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Another Christmas, another Home Alone video. In the past, we've covered the Home Alone Sequels We Don't Talk About and done the TERRIBLE Home Alone Rip Off - Bone Alone. But this year, we have something entirely new - a Disney Plus Home Alone Reboot - Home Sweet Home Alone. With Archie Yates, modern quips and comedians crammed in. Will it hold up to the magic of the originals? Or is this the most shameless, bland, insultingly awful cash grab of any kind attempting to profit off of another Christmas? You'll never guess which one turns out to be true...
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...My goodness. After seeing the past 6 Home Alone movies, I must say I have a pretty good understanding of what makes the originals so magical. And this reboot seriously fails at every single step. EVERYTHING about this movie is wrong. And I could probably rant about it for hours...

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[@dumbmonkey1313]

:D

[@Kingmus3b]

Hi

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

:D

[@Loifey]

:D

[@ne3856]

My mum's least favourite film of all time

[@AverageInternetButterfly]

I feel that despite being a streaming exclusive, it'll probably end up in my local Walmart bargain bin.

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

Damn.

[@baddicusauraelius1728]

A sad but well deserved truth

[@rocksnrolls]

Crap, uh uh, finds a way

[@lexiheart6558]

I legit snorted over that. I'm picturing the DVDs being made en masse just for bargain bins

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

The bargain bin's too good for this movie. The trash bin would be much more appropriate. Assuming it even gets a physical release in the first place.

[@gameratwork1075]

Fun fact: in Germany, the movie was called nicht wieder alleine zu Hause which translates to Not home alone again, which is how everyone is feeling about this movie. I really wish this was never made because it was a cash grab.

[@masonoreilly7512]

Really comforting to hear Buzz say they left Kevin at home only twice to indicate that the sequels are non-canon

[@xenokoneko646]

To be fair, Kevin in that film technically wasn’t even “home alone” for a second in that movie, but it’s Home Alone 4 so who really cares if it ain’t canon

[@thunderstrike1238]

I hate to say it but there is another option since Kevin wasn’t technically home alone during the second movie and in 4 he’s at his dads house so buzz could be referring to the 1st and 4th I know I hate it too

[@haydengray3523]

Counter point: they technically did not leave Kevin Home Alone in Home Alone 2

[@wiquid]

@@haydengray3523 I don’t think they knew he was in NY

[@haydengray3523]

@@wiquid well they didn’t at first, but eventually they did. The end of the movie takes place with all of them in NY

[@heppuplays9125]

Honestly one of my favorite things about this movie is that Macaulay Culkin was offered a cameo in the movie but he just refused.

[@ggt47]

He was too busy with Redlettermedia.

[@skellington8090]

He knew he was too good for it, and I applaud him for that!

[@Vernydog92]

The problem is they aren't STEALING anything. They are getting something back that was theirs and what they believed was STOLEN from them. The villains aren't villains. Instead of it being bad guys who want to harm people or ruin people's homes these people are trying to save their own. That fundamentally messes up the whole plot dynamic. The kid is no longer someone I want to root for like Kevin. It's just ... they messed up everything about the plot that made the first movie great.

[@norancha2968]

They’re still breaking in. I like this idea. It’s fresh and doesn’t really change the original story

[@laurena9563]

YES THIS. So it comes off as just some horrid rich kid tossing things he didn't pay for at a couple trying to get their own property back to save their house, rather than in the original, where it was obvious that even though the family was well off, Kevin was a bit younger and not really aware of the privilege he had because he was a literal kid young enough not to think about money or his own family's wealth, and that made us not care about it for him either. This kid is 12, lives in a gigantic home, and constantly talks about what his mother buys him. No- no all around. >_>

[@rev0568]

@@norancha2968 yeah sorry bud you're still wrong. Yeah, they're still breaking in to the home of people who they assume stole from them. This is likely the cheapest course of action. Just enter a code, search the house, get their doll, leave. This avoids getting cops and lawyers involved and losing more money through that route So I can actually massively understand why they broke in. Fuck that kid. And no, the idea isn't fresh and it actually does massively change from the original movie. You'd know that if you ended up paying attention. Clearly, you didn't.

[@ZombiestFever]

i agree the main problem there's no villains

[@jbcatz5]

It could have been their grandmother previously owned the house and had hidden in a secret place something valuable so course they have to sneak in and try get to this place. Ticking clock, the kid overhears this motivation and is himself searching so it’s a race against time. Still original and gives the chance to give some background to the people breaking in while not making them entirely sympathetic yet misguided.

[@avwillis5269]

I think part of the problem is the grown ups don't really come across as villains, they seem more like desperate people who've fallen on hard times. This undercuts any schaudenfreud sent their ways. The traps don't feel like karma. They feel like a tragic mistake. It'd be like in HA2 if Kevin decided that the appropriate reaction to being scared of the bird lady would be launching bottle rockets at her through most of the third act.

[@ssjup81]

I don't know why I laughed at this....the example you gave. I guess because of how absurd it would've been if he had done something like that. I do agree with you here, though. This couple was meant to be sympathized (or empathized) with. I can't bring myself to watch this film, although a friend of mine wants to watch it just to riff on it. That's about the only way I could watch this, I think. Going in with 0 expectations.

[@codonbyte]

This would have been a problem if it weren't a Home Alone movie. Because it's a Home Alone movie, you're looking forward to the violent third act. The whole time the couple was trying to scale that wall, I was cheering for them to succeed simply so I could watch them get brutalized by a series of vicious booby traps. The reason I was cheering for that is because I expected that when I decided to watch a Home Alone movie. Also, the couple were breaking and entering. They could have called the police to report the stolen doll, which would have quickly resolved the misunderstanding.

[@OrionDawn15]

@@codonbyte The movie being a home alone movie doesn't excuse anything, you watch these movies to watch a clever kid lay out traps and absolutely dunk on horrible people who absolutely deserve it. The villains in this story aren't even actually villains in the first place nor do they deserve to be brutalized like so.

