Home Sweet Home Alone - Nostalgia Critic

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They made SIX of these!?! Ugh! Is this sequel the worst of them all or is there some saving grace? Nostalgia Critic takes a look at Home Sweet Home alone.
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Home Sweet Home Alone is a 2021 American Christmas comedy film directed by Dan Mazer, written by Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell, and starring Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Archie Yates, Aisling Bea, Kenan Thompson, Pete Holmes, Ally Maki, and Chris Parnell. The sixth film in the Home Alone franchise, Home Sweet Home Alone was produced by 20th Century Studios as an original title for Disney+, the first 20th Century Studios film to be produced for the streaming service
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[@coolnerdlll6053]

Take it away, Mr. Potato Head: "Ha ha ha! Money, money, money!" (Even though only the first three were released theatrically)

[@trinaq]

Because of money, naturally. Buzz's cameo was the best part about it.

[@jimmyrossmeissl6644]

That and they believe we the people are complete chimpanzees

[@jerricablackcat4303]

Next year can you review Billy and Mandy Save Christmas?

[@jerricablackcat4303]

After 2 you would think families would be like "You know maybe we should stay home for Christmas."

[@victoriawhitcomb6475]

Alright, I'll admit it,, Buzz being a cop, Kevin being the head of a home security business and the idea that Kevin calls in that a child has been left home alone every Christmas just to fuck with him is pretty friggin funny and so petty I could totally believe them doing it

[@victoriawhitcomb6475]

@Raylan Givens that would be fucking amazing, oh my god!!

[@ddjsoyenby]

yeah that was a good joke ngl.

[@bZman]

Easily the only good part of the movie

[@alexandrajones4518]

@Raylan Givens Nice to see that a random person online can come up with a better movie than Disney.

[@hinasakukimi]

its as if they came up with the joke then wrote a movie around it

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

This film is like what would happen if Frosty the Snowman gotta a sitcom family show and only did fart jokes

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Honestly at this point i'm pretty sure this franchise will never end and just last until the end of time and space

[@danny5636]

is crazy that this movie the so called bad guys are the better people in the story

[@eddieolshefski6467]

Even crazier, they are not actually bad people. They are good people tangled in a crazy kid’s traps after a crazy misunderstanding. Crazy is pretty much the word for this movie.

[@chums9717]

there supposed to be the main characters you know...

[@louisduarte8763]

After watching the latest episode of Terrible Writing Advice, about Deconstructions, I would say this movie tried to Deconstruct the formula of the 1st one by flipping the dynamic so the home invaders are sympathetic, and the kid is the bad guy. I would, but that gives it FAR too much credit it's not clever enough to earn.

[@FluffyAbsol]

"Let's just end it." was probably the tagline for this movie.

[@deshawnedwards6412]

An Nostalgia Critic review on a Wednesday? What a unexpected turn of events. I LOVE IT!

[@klimmr]

You haven't seen a Nostalgia Critic review in a while, have you?

[@connorerhart6038]

Still better than Home Alone 4

[@erichfiedler1481]

Only one Home Alone left, and we all know which one it is he NEEDS to review next year

[@bunnyblanc5470]

Which one is that?

[@Phanthief95]

Which one? The only one he didn’t do was the first movie & he’s already praised it as a Christmas classic so there’s no point in covering it.

[@rckblzr]

@@Phanthief95 Doug said he was considering doing the first Home Alone this year if he couldn’t do this one. Maybe it’d be more of a retrospective to examine why that film is fondly remembered and what it had that the sequels lacked

[@Akanisen049]

@@Phanthief95 Why not cover it? Yeah we know he considers it a classic, yeah we've all seen it. But I personally would still like to hear critic well... critique it. Even if it's not his usual review where he's dunking on it, hearing his thoughts and viewpoints would be nice.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

@@Akanisen049 i mean it would be nostalgic criticing it, and what a good way to make honor to his name

[@BodhiStith]

Maybe if the couple ended up hiring descendants of the original burglars it would work better

[@jackrodakthemovieguy1726]

I don’t get why they gave Devin Ratray a stupid cameo, but no Macaulay Culkin, Kieran Culkin, Catherine O Hara, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Angela Goethals, Hillary Wolf, Diana Rein, Senta Moses

[@Tornado1994]

They ALL had Reads, Mac said No, and everyone else turned it down.

