9/5/2023 0 Comments Home sweet home alone![]() This time, though, the victims of all those pratfalls, bumps and bruises are a seemingly ordinary couple, other than their extraordinarily bad judgment and ability to weather a lot of physical punishment.Īt its core, naturally, the movie is about exalting the importance of family, and teaching all concerned to appreciate those near and dear to them. So yes, Max is left to fulfill every child’s fantasy by fending off adults with all of his self-generated gadgets and gizmos. And before they track him down, his parents prove every bit as scattered and inept as the McCallisters once were, inadvertently leaving the sleeping kid at home when they jet off to Tokyo. Yet when young Max ( “Jojo Rabbit” standout Archie Yates) makes a bathroom-break-inspired visit to their open house, the couple concludes that the boy has stolen the precious item. Grudgingly forced to sell their house for financial reasons, they discover that an inherited doll could be extremely valuable, which might spare them from having to move. Marking the sixth movie spun out of the premise since Macauley Culkin first defended his home from “bad guys” back in 1990, the movie tweaks the concept slightly by casting the invaders as an ordinary couple, played by Ellie Kemper and Rob Delaney. Dropping on Disney+ in connection with the streaming service’s two-year anniversary, it’s a reminder that not all well-known intellectual property ought to be let out of the house. “Home Sweet Home Alone” is a very odd duck – a movie that basically replicates the three-decades-old “Home Alone” template, but in a way that feels slightly weird and ill-conceived. ![]()
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