[@raythepizza]

the best home alone sequel we could've asked for is the google assistant commercial starring Macaulay Culkin as an adult in the same house.

[@HiyaJemma]

true

[@cookiesontoast9981]

They should make that an actual movie, just Culkin grown up with his own kid.

[@Stop_Gooning]

Oh or a really depressing Home Alone with grown up Macaulay Culkin trying to get people to come over for Christmas

[@roberttreacy8271]

Yeah.

[@Malanchuk_Diana]

Agree

[@ShiningStarlight101]

i feel like a big issue with the movie is how the traps arent satisfying. In the original, the traps work, the traps are creative, and the thieves react in a comedic/cartoony way. The thieves in the og got more angry as the movie went on, while in this movie they just cry and break down. Their reactions ruin it for me. Home alone traps just aren't fun if the person experiencing them starts crying

[@eternallyconfusedneveraware]

The traps in this really feel more like characters getting tortured or killed in a horror film. This is how bad the slapstick is. It's not funny, it's just upsetting and hard to watch. It really doesn't help that Max in the freezeframe at the treadmill makes hm look vicious and evil.

[@kyotheman69]

because couple are the villains, they don't deserve it, the kid is the villain

[@colmlooney5843]

I really think if they embraced the couple as the protagonists it might have worked, but at the same time that doesnt make much sense plot wise.

[@laurena9563]

Agreed; plus even I remember in the first two "real" Home Alones, even with the nail gun gag or arguably some of the more "violent" traps, it was filmed in a way that it was clear it was slapstick. As a kid, you never were worried that Larry or Marv were getting their head burned with fire, or a nail in their skin, because their reactions were comical and Joe Pesci literally was making noises like an old-school cartoon character instead of swearing. It worked because you know they weren't hurt hard enough despite it being incredibly painful to actually look like they needed to be taken to the hospital, lol.

[@demetria-n]

@@laurena9563 Yeah, there is a difference between stepping on a nail in Home Alone, and stepping on a nail in Quiet Place

[@Otto_Von_Beansmarck]

now i wanna see someone make a trailer for a saw movie using all the clips and some editing

[@Antnj81]

My biggest problem with this movie is how the entertainment is predicated on abusing these two innocent people - who are struggling to provide for their family - while focusing some unlikable little spoiled rich turd who looks like a young Peter Griffin, but acts like a British Eric Cartmen. The original movie had charm, wit, and a clear villain who actually deserves the abuse; this move was just derivative trash made to cash in on the name.

[@KO_Manic]

I agree but you gotta remember, these people are actors so what they do in the movie isn’t what they are like in real life.

[@grace7919]

Thought he reminded me of Cartman the first time I watched it.

[@598superchris]

@@KO_Manic it doesn't matter if they're actors doing a movie,they're actors performing in a terrible movie.

[@codonbyte]

I wouldn't say they are innocent. They did break into a house, which you aren't allowed to do, even if you believe someone stole your property.

[@OrionDawn15]

@@codonbyte Sure, we could say that. But they aren't actively trying to steal anything or hurt our protagonist, they're trying to get something back they believed that was stolen from them. Breaking and entering aside, they aren't monsters who *deserve* the abuse and torture like the villains of the OG Home Alone movies do.

[@KlutzyNinjaKitty]

Ignoring all the other issues with the movie, they should’ve explained the kid’s engineering skills better. Like, they could’ve had a joke where each year all he gets are those STEM kits parents push on their kids. He’s just got a pile of them he’s never touched and he’s like, “Why can’t I just get an action figure or some trading cards for once?” But then he later uses those kits to help make some of the traps. Maybe it might help avoid him coming across like a complete psycho.

[@sylviamontaez3889]

that would make sense.

[@Biblestudyyt]

That’s genius

[@paperluigi6132]

What's a STEM kit?

[@introvertedoutcast9521]

@@paperluigi6132 Science, Tech, Engineering, Mathmatics kit. science/construction toys, i.e. build your own robot

[@KlutzyNinjaKitty]

@@paperluigi6132 - STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. A lot of toys nowadays use STEM to try and get kids into these advanced fields. Like "build a robot" kits or toys that try to teach coding.

[@dannyramirez6037]

I feel like making this movie with no villains was a bad choice. The 'villains' were literally trying to save their house and their children. And also can we talk about that icicle scene? Out of all the traps that max layed out, Max literally tried to IMPALE the 'villains'. I saw this scene and thought it pretty dark considering this happened over a misunderstanding. Not to mention the couple had children to take care of.

[@bombdotcom2168]

They tried to force two vastly different things together for their movie and failed miserably

[@Chillbro-f]

This kid is a sick bastard and wanted to steal dolls from church.

[@itscs1175]

I literally felt sick when the intruders began begging just to talk it out and he still kept hurting them. Like this is straight out of making of a murderer or evil lives here or something

[@enzopotado5711]

Did you even see it? He thought they were trying to sell him

[@aegonthedragon7303]

Doesn’t justify maiming and attempting to kill them.

[@sev1120]

Most serial killers start out small. Hurting animals and the like. This kid jumped psst that and went straight to "let's maim this innocent family"

[@geniuslynormal7213]

I would have just kept it

[@brrots5822]

The kid was crazy, he did not learn anything meaningful as Kevin did, i felt he stayed bratty. The battle plan scene horrored me, i was rooting for the burglars, opposed to the original where i was worried about Kevin. The mother! in the original she suffered for her kid, and did anything she could to get back to him, howevered this remake made her just sit on a plane and arrive home. The only good thing was the mccallister cameo.

[@laurena9563]

From what I understand, too, the whole reason the "villains" are trying to get the doll back isn't just for solely monetary gain- the rare doll is supposed to keep them from LOSING THEIR FAMILY HOME. It just makes the whole "Sneaking back in to get what they think is their own property back" premise and the kid losing it on them because he thinks they're there to kidnap HIM for money so much more sleazy and a weird "rich kid throwing shit at people trying to save their home" dynamic. Bleh.