[@barbiquearea]

One of the main problems I had with this movie is that, in the original Kevin had many siblings and cousins as the McCallisters are a big family. This compounded by the fact that the neighbor's kid came by and they mistaken him for Kevin during headcount as the family were rushing to get to the airport in the morning, made it believable that they could easily have forgotten about him until they reached the airport of their vacation. However in this movie Max is an only child. For his mum to not notice his absence was complete negligence of her as a parent. Also Max being "home alone" doesn't have the same effect as Kevin who having to grow up with many siblings meant he was never home alone before. Hence getting the house to himself for the holidays made the whole experience very unique and zany.

[@DuneStone6816]

Not entirely accurate. Max has one older sister. And it wasn’t exactly his mom who left him behind. His parents left ahead of most of the family. It was a few aunts and uncles who forgot Max. Perhaps the fact that these things weren’t clear goes to show how poorly the characters are established.

[@bZman]

My god you put more interest and effort into this analysis than the creators did in the entire “film”

[@Raximus3000]

I think the reason is the twisted morality and moral decay that has happened from the 90s.

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

@Raximus3000 WTF that's supposed to mean?!

[@Raximus3000]

@@ExtremeMadnessX Really?! Let me put it like this forgetting one kid when you have to deal with a dozen in the 90s is the same as forgetting your one child today. In short in the OG it is kinda understandable in this one it is monsterous but because morals have gone to hell it is okay and funny!

[@van8ryan]

I was literally talking about this movie to a co-worker. All she could say was............"SIX???? THERE'S SIX????!!!!" (she's 19 and apparently had hope for the world)

[@trinaq]

Agreed, I couldn't believe that there's six myself, and only three were released directly to theatres.

[@eddieolshefski6467]

You would think after the 3rd one they would stop. Nope. Not this series. I reacted the same way last year when I looked on Disney+ for Christmas movie binge watching. I told my brother and he was shocked as well.

[@wolfkniteX]

Better to shatter that hope now than let her get disappointed later on.

[@conduit64]

It's good to crush all hope for the world when they're still young.

[@lunarlight3131]

a female co-worker?

[@TheKaiTetley]

Home Alone 11: A loan Too Far Home Alone 12 : Lone Another Day Home Alone 13: Loan Harder Home Alone 14: Alone With a Vengeance Home Alone 15: Alone In Space Home Alone 16: A Loan In The Hood Home Alone 17: As Lonely As A Cloud See, the franchise has legs. Plenty of sequel ideas.

[@darthhauler9947]

And for that SJW version that's bound to come out, Home Alone: Black Snake Lone

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

@darthhauler9947 Some troglodytes still use "SJW" in argument unironicaly... also, I'm pretty sure that "woke" is more popular term now...

[@skootergirl22]

@@darthhauler9947 CGI aswell

[@skootergirl22]

Home wars

[@lutherheggs451]

Cool story bro.....Oh wait Fox milked Home Alone for FIVE sequels out of six movies....Disney made ONE movie for Disney+

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I can't wait for Home Alone 10: Lost in Space fighting evil Curious George.

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

Yea, the kid is left abandoned on a space station while everyone else goes back to Earth and an intelligent chimp onboard the station tries to move the station further away from Earth

[@FreddyKrueger744]

Home Alone 10 sounds entertaining lol

[@robertdetres747]

I can’t wait for Home Alone 20: Adult Kevin vs Elderly Marv and Harry

[@GavinLepley]

I'd pay $1,000 dollars to watch Home Alone 10 if that's the premise.

[@mikle2129]

@@robertdetres747 by that point they’ll be robbing other elderly people of their pensions because they have none and Kevin has to try and stop their scheme

[@RG-zt4ox]

If they make another I just want a full grown Macaulay Culkin redoing everything with the original actors being the original characters but now old and doing the same things

[@MrIAMNOTANOOB]

Or maybe he has kids and they learn from their dad.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

No, it has to be a full Saw parody where he makes Harry and Marv go through Jigsaw-esque versions of the old traps.

[@erickamakeeaina1649]

Or he's mentoring another kid in protecting their home

[@samuelbarber6177]

I don’t know if that’s possible unless Joe Pesci gets an army of stunt doubles.

