Went way too far by making another one of these movies, especially without Macaulay Culkin. It just wasn't the same without the holiday theme. Pretty boring, no exciting bits.
John Hughes' franchise on the Home Alone idea should have expired when Macaulay Culkin's voice broke. Enter Alex D Linz, the new kid in the cack. No change, only an update. What makes this better than expected is Linz's smarty pants persona and a more stylish cut to the bad guys. The story's the same, except Alex isn't forgotten when Mom, Dad and the sibs go on hols. He's convalescing while Mom and Dad are at work and the sibs are at school.
The baddies have a reason for breaking into his house. They are looking for a microfilm, hidden in a toy, and, unlike the last lot, are reasonably adept at what they do. Alex is one of those annoying boys who finds computers a cinch, electronics a doddle and modern technology more challenging than throwing a ball about.
He's not a nerd. He's a clever clogs. He makes grown-ups feel inadequate. The traps he prepares for the crooks are the kind a NASA scientist might cobble together during a rainy Thanksgiving weekend. He doesn't have Mac's scrunchability, otherwise known as the yuck factor. He's bright and well prepared and up against ruthless opposition, which gives the film an edge. When it's not exciting, it's funny and when it' not funny, it's entertaining.
LOVEEEEEEE HOME ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really funny, endearing stuff with different young actor, Alex D. Linz who fills in nicely as Alex Pruitt, who has to fend off a band of international crooks intent on retrieving a computer chip hidden inside one of his toys. I couldn't stop laughing heaps what Alex made his trick plan onto these crooks. WHOA and WHOO!
The first one was great, the second one was okay. This one I haven't even seen and I hope to keep it that way. It was a great idea when it started out, but enough is enough.
I hate when they make a movie and change all the characters. After Culkin's fame from the first two there should of not been a third. I mean there were a couple funny parts. But the story is always the say. Kid is home alone, bad guys get hurt.
Like the number says, this is the THIRD best of the series, but it is still worth watching. Alex D Linz is great! Plenty of funny and entertaining moments.
Hey, i kind of liked the first 2. Only because it was a kids movie.. and i was a kid when they first came out.. But i dont think i could watch this. I wouldnt even watch this on a plane. Id jump from it first.
4 bumbling spies rent a house in quiet neighborhood after losing a priceless microchip made its way in hand of a feisty 8 years old named Alex has a chickenpox. Alex sets trap to catch the thieves.
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