What is The WORST Home Alone Movie? - Hack The Movies

The Patrons voted and we delivered. We watched all 6 Home Alone movies and asked ourselves the big question. What is the WORST Home Alone movie? Join Jess, Prison Mike, and myself as we try to answer this question.
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[@HackTheMovies]

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[@RickyRavioli69]

This country was founded by Christians and based on Christian values. It's merry Christmas. I am willing to die on this particular hill

[@dimetronome]

Thanks, because there's no way I'm watching any after the second one.

[@Shr13k]

Prison Mikes stoic demeanor and deadpan delivery is hilarious. Especially right next to Jess who is like a human exclamation point. Great episode.

[@coreytrayn]

"have you seen" " no "

[@ericdover5250]

My favorite male guest is Prison Mike. I absolutely love how he has never seen anything Tony references except the current topic.

[@robk.6591]

Home Alone was my favorite of the series for the longest time. Home Alone 2 has become my new favorite recently. The New York setting, Tim Curry, and pigeon lady really adds some something extra.

[@tsartomato]

i love when tony's mic SCREAMS IN YOUR EAR while everyone else is barely whispering gives you that cinematic high range experience of watching movies at night with one hand on a volume knob

[@wstine79]

You could've brought in that pizza boy who use to work part time at Rental Reviews before getting trapped in Milwaukee with Rich Evans as a guest.

[@wisconsinking323]

Tony should get the Red Letter Media guys on his podcast.

[@jessdaydreaming]

We had to watch all six Home Alone movies, so you don't have to! You're welcome!!

[@neowonderproductionsnaught1518]

Thank you Jess, couldn't have done it without you!!!

[@evan827]

Appreciate it

[@RaDicAL808]

Thank you! I only saw the first three, the third one only once. lol

[@robk.6591]

Thank you for your service .

[@t45tt4tr]

❤ I always feel like I am a part of these reviews even though I am not there. There is something really comforting about the banter and friendship you all have. Thank you for the many hours I have spent viewing this channel. It really does help with the loneliness

[@iammatthart]

I like how right before the Home Alone 4 material starts, my KZbin ad says, “Experience art like never before, Shen Yun live in theatre like never before,” I got really confused.

[@linkinparkrulz2275]

Probably the reason the mother didn't let John Candy spend Christmas with them would be that the ending would be identical to another John Hughes film with John Candy, Planes Trains and Automobiles.

[@mattfleurant9295]

Hey, Tony, Merry Christmas! Thanks for all the laughs throughout the year.

[@HackTheMovies]

Thank you so much!

[@danmann861]

Fun fact: Daniel Stern was approached to appear in HA4 as Marv. Apparently he turned it down saying “it’s a complete insult to the original.” He wasn’t wrong.

[@UnknownXero]

Sweet two hours of Tony and friends Roasting all the sequels to home alone and MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎅

[@timothyobrien9490]

Happy Holidays! This is one of my favorite episodes now. Good job guys!

[@colinj5291]

Donald Trump owned the Plaza Hotel when the movie was filmed. Part of the genius of the gag is Kevin unknowlingly asks the OWNER of the building for directions.

[@CocainBuzz]

Boondocks Home Alone : Riley is left home alone for a weekend and shenanigans happen

[@MrBroon]

When Prison laments that when you or other people ask if he seen well known movies, he hasn't; but will answer that he's seen Home Alone 4.... I cracked up hard

[@heisensaul5538]

The thing that made no sense to me was in the first movie when Kevin is playing the clip from Angels with dirty souls. I understand why Marv didn't say anything to anyone, but what was the pizza boy's excuse for not calling the police when he was threatened with a machine gun? lol

[@1000000man1]

When you think about it, the reason they were going to a motel is because Frank, the cheap skate, went there on his honeymoon 😂 Thanks to Kevin, they ended up in a 5 star hotel for Christmas day, with a bunch of free gifts by Mr. Duncan.

[@JoshuaWeirdo]

As a patreon supporter, I voted for all. And I'm so glad that I did. This was a great episode. Keep on being awesome and famous Tony.

[@ryandireda9455]

I had the pleasure of seeing this in the theater two weeks ago with my wife and my cousin. The movie flew by because I'm so used to watching it on TV. Merry Christmas 🎁⛄

[@samhouston1979]

i saw Home Alone in the theater at a mall in Houston when i was in high school…my mom & her BF were watching Dances with Wolves…ours ended early…the mall closed & my friend & i roamed around & got harassed by mall cops

[@jubjub444]

Home Alone 1 = Good Home Alone 2 = Mixed Home Alone 3 = Okay Home Alone 4 = Bad Home Alone 5 = This exists? Home Alone 6 = I don't even care anymore

[@chzzyg2698]

I was working at a theater when HA3 came out. I remember thinking, why? I never did see it, and we sold hardly any tickets for it.