[@kingsleycy3450]

I don't know if this comment is sarcastic or not, but Joe Pesci is so old now he can't climb a trap-less staircase.

[@joyunicycle]

To quote my coworkers and managers: “Why can’t they let a good thing die?”

[@jasongradyphstiger6179]

Yeah I prefer watching the 3 home alone films yes I said 3 even everybody knows that the 3rd 1 is bad I like it.

[@crazyshark9518]

Because the difference between most Hollywood studios and pimps now a days Is practically Irrelevant, as long as one of their "products" is marketable they will both whore it out for every penny it's worth.

[@louisduarte8763]

To paraphrase Bane from The Dark Knight Rises, "Once your profitability and popularity have been reduced to ashes, then do you have my permission to die."

[@sharkanenoa5928]

MONEY

[@Hufflepuffozian]

Because home alone is an easy cash cow it’s like Jurassic park, if you wave shiny keys or at least something shiny at people they’ll snatch it up

[@Spectahman2.0]

This is the only time where the Kid beating up the criminals looks like a horror movie since they're actually good people.

[@bZman]

The kid is so loathsome that two people who met him once assumed he stole from him. Great protagonist. It is the quality of modern Disney, absolute garbage that makes you lose hope in humanity. Merry christmas, happy new year, and pray to god the concept of heart and passion can return to film.

[@dylansharp8471]

@@bZman Jeez dude, that's just exaggerating hard.

[@eduardomatosdanesemunhoz3034]

Kevin: a charismatic and memorable kid The kid here in this movie: An generic British kid.

[@ponygon777]

Home Sweet Home Alone is like if they remade the first movie but Harry and Marv were just some homeless guys looking for food and a place to stay. It's hard to believe Home Alone has been rebooted FOUR times yet they keep getting worse and worse.

[@ddjsoyenby]

agreed, what made the traps funny is that the bandits are cartoonishly evil so you didn't feel bad for them.

[@wellwellywellswweellllswel1939]

Well technically it was only rebooted 3 times, that's still too many

[@Kaimax61]

tbf, they almost made Harry and Marv sympathetic in a deleted scene. They decided to cut it because they understood that it would be funnier if we don't sympathize with the bad guys.

[@mrcritical6751]

@@Kaimax61 yeah Harry was meant to have a monologue about how crappy people are around Christmas and how the spirit was dead

[@skootergirl22]

The house of mouse just milked the franchise and dumped suger on it

[@trinaq]

Since we spend more time with Pam and Jeff than we do with Max, you can't help but feel sorry for this nice couple who are just trying to save their house. Max seems like a brat for attacking them, and while Kevin could be jerky as well, he still wanted to get back to his family.

[@chums9717]

we send more time with Pam and Jeff because there the main characters of the movie. Max is supposed to be the antagonist

[@bZman]

This entire movie is entirely based on the kid being such a memorable little shithead that the parents thought he stole it from them. He is that awful and memorable that they were able to hunt him down. In the original it was just crooks robbing empty homes. In this its a couple in dire straights hoping to regain their property and the kid was such a turd they immediately assumed it was him.

[@dislike_button33]

Nice? Pam is an abusive partner.

[@bZman]

@@dislike_button33 oh yes, such an abusive partner to want to try and save their home.

[@slayer0235]

Because Disney execs think beating up the poor is the height of comedy? I don't know, I've got nothing else.

[@mindscan420]

Violent Night is the true Home Alone new sequel 😌

[@ArmiGirl90]

Funny how he mentioned in Scrooge that there should be violent Christmas movie

[@gianinabadami5341]

Violent Night does look like a worthy Home Alone sequel

[@mrcritical6751]

Hey at least it’s realistic in what would actually happen, traps would either not work or the criminals would end up dead from them

[@BlueBlazeKing]

I feel it’s more of a more Christmasy die hard

[@coolnerdlll6053]

I'm not gonna lie, when they announced this movie, I was kind of excited. Then I saw the trailer and realized "Nope, I'm skipping this". From what I've heard, I made a smart choice.

[@thecunninlynguist]

You were excited? Lol

[@coolnerdlll6053]

@@thecunninlynguist Maybe optimistic is a better word. If it had been in the right hands, this could have been halfway decent.

