more More Like This.

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Jeff Kristin Minter Heather Diana Rein Taglines: When Kevin's family left for vacation, they forgot one minor detail: Kevin. But don't worry He cooks. He cleans. He kicks some butt. Country: USA. Language: English. Runtime: min. Sound Mix: Dolby. Color: Color. Edit Did You Know?

Trivia The scene in which Harry's head gets scalded with the blow-torch was achieved via a technique known as "Pepper's Ghost", with the help of a pane of glass placed at a forty-five-degree angle and a blow-torch again at a forty-five-degree angle in a darkened area off-screen blowing the actual flame onto a black head sculpture. The flame visible on-screen is actually the reflection of the flame on the pane of glass.

If you look carefully you can occasionally see parts of the edge of the head sculpture due to the positioning of Joe Pesci's head being just a little off. Goofs Right after Marv hits Harry with the crowbar, due to the tarantula being on his chest, the Michael Jordan poster can be seen in Buzz's room on the door all in one piece.


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However, Kevin had previously cut the poster out to make him look like a person at the party the previous night and had him going around on a train. Quotes Marv : [ listening to a phone message in the house they are robbing ] Hey, Harry, that house we were at last night, was that the McCallisters?

Harry : Yeah. Marv : You're right. They're gone. Harry : I knew they were. Marv : Silver tuna tonight!