[@PetProjects2011]

40:51 Skull fracture with epidural hematoma. Marv is dead.

[@IceBearfor]

*1 UP Sound Effect*

[@garf293]

I need Halloween Alone to be a crossover with Michael Myers against Kevin McAllister.

[@sonicdoomofficial9200]

Antonio, Jess needs to be a permanent cast member. She’s infinitely funnier than anyone else who has been on Hack The Movies.

[@sonicdoomofficial9200]

Johanna is a close second. Just make them both permanent.

[@sonicdoomofficial9200]

And Movie Dumpster Joe. There ya go, classic trio cast.

[@Fixxxer07082]

I’m also convinced that, after #3, when actors audition for the later sequels, the movies either have a working title to fake them out or at the audition stage of production, it’s not actually a Home Alone movie and it eventually gets shoehorned into one for release.

[@liolioliopaque2403]

I'm just commenting 'cause Jess and Prison Mike are my fave guests and I want the episode to have more engagement and Tone brings them back.

[@rodonis88]

She interrupts too much

[@KaNCeRmm4life]

I thought we were still talking about Mans Best Friend and I'm thinking to myself "hmm Lance Henrickson doesn't look like an oompah" lmao

[@xenablossom4682]

In hindsight, Mr. Trump's cameo in The Little Rascals hasn't aged well.

[@RyanMercer]

I got the talkboy for Christmas that year, even my kid hand barely fit in there.

[@wickedfierce]

She's good with all the impressions. Her timing is great.

[@patrickcharles6983]

Judging by Jess' hair, she needs to be in a review of "the Long Kiss Goodnight". She's rocking the same haircut as Geena Davis(Charlie) in that flick.

[@francesgunn3374]

Chris Columbus definitely didn't direct Gremlins, but, go on...

[@user-zn8xo1mf9z]

Gremlins was directed by Joe Dante. Not chris columbus

[@HorreurFM]

The gamer dude in Home Alone 5 is played by Bill Turnbull, Curtis from Todd and the Book of Pure Evil. If you haven't watch that tv show, you're missing something!

[@dirkjewitt5037]

Remeber, when Kevins mom says she'll sell her soul to get to Kevin, The Polka King appears and just so happens to be going her way. hmmmmmmmmmmm.

[@jubjub444]

I just want a Home Alone movie where Macaulay Culkin comes back as an adult. He plans to go on vacation with his wife, kids, and mom, but then he sees that the Sticky Bandits played by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern have escaped prison on the news. So instead of going on the holidays with his family he decides himself to stay behind because he knows Harry and Marv will come looking for him - he says he will be busy with work and will sadly have to miss the vacation. Kevin has been preparing this for years- his house is a death trap basically. And he ends up killing Marv and Harry through the hilarity. His family comes back from the vacation asking how work was and he says it was pretty great!

[@JIF882]

I believe that Nostalgia Critic did a similar treatment

[@halloween2004]

26:00 buzz is like 14 years older than Kevin. Why the F is he in this grade school choir. Was Buzz held back 6 years? 😅😅😅

[@Zacman1123]

I didn't get that either.

[@Deadmarsh19]

The creepy santa face in the wreath during the wind storm in the first movie used to freak me out

[@OfficialDarkSoulMusic]

Tony you can’t forget the 20th anniversary review of Return of the King. Maybe that’s next weeks episode?

[@HackTheMovies]

I gotta make a community post. We we're set to shoot the review but my dad got Covid. I didn't want to rush the episode so I am pushing it to next month.

[@OfficialDarkSoulMusic]

@@HackTheMovies no worries man. I hope your dad gets well soon. Stay safe.

[@halloween2004]

​@@HackTheMovieswe can wait. January sucks. So this is something to look forward to. 🎉

[@stardestroyeruk7025]

I had the "TalkBoy".... me and my friends did what any 11 year old boys would do.... we recorded our farts on it!

[@KombatGod]

I still have mine sitting on a shelf near my bed... with its original audio cassette inside with the silly recordings my brother and I did 25+ years ago.