[@trinaq]

Precisely, I'd say that you dodged a bullet.

[@thecunninlynguist]

@@coolnerdlll6053 fair enough, and I don't disagree. Violent night is a good homage to home alone...so I could see a reboot like that

[@CesarACastillo]

Unpopular opinion but I kinda liked this movie it could’ve definitely been even better than the first home alone if handled correctly but I still enjoyed watching what we did get

[@alibrennan5977]

My guess is that Disney seems to HATE villains now. Like they’re afraid a bad guy trying to hurt the protagonist like in the first films will scare little Timmy like they don’t know bad guys actually exists in this world

[@Craxin01]

Hell, even the villains they are willing to make into horrible monsters, they give a backstory to so as to make them sympathetic. Sure, villains don't need to be one note, but making them sympathetic makes the hero less heroic.

[@angrynoodletwentyfive6463]

This isn't really a movie that is targeted towards little kids so the idea that they are doing something to try to avoid scaring an audience they aren't really going for in this case is a bit dumb. Honestly i think the reason Disney has stopped doing actual villains has more to do with adults than children, People tend to be very very vocally critical of a Disney movies' "villain" more so than almost any other aspect. I think it is just easier for them to try to write a movie without a villain or where the villain isn't actually a villain than to risk creating a villain audiences don't like. because if they create a villain audiences don't like that is the only aspect of the movie people are going to be talking about, and even if some audiences like the villain their is always going to be somebody else that doesn't. I mean in this case you kinda need a villain but in the other cases they are high risk low reward with the way audiences have been reacting t villains lately where the standards for a "good villain" are just set to rediculous level.

[@Craxin01]

@@angrynoodletwentyfive6463 Better to have a villain nobody likes than an obnoxious "hero" nobody can stand.

[@dylansharp8471]

@@Craxin01 "but making them sympathetic makes the hero less heroic" May actually depend.

[@Craxin01]

@@dylansharp8471 Do you think a hero beating up on a victim of circumstance is particularly heroic?

[@Max-ej4oh]

I want a home alone, with Culkin being the bad guy, or the father.

[@ValKob]

Talkboy voice: "The faaathheerrrrrr"

[@klimmr]

I think that's what this movie was trying to do. Flip the script so that the burglars are the protagonists and the kid is the antagonist. It just failed as hard as the movie, Maleficent.

[@skootergirl22]

I've seen him on a alexa ad

[@wajikuroki4177]

He becomes Saw lmao

[@jordanread5829]

@@klimmr I agree this is probably what they were going for. Hence why so much focus was on the family having to sell their house and trying to get the doll back.

[@BabyKee]

I'll never forget that scene in this movie where one of the characters literally said a line about "why they always remaking the classics, never as good as the originals" WHILE being in a sequel to a franchise that hasn't been new since the second movie

[@thecunninlynguist]

Don't forget it was in context of angels with filthy souls. The saddest part is I bet the writers thought they were so cute and clever winking at the audience

[@trinaq]

Precisely, they were trying to be meta, but it just seemed too forced.

[@silverbolt9439]

Yup Transformers age of extinction is one of those lol, in the theater scene "nowadays movie releases are just crappy remakes or sequels" ironic.

[@biraptor6205]

I think the writer has the memory of a goldfish

[@coolnerdlll6053]

@@thecunninlynguist They should have just made a full Angels With Filthy Souls movie instead of Home Alone. That could have been awesome.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

This film series is like what happen if Bambi's Mother didn't die and just hanged around limping for 5 more films

[@postersandstuff]

they also only made 6 Police Academies (#7 doesnt count , it never happened , mkay :P

[@BrandontheBeldam2993]

In an alternate reality, I would like to see that warm embrace of Kevin and the wet bandits at the end. Maybe the McCallister's could've given Harry the warm Christmas he hasn't had since '69 and Marv could've carved the roast beast.

[@Insane234]

They really should make a Home Alone with Kevin as the dad who legit trains his son in how to make traps like he did. Maybe have a family grudge by having the relatives of Harry and Marv try to break in.

[@BugsyFoga]

No better way to end the year than with the latest entry in the home alone franchise.

