Thursday 18 February 2021

THE BEST CHRISTMAS MOVIES EVER – HOME ALONE

 

The family McCallister are gathering in preparation of spending Christmas in Paris, at Peter (John Heard) and Kate's (Catherine O'Hara) home in a suburb of Chicago.

On the night before their flight their eight-year-old son Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) is sent to the third-floor bedroom of the house as punishment for fighting with his brother.

While in solitary confinement he wishes his family would disappear.

During the night a power cut resets all the alarm clocks and causes the entire group to oversleep.

In the resulting panic and confusion of the rush to make their flight their youngest son Kevin is left home alone.

Its only when the family are airborne that they realize and immediately on arrival in Paris they desperately try to book a flight home.

Kevin is overjoyed to find that his wish came true when he wakes up to find everyone gone and the house to himself and able to do anything he wanted.

The downside to all this are The Wet Bandits, Harry Lyme (Joe Pesci) and Marv Merchants (Daniel Stern), who are planning to break into vacant houses in the neighbourhood.

There is also another danger that of Old Man Marley (Roberts Blossom) who Kevin believes murdered his whole family.

The story follows the bad guy’s attempts to rob the house and Kevin’s efforts to thwart them while Kate takes extreme measures to get home.

There is slapstick galore, humour in abundance, sentimentality, and a happy ending.


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