[@ZestyLemonJr]

Prison Mikes joke at 37:39 made me love him and now I want him on every episode! Please tell Prison Mike

[@MattG_OfficialTV]

The Elf Hat alone is worth a “Like”

[@christopherrzeszkowski6910]

Chris Columbus did not direct Gremlins he wrote it Joe Dante directed it

[@gjben86]

"Hi kids, we're home early,"

[@davidjuarez5263]

Jess is back!!!... for today. She's a great sport. Gotta get her back as an editor.

[@KingHenryVR4]

I think Home Alone 3 was probably the last decent one of the franchise.

[@heisensaul5538]

Maybe, but I remember the marketing just trying to hit you over the head how this one was BETTER than the other two and how obnoxious it was over that fact it tried to drill into our heads. So it lost me right there tbh.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Home Alone was the last decent one.

[@mikeRedMDK2032]

Yes. Really not bad at all. Sillier for sure, but high art compared to 4-6

[@EntrEsprit]

it was ok for franchise, as a movie in general it's like a 2/10

[@majordbag2]

I forgot they made a fourth one and didn't know there was a fifth or sixth movie. Considering that I've never even seen 5 or 6 referenced secondhand means they must have been really bad.

[@futuremovieactor]

To me, Home Sweet Home Alone is the worst even though it has a few good things here and there not just because it's made with a higher budget, but is trying so hard to both recapture the original and BE original while doing so and fails badly at both. Home Alone 2 because it does sequel escalation really well gets a pass, Home Alone 3 because it was also in theaters and really wasn't that bad kind of gets a pass, Home Alone 4 and Home Alone 5 each being TV movies-even with the fourth one being a weird continuation-meet the standard of dumb without going too too far (I was never angry) and the first Home Alone bar none is widely considered the best for a reason. Home Sweet Home Alone fails at its unrealistic ambition of trying to restore the series and ends up insulting as a result.

[@KombatGod]

Watching the video later, but I'll drop this here for now. To me the chart is very clear: *1-Home Alone* (a certified classic) *2-Home Alone 2* (more of the same, just as good as the original but much cheaper in hindsight) *3-Home Alone 3* (a fun kids movie; it has no reason to exist, but if you HAD to do a Home Alone sequel this is the way to do it) *4-Home Alone 5* (completely useless and unfunny, I always erase it from memory 10 minutes after watching it and I keep forgetting it even exists... but at least I'm not scarred by it) *5-Home Sweet Home Alone* (a bit funnier than the previous two at parts and has nice throwbacks making it truly feel part of the same universe as the first two, but it has the most unlikable kid in the whole franchise and weirdly likable robbers, making the overall story feel completely wrong) *6-Home Alone 4* (The most painful to sit through to me, it not only is completely void of humor or any other substance, but it just craps on the whole series by recasting the main characters... and even getting the family members wrong! So maybe it's meant as a reboot... but no, because Kevin knows Marv already... it just makes no sense)

[@ryanpowell2540]

I missed the Wet Bandits not being in this episode, but Jess and Prison Mike were really fun.

[@hellnugget]

I always assumed they ended up in the really shitty motel was because they didn't have their credit cards on them because Kevin had them in his fanny pack, so they had to get a shitty cheap place to stay.

[@DANIELDUDE1000]

Actually it was for that reason because Kevin had his dad's wallet and money and bag Uncle Frank had to pay for the trip now and considering how much of a cheapskate he was chose that motel.

[@stanmarsh4566]

1:13:20 Actually they are FIVE siblings. Its Buzz, Megan, Jeff, Lizzie and Kevin.

[@pladampa]

Culkin vs thr bees in my girl was one of the worst fights in movie history. He just stood there and said go away. 😂

[@beejay271]

HOT TAKE... Home Alone 2 > Home Alone 1. Come at me internet! Lol

[@KombatGod]

Well, home alone 2 is like going to the same restaurant after it turned into a chain so it makes the same exact dish but with no love and using cheaper ingredients... but it also adds a new sauce on top so it tastes kinda better.

[@GeoPR78]

Fun fact Prison Mike is one hell of a good Destiny player a was surprise and scream prison Mike that’s is his actual game tag

[@brandonginsburg3120]

Daniel Stern showed some real range between his roles in Home Alone and City Slickers.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

He's actually a good dramatic actor.

[@brandonginsburg3120]

@@dreamlandnightmare Like Jeff Daniels.

[@RidleyCinema]

Home Alone: Alone for the Holidays A now adult Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) lives a modest life alone working from home making security systems. Estranged from his mother, a lack of a social life and PTSD from childhood trauma and even having a Stockholm syndrome relationship with Harry and Marv the holidays are never easy. With all of his neighbors in the cal de sa gone for the holidays and nowhere to go himself he overhears a plot to rob the houses on his surveillance set up. Kevin with nothing better to do decides to booby trap the neighborhood and be the town hero.