[@trinaq]

Agreed, it's a movie that doesn't really need to exist, but only does because of money, naturally.

[@gianinabadami5341]

What's going to happen when there needs to be another movie at this point?

[@geardog24]

Maybe this Home Alone finally realizes that a child who is smart enough to set up deadly boobie traps might actually be the bad guy all along.

[@6oclocknewsat8]

Have you ever noticed People Under The Stairs is kinda like that?

[@gianinabadami5341]

It does seem like where the Saw Theory comes in

[@dylansharp8471]

@@gianinabadami5341 The what?

[@gianinabadami5341]

@@dylansharp8471 I saw a theory floating around that Kevin grew up to be Jigsaw

[@SupermarketSweep777]

Home Alone 3 really isn't that bad. It falls in that weird guilty pleasure category.

[@DoodleThis]

Thank you! I was starting to think I was the only one who enjoyed HA3

[@bendalymckenna6271]

I enjoy Home Alone 3 as well as 1 and 2. But Home Alones 4-6 is awful.

[@bigbay1159]

For you....many think the movie is shit

[@liampatrick3110]

@@bigbay1159 To each their own!

[@cookiesontoast9981]

I wouldn't say the third one is bad at all. Sure the parrot and rat are silly.. but aside from that? I don't see how it's any worse than number 2. Well... sure I do prefer 2, but 3 is not bad. The kid is actually way smarter and kinder than Kevin too. Again I do prefer Kevin, but the kid from 3 makes some good decisions.

[@jeremyadler9620]

I have to defend Home Alone 3. Sure, it has its issues, like calling the police one too many times, and I can see how others might find the villains a bit TOO cartoonish, but I still have a soft spot for it. The villains, while cartoonish, ARE fun. Alex is a likeable kid and his family is fine. The traps are lots of fun. Honestly, that's my favourite part of the film. They're just SO GOOD! Also, the music is REALLY good here! Probably my favourite out of all of these films. May be just me, but those are my thoughts :)

[@adu1991]

Yeah, there's that, and....the irony of Scarlett Johansson's calling Alex a "hero" at the end of Home Alone 3, when the actress would become part of the Avengers several years later ;)

[@jeremyadler9620]

@@adu1991, Yeah, that's definitely funny in hindsight! Sometimes I wonder if ScarJo has been asked about Home Alone 3 in interviews. I'd be curious as to what she'd say about the experiences these days.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I hate this movie so much

[@lightexpelsdarkness5188]

The problem with the scene at 7:35 is that the song was used to help emphasize that Kevin missed his family, not ponder on memories because it's called somewhere in my memories and that its nostalgic.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

You know even the Joker would probably hit this franchise with a steel chair until it bleed to death

[@lihoffman8157]

You know I really want you to review Klaus or Pinocchio but that's going to have to wait a while now.

[@elder-woodsilverstein7716]

I would love to see him tackle Klaus. Hopefully in a positive review.

[@BP-dn9nv]

I want to see his opinion on Kurt Russell's Santa in Christmas chronicle

[@theAlicat94]

Doug snuggling with Buster while crying is adorable.

[@sillygrl23]

Agreed, I wish my cat would let me hold her like that if I was ever crying for real. XD

[@hobbitfan8686]

What a great way to end all the Christmas reviews of the year! You chose some great Christmas movies & tv specials! Can’t wait for the upcoming reviews in 2023! Keep it up!

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

I'm still crossing my fingers that one of these days he does caspers haunted Christmas review

[@OdinXivraj]

I still want to see him tackle "8-bit Christmas" is it perfect? No. But it's the only recent Christmas movie I've seen that actually has a good lesson about Christmas.

[@joyunicycle]

What I say about Home Alone 6: “Guys I’m eating junk and watching rubbish! You better come out and stop me!”

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Fun Fact: Chris Columbus, director of Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), had the following to say when the topic of this reboot came up during an interview while promoting The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two (2020): "Nobody got in touch with me about it, and it's a waste of time as far as I'm concerned. What's the point? I'm a firm believer that you don't remake films that have had the longevity of Home Alone. You're not going to create lightning in a bottle again. It's just not going to happen. So why do it? It's like doing a paint-by-numbers version of a Disney animated film - a live-action version of that. What's the point? It's been done. Do your own thing. Even if you fail miserably, at least you have come up with something original."

