Home Alone Critic Reviews

Metascore®:

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The New York Times | Cartyn JamesAdd Critic to Favorites

Kevin has the potential to be the mawkish child or the obnoxious little adult so common on screen, but he is neither. Played with great glee by Macaulay Culkin, he is a totally endearing, up-to-the-minute little boy.Read the full review

Washington Post | Jeanne CooperAdd Critic to Favorites

This holiday contender from John Hughes is too crass, too loud and too violent to be added blithely to Christmas viewing traditions. But it is funny.Read the full review

Washington Post | Hal HinsonAdd Critic to Favorites

The movie has a big payoff; it's the setup that's the drag. But Kevin's antics will touch the budding subversive in every kid. My advice? Hide the car keys.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Noel MurrayAdd Critic to Favorites

Even though Macaulay Culkin's alternately muggy and inexpressive lead performance hasn't worn well, the supporting turns by Catherine O'Hara and John Candy are especially crackerjack, as is John Williams' buoyantly cartoony score.Read the full review

Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites

All plausibility is gone, we sit back, detached, to watch stunt men and special effects guys take over a movie that promised to be the kind of story audiences could identify with.Read the full review

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