[@QP9237]

I keep thinking of The Office everytime you say Prison Mike... bring him back please for a review of The Office

[@1000000man1]

Kevin has 4 siblings (Buzz, Megan, Linney & Jeff) Both sides of the family have 7 people including the parents.

[@RichV20]

Its been 20+ years and Ive watched the film dozens of times, yet I still dont know entirely who is part of who's family. I know Kevin's brothers are Buzz and Little Big Pete. That Fuller and girl Fuller are his cousins. Les Incompetents is maybe his sister. The nerdy kid with glasses in Buzz's room is apparently Uncle Rob's son.

[@1000000man1]

@@RichV20 When he asks "Santa" for his family back he says: Peter, Kate (his parents), Buzz, Megan, Linney and Jeff.. then says his aunt and cousins and if he has time, Frank. Jeff is the ginger lad. Megan if I remember right, is the blonde that calls him incompetent in french and I think Linney is the one who calls him completely helpless. Fuller is his cousin, but in real life, is his brother 😂

[@1000000man1]

* actually I Just realised, one of them in the first one is uncle Rob's daughter (she tells Harry "my parents are in Paris" when he's posing as a cop) so take one away from uncle Frank's side. There's also the scene in the first one where Heather counts 11 kids including herself, which would make 15 overall, so either 2 people didn't go the first time or it's a technical error.

[@ReaperRedeemer2112]

And here I was thinking they only made three of these.

[@Llanishenlad]

To be fair, i went to see 3 for my 9th birthday party and had this crazy bird pissing herself the entire film, so will always hold a soft spot for it

[@jakeforcade6449]

Didnt that police hat worn by Harry not say police on it? Said something else? Or am I wrong

[@CreepyBoris]

1:26:27 Name one "amazing" film Malcolm McDowell has been in since like 1980 ? (Tank Girl doesn't count :D )

[@HorreurFM]

The Silent Night Deadly Night remake, Silent Night, was fun 🤷‍♂️😆

[@CreepyBoris]

@@HorreurFM but was it "Amazing" 🤔

[@robertbarron283]

I was 6 or 7 when I saw HA1 in theaters, but I can't remember any specifics about that experience. One specific memory I do remember from seeing HA2, and that's my dad & I laughing till it hurt when Marv gets hit w/the bricks, followed by the electrocution ⚡💀 Wow, I never knew there was a 5th & 6th home alone. I'd also never seen any of 3-6 by choice until this review. So thanks for that😑 Jess, I think you're the only one who can and has pulled off a home alone remake 😲

[@behindthescenesphotos5133]

Canadian TV cut Trump's cameo from Home Alone II.

[@JohnnyRamone1974]

Not surprising, they're pretty fascistic in Canada

[@Bendy7195]

The 1st two are the only good ones. *home alone 4 is a masterpiece*

[@darkangel3812]

Every time joe pesci cursed it made me think of Yosemite sam

[@Laughter_is_the_Best_Medicine]

I watched the fourth one. It wasnt as bad as i thought it would be. First two are absolute classics.

[@williamdixon-gk2sk]

Jess really showed her age by insinuating that some lame smartphone could be half as cool as a freaking TalkBoy FX plus.

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

Just watch Home Alone 1-3 instead 😊

[@6_dogs]

I love this episode!

[@nickmarkins6746]

I watched this on Patreon already 😊

[@theshakyproject2971]

Real quick: The thing about Daniel Stern and the scream in Home Alone is a misconception. He said the scream was real and authentic. He was able to do it on the spot because tarantulas don't have ears.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Wouldn't the tarantula still feel the sound vibrations?

[@theshakyproject2971]

@@dreamlandnightmare Yes, but the handlers assured him the spider wouldn't care about that. Also worth noting, the spider wasn't directly on his mouth when he screamed.

[@RichV20]

Im starting to misremember things now. Or YTers are repeating what other YTers said. I think off the top of my head they placed a plate glass over Stern and teh spider walked on top. I dont even know anymore.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

@@RichV20 Until I hear it directly from Stern or Chris Columbus, I won't assume anything.

[@theshakyproject2971]

@@dreamlandnightmare I can't post a link, or it might get auto deleted, but a site called Complex has an interview with Stern in their pop culture section, where he tells the whole story. They really did just put a spider on his face, and he screamed. :)

[@thomaslozano4135]

Hey, I like Home Alone 3. I think it's the best one outside of the original two and just stop after that one. Don't need to watch 4 thru 6. I remember Movie Dumpster Review of Home Alone 4 and yeah, I'm good. Plus, I often think the kid, the not Kevin in HA3 will grow up to be Heath Ledger's Joker from the Dark Knight based on his traps in the film. You know his "do you know how I got these scars" origin stories.