[@postersandstuff]

id like to see animated Jaws mini series , i think it could have potential or a proper follow up to TX Chainsaw albeit animated

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

You know Home Alone is a lot like the Death Star, for the first two films it was pretty good, but then for the third film it blew up pretty bad

[@RobTibbetts92]

I still think Home Alone 3 is a worthy successor

[@JoeChillton]

The first three look so much better

[@deuceydee3506]

I've seen _all_ of the Home Alone movies, and 3 is definitely not the worst. I like how 3 changed up the formula but still found a plausible way to deliver on the main premise. I think 4 is the worst. It uses characters from the first 2 films, with _none_ of the original actors, which should tell you everything you need to know about it.

[@mrcritical6751]

@@deuceydee3506 bell when they tried to get one of the original actors for 4 (Daniel Stern) he told them the fact that they offered the movie to him was an insult

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Another Fun Fact about this Terrible Film: When Max is trying to call the police via the voice assistant, the voice assistant is actually reading the weather report in German. It mentions that it will be snowing the next day and a warning from the police ("Polizei") is announced.

[@broEye1]

I love the look on Buster's face, like "why did I choose this human again?" That's the face of a cat that has completely resigned himself to his fate.

[@Fatelipe]

Money 🤑

[@masonasaro2118]

I mean, that's pretty much how anyone who Collabs with him nowadays looks post-not-so-awesome

[@lihoffman8157]

They even got the farmer guy to play the composer there.

[@TheMasondwich]

This is the closest everyone has ever gotten to watching this.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Home Alone 6: The Death of Comedy

[@SweenyTodd98]

It's definitely an odd decision to essentially make the kid the bad guy this time. Cause for most of the movie it's just watching this couple getting tortured while trying to claim property the kid stole. Yeah, the kid didn't end up having the doll but we don't know until the end of the movie. Until then the kid is essentially the villain.

[@starlightart5147]

This is still a highlight of my week, and I wanna thank you for that doug. I know people nowadays call you corny but I honestly love that- I love how you do your own thing and don’t give a crap. Also chaplin and buster are adorable Thank you for doing what you do for so long and for your whole crew bringing joy to me for years

[@bZman]

Amen, i look forward to a new nostalgia critic every week. I have been watching for forever and always enjoy them. Merry christmas and happy new year my friends!

[@bubbarazz2294]

Honestly I love the first 3 home alone movies because the have the best traps

[@gianinabadami5341]

Some of the traps in Home Sweet Home Alone were creative I'll give the movie that. There were ones I cringed at and enjoy. Like how it looked as though he switched up the toy cars for Legos and the darts

[@IanTheMotorsportsMan_YT]

What a way to end the 2022 season of Nostalgic Critic. On to 2023!

[@Hufflepuffozian]

“Oh don’t pretend your home alone. I mean I know your technically home alone but don’t pretend your home alone” that got a chuckle out of me

[@sasir2013]

you're*

[@azzburgersaf1973]

What made Home Alone work is that the two bandits weren't nice and we wanted to see the kid punish them. The problem with this reboot is that they made the bandits too sympathetic and made the kid too much of an arrogant jerk.

[@averymerrick]

Thank you.

[@thecunninlynguist]

I get they wanted to change the formula a bit...but for these films it doesn't work like that

[@chums9717]

if Buzz is in the movie then how is it a reboot? And also Pam and Jeff are sympathetic because there the protagonists not Max

[@dastvan8002]

@@chums9717 soft reboot

[@Phanthief95]

Exactly. Even the third, fourth, & fifth movies didn’t make this mistake. The third had the burglars as international spies who are trying to get back a computer chip to give to the criminal organization they’re working for, & they weren’t above killing a child. The fourth had Marv & his wife trying to rob a house. The fifth had art thieves trying to steal a valuable painting hidden in the house. Neither one of them were sympathetic & got what they deserved, & that was the point. You’re not supposed to feel bad for them.

[@TheRickyJZ]

Hell yeah, I was hoping he’d get around to this one. Completely misses what made the original so fun by trying to make the “robbers” sympathetic.

[@theforcer1762]

I want a rated R home alone sequel with Macaulay Culkin as kevin again

[@carealoo744]

I think there was literally gonna be a movie like that..