[@ejay11000]

It's like they are trying to normalize seeing rich entitled people as the lovable protagonists and underprivileged low income families as dirty little protagonist who deserved to get shit on.

[@tonytins]

The one time Disney had a chance to capitalize on their villain fetish, and they threw it out the window to frame genuinely struggling people as the bad guys.

[@tynamolord2430]

In my opinion the worst part is when they want you to sympathize with the “burglars” there is only one Time I ever felt bad for Harry or Marv.(When Marv got pelted by like 10 bricks) it makes watching them get tortured less enjoyable

[@rainalystre1877]

Don’t forget the paintcans, climbing up a kerosene soaked rope, and the voltage scene. Then again those are all laugh elements and with the bricks you can see the fear on Marv’s face. Then you hate Harry because he kept egging Kevin on to throw more.

[@sev1120]

@@rainalystre1877 With Harry and Marv they kinda end up falling for really obvious traps too, like just grabbing the front door handle instead of trying to pick it. It makes them seem like incompetent burglars, which means you can kinda laugh at them. Plus, they're established as being burglars who just wanna steal from the McAllister house in their introduction, and they don't get any kind of sympathetic twist. They're just criminals

[@onionmctwist]

The fact that they had the balls to make a "Why do they keep remaking the originals?" joke is just... Insulting.

[@omppul]

Honestly I can't be the only one who found it weird that after being beaten in so many ways through the movie, the pair trying to get their doll still felt bad for the kid for being home alone. idk, just... Leave him be alone on christmas, call a cop to check on him, anything else than being "oh yeah this kid broke my foot to the point where the bones were dust, but we still invited him over to our house :)"

[@renkunn]

Well they WERE trying to break into his house while falsely accusing him on theft 😅

[@JuMiKu]

@@renkunn The little brat did steal a soft drink. Yes. After all that the little psycho couldn't even be completely innocent of what he was accused of.

[@598superchris]

​​@@renkunndude the opinion you're speaking of it doesn't matter and the people that like your comment or kids who see the world black and white.

[@MrDash03]

The problem here is that they made the “burglars” a down on their luck couple just trying to retrieve what was rightfully theirs and the kid just brutalizes them in his traps making the audience feel sorry for them Plus the kid Max is extremely unlikable in contrast to Kevin from the first two movies

[@pandadude17]

They completely ruined the dynamic of the burglars. They were made to be sympathetic which makes it not fun to watch them get attacked at the end since it was all just a misunderstanding

[@segadreams8952]

Right that’s literally just bad writing

[@cyberkid7255]

I agree

[@AverageSchizo1]

1st movie: burglars that rob and later destroy peoples homes, ruining lives, get beat 2nd: same burglars want to get revenge on a child doing who knows what once they catch him All the others don’t deserve to be spoken about

[@tykamen5588]

This is tame compared to do with the robbers in Home Alone 3, 4, and holiday heist

[@pocketmarcy6990]

It could’ve worked if they flipped the script fully so the story was about the couple and it completely portrayed the kid as the villain

[@zeroopolis5738]

When I heard "He's hurting me Pam... Why is he doing this to us Pam?" I genuinely nearly cried... Jesus...

[@deepaparakkal4241]

FR. It's painful to watch it. I need to be paid to watch this movie, not pay to watch it. It's like watching real life, the poor people trying to save their lives and working hard, get fucked over by a douche rich kid with all his money.

[@Noname-xr4ql]

Don’t forget when they were begging to the kid to stop and talk it out but he just kept hurting them

[@djpemb]

@@Noname-xr4ql that part just made me want the kid to just like die

[@josh1200]

You do know that they're actors, right? Nobody actually got hurt. Also, I don't get why his character is confused about being attacked, while they're actively breaking and entering.

[@metronicmagician1816]

You know you’d think these people would at least understand the slapstick aspect of the home battlefield bit. That every slip, hit, and shock are meant to be a laugh. Sure you can have them get hurt, and there should be visible damage on the intruders, but it should never impede on them beyond the immediate scenes after it (even then). Also the fact that they made the intruders good guys completely ruins the joy of the home battle field. Like mentioned in the video you just feel bad for them since they have a just cause behind their want to get into the house so in the end it just feels like the kid is a psycho tormenting some people.

[@laurena9563]

This! The slapstick was so well done in the first two because even if they were objectively "violent" things happening, you knew it wouldn't result in Larry or Marv being stuck in a hospital for fifteen days afterwards- they just completely moved forward. It tells you something that even as a kid where you logically know someone's being stuck with a nail gun, that the slapstick is so well done you never think, "That's something he needs to go get checked out," lol.

[@TechyBen]

Yeah, one way to "save" that would be an end scene where the get the $200,000 and go "and you'd never believe the trouble we went through to get it... it was all a big mix up. But we forgive him for it all" etc. Play for laughs the "mix up". But they failed at it all.

[@theultimatehomiegsenior3058]

its like everyone in the first 2 movies are immortal lmao

[@metronicmagician1816]

@@theultimatehomiegsenior3058 it’s more that they’re in a slap stick comedy than they’re immortal

[@mikeyangel420]

I do feel bad for the child actors in these films. It's easy for people to immediately dislike them because they're in a reboot. It's like tripping at the start line of a race.

[@justinchandler6045]

The kid here was good in JoJo Rabbit

[@krackergames1650]

I kinda feel bad for this kid he was one of the best if not the best in jojo rabbit so it’s sad to see him in a bad film

[@dabatman5187]

Personally I don’t think any of the actors were bad. But the script on the other hand

[@mouseman2540]

Yeah, its definitely not the actor’s fault, it was just bad writing and I don’t think there was a point in making the movie in first place. Of course, at least we still have the first movie 😄

[@lokivaleska3988]

That's sadly what happens with some actors. You can have some of the best actors in the world in a movie, but if the writing, plot, and literally everything else is working against them, not even they can make the movie enjoyable.

[@mouseman2540]

@@lokivaleska3988 Absolute truth

[@019Breakcode]

@@lokivaleska3988 let’s call out the business snobby people who thought this was a good movie to make mUH mOney

[@artslife4424]

Can I just say it is genuinely hilarious what they do with the OG characters. It's crazy believable that Kevin owns a security company and uses his power to troll Buzz *annually*.

[@bristolschwaderer208]

It’s hilarious

[@ComicalRealm]

Nothing can or has ever come close to the first Home Alone.

[@ToasTFresh]

The second Hone Alone. imo ofc

[@apersunthathasaridiculousl1890]

never

[@minimanbeast1014]

Idk, but the scene were marv baisicly dies is legendary

[@MrMadre]

The second one

[@cooingwolf6775]

And the second, but after that it’s all cash grabs

[@hannyb.1364]

It’s probably for the better that this was a Disney plus only release. This doesn’t deserve to be on the big screen.

[@tronnorth726]

How funny what if it did during covid?

[@harrisonho8934]

Let’s be honest here. Pam and Jeff are the protagonists of this movie. They’re just two parents who need money in order to keep their house just so that they and their kids could have a place to live. As a result of that, you feel more emotion for THEM instead of the main character, Max, you know, the kid who’s home alone, THE ONE YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ROOTING FOR? Unlike other films, in which the burglars more or less deserved what they got (First film, Wet Bandits tried to rob Kevin’s house, second film, the Sticky Bandits try to steal charity money meant to got to kids who desperately need it in a hospital, third film, four terrorists try to steal a chip that controls a missile for a North Korean terrorist organization, fourth film, Marv and his wife try to get revenge on Kevin, fifth film, three art thieves try to break into a house to steal a valuable painting and try to kill anyone who gets in their way), where whenever the robbers fall for the traps, it’s funny, here… it’s not funny. Especially when Pam starts CRYING over the fact that their kids will be forced to live on the streets just because they can’t pay their debts. This film kind of reminds me of the SpongeBob episode, One Coarse Meal. In that episode, Mr. Krabs tries to terrorize Plankton into committing suicide so that Plankton will no longer try to steal the Krabby Patty formula. Ignoring all the other major things the episode does wrong, this episode basically is saying, “It doesn’t matter what Mr. Krabs is doing here, he’s the hero, Plankton’s the villain, so if Mr. Krabs wants to drive him to suicide, that’s OK because he's the hero!” The fact is this idea DOES NOT WORK if you feel sorrier for the supposed “antagonist” of the story rather than the “protagonist”. As for Max, the main character, he’s overall pretty bland and lacks the charm of Kevin, or Alex from the first three films. Heck, even though 4 and 5 are hated by a lot of people, at least THERE they made it clear that the kid is the protagonist, and the bandits are the villains. I guess they wanted to mix things up with this film to have it stand out from the previous films, like having the villains be good because it’s Christmas and the important thing is family and all that, but the premise is way too mean spirited, and having Pam and Jeff suffering through the traps, while they are ALREADY SUFFERING FROM LOSING THEIR HOUSE AND NOT HAVING MONEY TO FEED THEIR KIDS is overall just way too depressing for me to laugh at.

[@matthewelerick648]

Ya I hated this movie

[@Rinn0997]

One of the things I didnt like about the movie was the way the kid was set up.when he went to the bathroom and was talking to the guy and his mom. they were trying to make the kid a brat (wich isnt what your supposed to do) then when they got home they just made the house chaotic so he would want to be alone.the kid isnt someone I want to follow.kevin wanted to be alone because everyone were ignoring him and picking on him and then they said he was the bad guy.but the kid in the new film is annoying and and they had a good reason to dislike him but they didnt even dislike him. he just thought the house was to loud so he wanted it to be quiet. The plot is lazily written.it feels like they just want to do the slapstick comedy and call it a movie. And they forgot why the first movie was so good.

[@ithurtswhenipee4526]

Everything after the second film is non canon and doesn’t deserve to exist

[@Rinn0997]

@@ithurtswhenipee4526 I liked the third movie. The third movie was definitely out there with the whole missile chip but it was a fun movie.

[@CheezyIsEpic]

My boy typed a whole essay.

[@Maddow01]

I love your ost games picks in the background !

[@CrraVideos]

Cant believe that SAW and Home Alone made a collaboration together :). Because this movei feels like one

[@TeruteruBozusama]

Everyone thought Kevin was past Jigsaw, but turns out it was this kid instead, and if they are hoping that'd be free advertising do I not want to watch it from that alone...

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

@@TeruteruBozusama doesnt the icicles trap feel horror movie style? Doesnt feel it belongs in this "family friendly" film

[@TeruteruBozusama]

@@Thomasmemoryscentral agreed, and the nail gun as well! Had there been blood in Disney movies had this movie been full of it even if it just tried being realistic....

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

At least most of the Saw victims did something wrong. These victims are completely innocent.

[@adrevenue1496]

The nerf gun acupuncture is something out of a saw movie, the ending makes no sense after what that kid did to them

[@jolenebailey7551]

it would have been so much more satisfying if the parents sued Max's family for all the bodily harm he did, the 8 ball canon would at the least fracture a persons skull, and when he set Pam's feet on fire, I don't even need to explain that one 🤕🤕🤕

[@DazzReviews]

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[@maxzabriskie3969]

What’s your favorite color?

[@ArtByAndy377]

Was it intentional?

[@therealsiguyy]

So are the dislikes, but not briefly…

[@nateoscar2950]

@@therealsiguyy thanks youtube

[@Beyondthe5thPanel]

At least Home Alone 3 was funny, charming and had a realistic story. I still consider it to be on par with the first two. Give me a year or two, and I could expound upon the McCalister world building and make it to where both Kevin and Buzz gets involved in some way

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

I'm sorry, but there was nothing about A Kid being home alone and pranking intruders that Screams Franchise.