[@thehallowayboys]

Yes please

[@howardmctroy3303]

What a pleasant surprise, I wasn't sure how much more Christmas content to expect from NC.

[@rckblzr]

Every Wednesday each December

[@mas8705]

I think this was on last month’s Disney showcase and I remember learning about this film and questioning the “why?” Honestly the formula would have been recycled yet again, but when you change it to “people trying to not lose their home,” you have to question why the hell all of this is happening as opposed to just “stop burglars.”

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I think people still pay money for this, because it's Home Alone but that really shouldn't be your main sticking point for people to go watch these films.

[@harrisonho8934]

I've said this numerous times before and I'll say it again, the big problem in this movie for me, personally, is the fact that they made the "bandits", Pam and Jeff, more sympathetic and relatable than the "protagonist", Max, that you end up rooting for THEM instead of him. Unlike the villains from the other movies, Pam and Jeff were just trying to get a doll, which was THEIRS to begin with, in order to sell it just so that their kids can have a place to live. As a result of this, when I see them get tortured by the traps, I can't find it funny. It's like with Plankton in One Coarse Meal. Mr. Krabs torturing Plankton is unfunny, as he DOES IT EVEN WHEN PLANKTON STOPS STEALING THE FORMULA. The fact is, watching a character get tortured is unfunny if they didn't completely deserve it. At least in the previous films the bandits/terrorists were clearly trying to steal valuables that weren't theirs, but this film attempts to make the bandits sympathetic in a half-assed attempt to make some sort of "it's all about family" message, which it fails to do...

[@mrcritical6751]

Eh I’d say even when he stops trying to steal it Plankton kinda deserves it, he’s enslaved people for gods sake

[@noahsaunders3919]

I have a feeling that the very creators of this one hated the original because the actual Tagline of this film literally is: " Holiday Classics were meant to be Broken" just think about that for a moment...

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I feel like this was made because that one 30 year old who has no friends wanted a laugh

[@jabber1990]

I liked Home Alone 3, mostly because it had a fairly realistic setup

[@gianinabadami5341]

The bird was funny too

[@DJays4]

The kid manages to put holes in his floorboard, make traps that figure EXACTLY where the robbers will be, can train a parrot to ride a remote control car into an igloo and light a match and does this all while being younger than Kevin and you call it realistic? You must be high

[@jabber1990]

@DJ-zv3by he was into tinkering and was left home because he was sick Unlike Kevin who was just a rich kid who was left behind due to bad parenting

[@ryanmorejon5813]

This was an absolutely perfect way to end December for the Nostalgia Critic and I can't wait to see what you guys have planned for next year and I wish you and your family a Happy New Year ❤️

[@DoodleThis]

You know the director of the first two Home Alone movies originally wanted to shoot HA2&3 back-to-back. I’m honestly curious to know what HA3 would’ve been like with the OG Cast

[@srdfh1]

First

[@elijahkarst5374]

Congratulations

[@basedayanami]

good job

[@stevenknauer6234]

I hope this kid gets better roles. He was a not-so-great fit for an awful script, but he seems like he can act!

[@calebray1834]

right, good kid actor shitty script

[@CTC0411]

He was in the new gangsta granny sequel, and he wasn't so good in that. So he might get better roles in other movies.

[@professoroak9721]

Was rooting for the bad guys in this one

[@SweenyTodd98]

7:26 Honestly "Pam-a-lama-ding-dong" just makes me think of 'The Office. Which further makes me realize how weird it is to see Erin from the Office now playing someone named Pam.

[@basedayanami]

I love you Doug

[@jonathanwagner8289]

What I thought was crazy was how like the original it was about mom getting back to her son. But there was also the dad we see trying to call for help. In this one the father is on the toilet when arguing about the kid missing and we never see him again until the Xmas dinner in the very end.

[@TheCrazyfighter19]

Yes!!!

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

I like the idea of this being in the same universe as the original Home Alone with Kevin owning a security company. Can we have a movie about grown up Kevin?

[@jbcatz5]

Maybe he has a kid he uses to bounce ideas off of.