[@King_Nex]

I disagree. Sounds like a formula that could work with some changes to the setting and characters each time. After all, how many times has Tom tried to catch Jerry?

[@streetgamer3452]

Hmm gonna have to disagree. If “killer kills random boring adults acting as if they’re teens” can become a franchise then Home alone defiantly can too

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

Okay, you guys do make a good point.

[@vizthex]

except for all the money.

[@YuriPlisetskyKinnie]

@@streetgamer3452 what’s that

[@ImitationJesus]

When I first watched the trailer, I was shocked at how mean-spirited the traps were. Like, those characters were put through serious harm instead of slapstick punishment. And seeing the movie and knowing their predicament, I sympathized with them more than that shit kid.

[@Sillylilgrill]

I like some of the ideas of this movie, but the execution was just horrible.

[@elifan06]

Nah

[@OrionDawn15]

@Tiago Benvenuto It WAS pretty bad... the kid is a sadist and potential *SAW* villain for literally no reason and the 'villains' have a fairly reasonable excuse to be breaking in, and they aren't actively hunting him either they just want something back.

[@JoJoDoesntKnowKnow]

So true. I love how the original characters have brief cameos/importance in this movie. I also sorta like the idea of the robbers befriending the kid. But the traps were way too violent (without the funny part)

[@akilarequiem9316]

This just makes me feel bad for the villains because in the original they were crooks who had no problem hurting Kevin so the deserved it and back then the traps for funny holding for longer then necessary to get the joke or doing something unexpected but this it just feels like the kids pure evil torturing people who just want to get their property back. They have nothing against the kid but he just straight up tries to kill them

[@crcoghill]

yeah~ i think it's once you humanize the "villains" that's when this movie goes downhill. sure: maybe they wanted to make this more Christmasy and make everything work out just fine, but this is a Home Alone movie. making the thieves too likable or even redeemable just doesn't work. doesn't help we don't want to see said people get brutally hurt. that's just cruel. yeah, this is a hard pass. I would rather watch the other "sequels" then this... or just the originals. that's a fair compromise.

[@elijahingram6477]

Personally, 3 is actually my favorite. Love it or hate it, it wasn't trying to "copy" the original apart from the base format. It was genuinely attempting to be it's own thing, and to be honest I love it just as much as 1 and 2. The rest? ... Yikes.

[@bonedude666]

3 is my second favorite. It might be because I've never seen 2, 4, or 5, but I think it's my second favorite HA. Obviously not as much as 1, but I do like how there's more villains than 1 & 2.

[@elijahingram6477]

@@bonedude666 I love 1, and 2 is funnier (even if it is a bit too much of a re-hash). 3 is different, so it will appeal to different people for different reasons. All the rest of them tried to "re-capture the magic" with a terrible cast, shoestring budget, and writers that either didn't care, didn't get paid enough, or both.

[@Blue-Apple-fc9eo]

@@elijahingram6477 What do you think of home sweet home alone?

[@elijahingram6477]

@@Blue-Apple-fc9eo The worst one in the franchise, but not the most disrespectful to the source material. That honor goes to the 4th one

[@bonedude666]

​@Elijah Ingram Future update: I've now seen the 2nd one. I can understand why people would love it as much, or more than the first, but I just think it's ok. I loved the trap sequence and the first car scene, but the rest was just ok.

[@dallasjones523]

Ya know at the end of the video where you put them saying "this is bad" or "remakes are never as good as the original." It made me feel like they made this knowing it was gonna be bad. Especially with the remakes quote.

[@rushalias8511]

what's sad is remakes seem like it should be geared more to turning bad movies good...instead they turn good movies bad

[@noinfo4789]

When i saw the ads for this movie i thought it was some rip off trying to capitalize on how much people loved the original, and not made by the same company trying to capitalize off how much people loved the original, my god

[@antcoolman8350]

I just LOVE how the burglars we’re trying to reason and Max was like nope I and tried to kill them

[@KaliqueClawthorne]

okay so : Original Kevin - Afraid, knowing that the burglars wouldn't stop being criminals for a kid. No problems with maybe even killing a kid. This ''Kevin'' - The ''Burglars'' even want to TALK to him. But still, he throws this spoiled milk at them, hurting them and just ... being kind of mean. Also, there is like kind of a difference between a ten-year-old left home alone and a near teenager. When I think of my ten-year-old and how she actually is SO different from herself a year ago ... When it comes to being alone, having to do mature things, cooking and baking - Two Years make a way bigger difference. Like... I wouldn't leave my ten-year-old alone for more than a weekend and even then like ... I have to know, she is safe and I would constantly think about her safety. But a twelve-year-old? Well - Give her numbers when there is an accident, fill the fridge, prepare some meals and while I would still be a little bit afraid I would trust her to be safely alone for a weekend or even up to four days......

[@DrewsterRooster37]

You know, this movie could have been a little better if one of the parents, particularly the mother left him behind on purpose to teach him a lesson, and if the "dolt" wasn't stupid. It'd give a reason for why Max is such a rude kid, while also showing that he's intelligent enough to outsmart two average adults, and not full on morons.

[@steviev958]

My 9 year old nephew and I watched it for 40 minutes. He then got up and said he can't continue watching this sh*t anymore. I feel you bro

[@KyleRDent]

I keep forgetting to say but thank you for being one of like five creators on this platform that actually bothers putting on subtitles. Much appreciated.

[@jacksonconley5117]

Disney really missed the point of a Home Alone film. It’s supposed to be bad guys getting caught in traps and focus on our relatable protagonist on the holiday season and teach us some kind of good moral and this film had none of that.

[@FrosTeeBee]

Can’t wait for the 2029 remake: Far From Home Alone: The summer special Edit: The plot is essentially home alone But the kids goes on vacation as the parents are stuck at home. Our Protagonist Brian is stuck in (insert generic and mediocre hotel brand here) and is trying to protect it from the dry bandits.

[@ToxicNoxic]

2031: no way alone

[@rocksnrolls]

2050: Home alone: Tokyo Drift

[@citadel8373]

Spider man: Home alone

[@dejmira]

Home Alone 922: Somewhere in Nevada

[@FrosTeeBee]

@@dejmira Kevin must fend his home from Nevada’s infamous Tricky the Clown I like what you did with 922

[@therealglosetik]

Bro, I remember being 12 and staying up late with my brother to marathon the Home Alone series, and when we saw this, we just decided to skip it. You know it's bad if a twelve year old can recognize that it isn't even worth watching.

[@TeamBlueToad]

After the disaster that was both Home alone 4 and 5, i'm surprised they're still making more movies.

[@Redknight-i3b]

I think them make is movie for money

[@jbcatz5]

It’s Disney.

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

Home Alone 5 barely worked because of a few improvements: 1. More than 5 traps were used in the film 2. Finn and his family weren't the mccallisters 3. Some traps feel an upgrade over the ones in 4 despite the PG style 4. Malcolm McDowell is better than French Stewart. 5. Finn is more home alone than knock off Kevin in 4 is despite being with his sister. 6. A snowstorm and low battery knocking down communications makes more sense Many agree 5 is better than 4 but that isnt much to cheer for given 4 set such a low bat

[@cajunking5987]

I can’t believe they made more than one.

[@sekhyhybrid6701]

@@Thomasmemoryscentral 4 was absolute trash. That was the 1st Home Alone movie I literally had 0 laughs AT ALL. The entire movie is crap. I've seen Home Alone 3 a couple of times now and honestly, that movie was still funny and enjoyable despite not involving the same characters. Home Alone 5 is indeed a little better than 4, but still trash honestly.

[@JohnSmith-kh4lp]

Marv and Harry are Wil E. Coyote and Elmer Fudd. When they get their hair burned of by a blowtorch, or step on a nail, or hit in the face with a brick, or hit in the face with a brick, or hit in the face with a brick, it's funny. They'll bounce back a few seconds later, they suffer no long-term consequences. These two are the victims in Saw. They are going to suffer from lifelong trauma, pulverized bones, and probably nerve damage. They will be attending expensive physical therapy for several years, and live in excruciating pain for the rest of their lives.

[@JohnSmith-kh4lp]

Oh, and brain damage.

[@LukeLovesRose]

Exactly and they are so convincing as complete and utter idiots. Marv and Harry basically have the intelligence of 9 year old boys.

[@wordofnerd1822]

I'll say it now, even Home Alone 3 is better than this shitshow, at least the Antagonists deserved it.

[@JoeChillton]

As a guilty pleasure, I like it enough as a meh sequel.

[@MrJohnlennon007]

That’s the only Home Alone I own. I have fond memories of it.

[@16taysia]

I actually really like the 3rd Home Alone movie too 😂🤣😂

[@pizzahut5390]

shut up world of nerd this film is a masterpice stop being big baby about it

[@JoeChillton]

@@pizzahut5390 no it's not

[@a_nervous_wreck]

The biggest problem to me, outside of the two "villains" not really being bad guys, is that the original Home Alones, the slapstick felt cartoony because it was, well, slapstick. But in this movie the traps come across like traps you'd see Jigsaw come up with. You can feel the suffering in their voices and reactions, while in the original the reactions are much more dumbfounded and wacky, which helped to soften the blow of some of the more extreme traps.

[@FTZPLTC]

I don't know why, but the way he says "She cried happy tears" is the creepiest thing I've heard all year.

[@pyraffin]

Maybe when he grows up he'll play some good villain roles, seems he might have a nack for it

[@FTZPLTC]

@@pyraffin Yeah, otherwise he'll have that Alan Rickman thing where, no matter what he does in a movie, he's the villain.

[@exterminator9676]

It hurts seeing how little they cared, there's still potential for a good Home Alone remake, but if a random person can probably write a better movie than Disney, maybe it's best left behind I guess.

[@huntsman9316]

10:05 beautiful. Absolutely beautiful Also, I agree; I couldn't enjoy any of the movies due to my having sympathy for the couple. Especially the husband. He was literally crying and begging for the kid to stop. But at the beginning of the invasion, not once did either of them say, “WE JUST WANT OUR DOLL BACK, YOU LITTLE SHIT!” Or talk to the kid's “grandmother” that they think he took the doll. But yeah, I want to give that poor husband a hug

[@MarkoTubeJKL]

I love how when they watched a remake of that movie Kevin was watching in OG Home Alone with the guns and he was like: Remakes are bad. Basically Disney calling out themselves

[@carolusrex5213]

The thing that also made Home Alone and to a degree Home alone 2 so special to me was McCullough Culkin. He played the role with both a innocence and snarkyness that made you like Kevin and sympathize with him. You felt sad when he started to be sad that his family wasn't around. He was also a lot more intelligent in how he carried himself and acted.

[@littleheadache6346]

I ended up watching the movie with my sister and at one point we were just confused at why they kept jumping between two famailies. it was jarring for us to have to focus and remember two families rather than just one family. i think the focus of two families really scuffed it more than it actually was.

[@EngineerRiff]

As I said, have the kid be Kevin’s child, and have his son be left home alone

[@TheSchultinator]

My (hopefully) more original idea was to do a slapstick comedy version of Die Hard, where Kevin shows his kid(s) the ropes and sticky goop and electricity to defend, together, a high rise from...let's go with kidnappers.

[@Thomasmemoryscentral]

@@TheSchultinator Why not find Alex D. Linzer and have his Alex meet up with Kevin? Feels a missed opportunity there!

[@boygenius538_8]

I wouldn’t like that, it’d make Kevin make the same mistake his parents made

[@16taysia]

That's a much better idea than what we got...

[@PeanutButterfly92]

@@boygenius538_8 It could work if you have Kevin's character arc be him trying to prevent what happened to him, from happening to his kid, but then it ends up happening anyways. Considering how all of his traps went off without a hitch before, there could be some character development with him learning it's okay to have your plans fail.