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

Maybe

[@postersandstuff]

@@jareththegoblinking3191 Buzz prolly have legal issues now , what with the accusations :/

[@hairltabbjr94]

NO MORE PLEASE

[@thefantasticretroreviewer3941]

I hope this is enough. 6 Home Alone Movies in a row are enough for all of us.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Would not be surprised if this film was in the bargain bin 5 years later

[@wesleylouis6609]

Actually a home alone movie with Kevin and the other kids from the other movies would be very interesting seeing them all together.

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Man Mr. T wizard powers are really off

[@samanderson4024]

Nostalgia Critic Review Request: It's A Wonderful Life???? Please????

[@Paulagonia]

Can't imagine how the writers presented the idea: ok we have this cute and quirky couple right? Well they're about to lose their home! And and and... They get beaten up to death! :D

[@teddyfilli3079]

I mean out of all of Home Alone 3 faults. At least the robbers were terrorists!

[@darknorman2914]

Heads at Disney:LOVE IT!!!

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I'm pretty sure this film would somehow find a way to mess up a PB&J sandwich idk how, but it would find a way trust me

[@Bag2218]

I'mma always say it...Not only is Home Alone 3 not bad, it's the last good Home Alone movie.

[@caligirl2288]

I agree.

[@NicoTown]

I agree! Its not a bad movie and i dont get all the hate it gets online.

[@betterlatethannever4529]

Facts.

[@middlethenerd]

Just no

[@Bag2218]

@@middlethenerd Yes 😁

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

You know if you watch this film series non stop I’m pretty you start seeing weird images of faceless Cookie Monster

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

So this is why Blade keeps getting Fruit of the Month Club for Christmas

[@zacharybartolo5111]

I'm sorry, I rewatched 3 just a while ago and it's really not a bad movie! I'd even go so far to say it's a good Home Alone movie, not better than one, but possibly better than 2.

[@thedisneynerd7866]

Since this is the final N.C review of 2022. I hope everybody at C.A and everybody watching has a happy new year ❤

[@matthewjones6786]

This feels a lot like the live-action Disney remakes. Like, effort is clearly there, but they're so creatively caged by having to recapture the magic of a classic. Besides that, the biggest thing they _did_ do different from the original was making the home invaders sympathetic! What a bizarre thing to change!

[@carloslopezortega3327]

Oh yeah. 6:31.👀

[@Coffee_cryptid]

One way they could've fixed things was to have the parents the come second time to just ask the kid for the doll and come across actual burglars. Then have the kid go against the burglars thinking it's the parents coming for round 2 possibly having them play a similar role to the old man in the first movie at the end

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Gotta say this film is really good for people who hate their eyeballs a lot

[@Froggonite]

Or their ears

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

Surprisingly this film makes Elf look decent

[@shainewhite2781]

Hello, HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎈🎉

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I see Grizzly Panda Man Ian doing so well now

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

This franchise is starting to slowly turn into what if The Terminator from Terminator 3 just kept on saying talk to the hand and it was for 1 hour

[@koneheadcokehead4981]

I see the side journey of Steve Martin turning into Evil Plastic Bag Man has taken a disturbing journey

[@MasterGeek-mk5ne]

Finally, I have them all

[@MusicalJourneysThruCinema]

On the somewhat brighter side, if you look at the release dates for Home Alones 4-6, there's only one released every decade. With our luck, we won't get Home Alone 7 (God forbid) until somewhere around 2031

[@HAL-st4ll]

The only cannon Home Alone sequel after 1992 is called SAW

[@rzone317]

I give my thoughts on this one... The villains were really likable and they make hero is a complete jerk

[@shinyninja8107]

You know, this franchise is like someone made a really good pie but lost the recipe, so every year they tried to make it again. The first time they tried it turned out pretty decent, and while the later pies had some resemblance to the first one they were never able to remember the recipe

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

Problem with bad sequels is because they constantly try to repeat recipes of originals. Good sequels always try to do something new or extend lore of original.

[@postersandstuff]

@@ExtremeMadnessX another thing audience prolly expect it to be on the same level as #1 & 2 , thats prolly not gonna happen even tho i want it to

[@ExtremeMadnessX]

@@postersandstuff Terminator 2 and Aliens are those exceptions, also examples where sequels actually doing something new and extend lore.

[@SeccSea]

First :) Damn, I was close!