[@tricountyretail992]

There were technically only three home alone movies Home Alone: Home Alone Home Alone 2: Not home but alone Home Alone 3: Home Alone Home Alone 4: Not home not alone Home Alone 5: Home not alone Home Sweet Home Alone: Home Alone

[@jasonsteele6920]

But Harry and Marv were ready to bite Kevin's fingers off! They weren't just trying to save their home and get back their own rightful property! They were menacing, and a little scary to me as a kid. What happened?

[@swiftlyaswiftie]

THIS! as a child I was TERRIFIED of Harry (Marv's comic relief made me like him better) because of that and it was also a good way to make children sympathize and like the old man neighbor when he saved Kevin

[@edwardchocolate8898]

And spoilers for Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, but in that movie, Harry tries to shoot Kevin after the traps they went through.

[@bucketbutters866]

@@edwardchocolate8898 Alternate universe home alone 3: harry tries to kill Kevin with a grenade Alternate universe home alone 4: harry tries to fucking nuke kevin because he's had enough

[@AptMatrix]

WoW, my sister was watching this and i was so confused what the hell was happening in it to the point i was searching up plot summaries, thanks this was very useful because when i saw the part when the two adults were trying to ask the kid to just talk i was pretty sure that max was the bad guy

[@meredithsmakings]

When I was a little kid and my parents told me there was more than two Home Alones (that were terrible) I always wondered why they didn’t cast Macaulay Culkin in a third movie as an adult and the new kid’s father. Like, Kevin McAllister accidentally leaves his son or daughter at home on Christmas. Then we could have had cameos from Mr. and Mrs. McAllister and Uncle Frank and Buzz and maybe a new set of bandits? Like it’s not that hard to continue Home Alone without it being ripped off guys

[@thelanktheist2626]

I think it’s because he also thinks the other movies are garbage.

[@ssjup81]

Columbus wanted to do a movie 2 and 3 back-to-back to my knowledge, but it was put on the backburner for a few years. By the time movie 3 came out, Culkin would've been too old anyway and that was also round about the time when Culkin was taking a break from acting in general. He was burnt out (can blame his father for that). Cullkin has a year on me, and I think I was about 16 or so when movie 3 came out. IMO, you just can't redo Home Alone or 2. Like you said, there are other things they could do.

[@Dan-uv3wh]

There was going to be a home alone 3 with the original actors in 1995.But the actors decided to stop

[@Deadchannel1737]

Kevin was a teenager by the time home alone 3 came out

[@BAIGAMING]

19:45 Yes this confused me too, it looked like she was pulling out needles, but I swear I remember a later scene where it looked like suctions which makes more sense.

[@nethaendafendr]

Disney’s fading into irrelevance… and now their trailer has caused YT to ban dislike counts. Like, WHY!? One element I do like is bringing back Devin Ratray as Buzz who’s a cop now, even if it doesn’t get enough screen time.

[@deepaparakkal4241]

Disney's fading into irrelevance? That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard in a year. They're buying everything, and basically owning everything now.

[@bonedude666]

It was obviously KZbin Rewind 2018 that made them hide dislikes.

[@keiraa28]

Fun fact. My mom actually worked a part on this movie and I visited the set, who knew the lego was rubber and the floor was just a mat??

[@kirbth4769]

These "righters" must have thought having a sympathetic villain will improve the movie but forgot about the traps. home alone is one of the franchise’s that shouldn’t have developed villains Or be a franchise to begin with

[@mattydins]

Those “righters” can clearly *write* better than you.

[@gamingnubs7628]

@@mattydins well they cant write a story so i think youre mistaken.

[@Reznovelty]

@@mattydins uh oh, grammar Police

[@CuttlefishOnEstrogen]

@@mattydins Maybe it's referring to "right" on the political compass being capitalism?

[@kirbth4769]

@@mattydins I was trying to make a joke of how they're so bad they aren't writers

[@darlenabrown3360]

Or the brick to the face for Marv, or the brick to the face for Marv, or the brick to the face for Marv, or the brick to the face.. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@roccotherayquaza2468]

I knew this movie was gonna be bad, but damn this is god awful.

[@ArtByAndy377]

Fun fact: the house code is the film's release date.

[@beauwalker9820]

The "Tell don't show" trope is definitely a problem with modern writing in movies sadly. Seeing Buzz as a cop, and the house logo as "McAllister home security" were the only good things about this movie.

[@LuckyPigeon1111]

What about neurodivergents who think differently and may not be good at it?

[@sambreyer7344]

Why do they want to milk this franchise TO DEATH

[@roxassora2706]

And why don't they do it right? I mean, the older brother being used as fanservice was nice, but the other bits of "fanservice" were off.

[@morgantillis4987]

I honestly hated this movie because the plot was so short. I didn’t notice the pranks, the scenes, or the music. Simply the fact that the plot was so horribly boring and left so much room for improvement

[@Hamburger8079]

is disney *TRYING TO TRAUMATIZE THEIR AUDIENCES!?*

[@silvermoonlight4520]

Yes

[@josh1200]

How is this even remotely traumatizing? Are people really so soft-headed that obvious fake movie skits are actually believed to be real?

[@Hamburger8079]

@@josh1200 idk I wrote this comment like a year ago. Sometimes looking back at my old comments makes me feel like a bumbling idiot lol

[@knightbiterlsh]

Can they just get over the fact that home alone 1 was a once in a lifetime masterpiece and can't be remade

[@LukeLovesRose]

Home Alone isn't Home Alone without Macauley Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern. The Wet Bandits are the perfect villains for a kid like Kevin. My thought for the proper Home Alone sequel features Kevin as an adult. He has a big family and a big house. He owns a toy making company where he does a lot of his own designing. He has a very smart but shy 8 year old girl that only Kevin understands. That is until she starts throwing a fit because her relatives are mean. She ends up doing the inevitable, "I hate you all" and Kevin stupidly says, "Maybe you should ask Santa for a new family." The family takes off for wherever, forgetting the daughter. She gets into a lot of hijinks. She even trashes Kevin's workshop... maybe out of spite. And then Harry and Marv show up, seeking to kidnap her to get back at Kevin. They stalk her and even threatens her before coming for her. Of course the daughter puts them through hell for as long as possible. And once again, Harry and Marv actually deserve everything they get. Long story short, Kevin comes home just in time to save the day. He punches both Marv and Harry out

[@striderreborn1467]

This is like that joke from the movie "Dogma" that claimed someone sold their soul to the Devil to make "Home Alone" popular. Haha

[@CrispyLilGuy]

I really felt queasy with these traps in comparison to joy and laughter in the original

[@spaceace4387]

Next sequel: You Can't Go Home Alone Again

[@jaelynlorin7336]

the slapstick and violence for this movie definitely sounded better in theory than in practice

[@RumoSenpai]

Any Home Alone reboot without Macaulay Culkin as the dad is a real letdown.

[@supernova.exe.3928]

Dazz: lists different home alone titles Disney: write that down WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@mystpassage2163]

Just watching this through the video is sickening. I love horror movies like saw and still am disturbed by how just violent it is. The way they made the attacks so focused and harsh instead of cartoony violence against characters we know are villians, I felt like I was watching a horror movie about a psychopathic child rather than a heartfelt Christmas movie :(

[@ninjasanin500]

They somehow made that giant ass lump on the dudes head look way more painful then Marv getting a brick to the head 4 times... what made them think making the intruders have a decent enough motive (and also be relatively harmless) was a good idea if they also planned on having some of the most violent, sadistic traps ive ever seen in these movies? That weight on the treadmil scared the shit out of me cause he actually couldve killed the lady, it embedded itself into the door behind her wtf?????????

[@Folzysego]

This movie is so stupid

[@thepincult2763]

Disney is literally dumping Fox, the only good children’s movie from them this year is Ron’s Gone Wrong and as I said, ONLY, Disney will just ruin any family film from them and just ask for your money, Disney nowadays is disappointing Edit: I hope the new wimpy kid is gonna be good

[@EvstsxdeDreams]

Amazing I show Mid November Glad I’m here

[@alexpaulk2819]

I just can’t believe they got Aisling Bea and Rob Delaney. I mean, they’re so funny as comedians and non-children’s movie actors, but this is just… frustrating to watch and know that they can do so much better.

[@medes5597]

This movie has a very odd cast, like I feel like it was cast by a cynical British hipster.

[@alexpaulk2819]

@@medes5597 yeah I feel like if they were cast in a different movie with a different story they would all mesh well. I really don’t know what was up with the casting director, but they did not do a good job for this concept. I just wonder who else auditioned or sent in tapes for those roles…

[@Davy-lt9ut]

You so used the winter theme from Diddy Kong Racing in the video. Thank you for the greatness.

[@jbcatz5]

Flipping the script and having the film from the perspective of the people breaking and entering could have been interesting. We only see the family of the home being broke into from an outside perspective so we only see the public disarray and disagreements. The traps are a surprise because we don’t see them set up or triggered by the kid, just the reactions to the victims.

[@cellophanezebra4663]

Kevin in the OG just wanted to protect his home while this chunky version is an actual murderer

[@Homerstar]

It really feels like this was made by people who just don't understand Home Alone. They think that the only thing we care about is the traps when Home Alone is so much more than that. And what's worse is that there's literally no reason to watch this. Every other Home Alone movie is on Disney Plus so just watch 1 & 2 instead (hell I'll take 3 over this, at least that one had a likeable protagonist.)

[@ATFADL]

Even the traps in this were a little dull and some only seemed to work because the adults were dumb. I mean ice on stairs makes sense, you can't walk "around" a flight of stairs into a basement. But ice on the drive way, I mean what was stopping them from just walking on the lawn.

[@dorianpolacchini]

I love that if you take this comment and change "Home Alone" to "Saw" it would still make perfect sense.

[@karazor-el967]

Did you somehow miss the fact that the worst thing about this movie was that the couple were actually really nice and kind of relatable compared to the bratty stuck up kid and no one really enjoyed seeing the two of them go through all the traps and turmoil because in reality they didn't deserve it the way the bad guys in the previous films did? Like, that is the biggest reason this movie is as bad as it is and you seem to have not noticed that it was going on?

[@Whatzitooya891]

Have you even watch the video? He’s been saying what you just wrote and really doesn’t enjoy the couples getting tortured. Why else his girlfriend got really disgusted by it and leave watching the movie

[@srtzadz]

1990: masterpiece 2021: just bullshit

[@sekhyhybrid6701]

This movie makes Home Alone 3 look good. Actually, 4 and 5 already did that.

[@beeking1792]

This movie had so much potential to be better than Home Alone’s 4 & 5 and actually be decant like Home Alone 3, but no it only surpasses Home Alone 4. That f***ing sucks.

[@wilbert3799]

An actual idea for a home alone movie that could work: Kevin as an adult who is still immature gets left home alone by his wife and kid for probably some work reason, and Marv and Harry who are now old men break out of a senior home to get revenge and keven being a man child doesn’t realize they pose 0 threat to him now. And yes hopefully it would have all the original actors

[@Folzysego]

That could work

[@theunlawfulsponge5908]

Idk if that would work, kevin was obviously a pretty smart kid for his age, so I can only imagine he wouldn't be that dumb as an adult. I think a good plot would be if kevin was defending his home either from the visitors-esque home invaders or purge night.

[@kemasuk]

Missed opportunity for Buzz to have a moment like the mom: "*KEVIN!*"

[@CmdrVoltaire]

No joke, I watched the promo for this movie while I was visiting my parents, and my dad basically said, "What the FUCK?" Way to piss on my childhood, Hollywood.