[@KombatGod]

Lol. Saying it's the best among the later sequels is not saying much at all.

[@thomaslozano4135]

@@KombatGod yeah I know but I don't want to torture myself in watching HA 4 thru 6 based on what I heard or read about those snore fests and plus if I had to choose to watch between those movies or Passion of the Christ, I'd choose the Passion in a heartbeat.

[@RichV20]

Home Alone 1/2 was writtenby someone who knew what would be beloved by children and adults. Home Alone 3 feels like someone focus grouped what kids like and threw it in the script. OH, Kids love talking animals and a wacky pet sidekick. If I see that at the start of a film, I knew it's going to be a bad time.

[@thomaslozano4135]

@@RichV20 I never said it's better than the first two. 1 and 2 are classics for show. All I'm saying is just stop after HA3 and basically Citizen Kane compare to 4, 5 and 6 from what I read and heard about those movies and that's not saying much thou.

[@McFlurryMachineIsDown]

The newest one was abysmal. Straight dog farts.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

It's bad, but it's the first since the original to have some legitimately clever ideas and try something genuinely new.

[@HITZFAN1997]

Can I guess and say you watched Danny Gonzales review the Nutcracker movie? 😂

[@steven8434]

Joe Dante directed Gremlins

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

The first two Home Alone's are the only good ones...third is a mixed bag. The rest afterwards suck. Also I remember asking for a Talk Boy for Christmas a year after Home Alone 2 came out and I unfortunately didn't get one, though instead I got a neon red and blue Yak Back toy and a couple of action figures instead.

[@mikeRedMDK2032]

I've always actually liked the third one. Sure, it's not Kevin and it's cheesier, but i like most of the traps and it's not a bad performance from alex d linz. 4-6 are the true stinkers

[@perrymehta6438]

Happy one year anniversary. The worst are all the ones that came after 3. Home Alone 3 is the last good one. Then it's all downhill

[@TheCosmicSkeleton]

Yeah the average lifespan of domestic rats is about 2 years but if you get one that doesn't have any health issues then can live to like 4 but because they were poorly breed to be domestic because they are originally meant to be snake food they are prone to many life threatening genetic problems but they are usually nicer then hamsters

[@nilbog4206]

Jess looks so cute this episode

[@ScarFace5566]

Home Alone Black Kids is basically every weekend in the hood 😂

[@theflail]

Tough question

[@joshua2814]

I thought there were 3 and I hadn’t seen the last one.

[@Thechickinaaronscar]

Home alone 3 is the last decent one .

[@Renowildfire1]

Good thing i only wasted my time with the 3rd one 😂

[@danmann861]

For me it’s HA > HA2 > HA3 > HA5 > HSH > HA4

[@krujones]

The newest one was the worst. It was hyped like crazy and it had zero redeeming qualities. At least you know 4 and 5 were just shitty b movies so the expectation is almost nothing. But that new one was just miserably bad

[@joelmitchell3281]

I need to know about prison Mike I need to know story

[@ryanspengler4877]

Do bundle up, it's...awfully cold outside...😢

[@wisconsinking323]

You can live stream on Twitter?

[@Floatillyboats]

I own the same Friday the 13th Mug.

[@futuremovieactor]

Joe Dante directed Gremlins for the record.

[@charlesderosas5577]

They're only 3 home alone movies in my opinion, and yes I liked the 3rd one.

[@DirtBoyTrilla]

Four Fours I'm Tippin' Wood Grain I'm Gripping Catch Me Lane Switching With The Paint Dripping Turn Your Neck And Your Dame Missing Me And Slim We Ain't Tripping I'm Finger Flipping And Syrup Sipping Like Do Or Die I'm Pour Pimping Car Stop Rims Keep Spinning I'm Flipping Drop With Indvisible Tops Hoes Bop When My Drop Step Out I'm Shaking The Block With Four Eighteens' Candy Green With Eleven Screens My Gasoline Always Supreme Got Do-Do The Brown With A Pint Of Lean It Takes Grinding To Be A King It Takes Grinding To Be A King Don't forget about 'Under Wraps'.

[@Laughter_is_the_Best_Medicine]

Wait theres 6 of em??

[@NachoJazz13]

My favorite is home alone 2 but the original is a classic too. The rest suck. I love seeing blonde Alfred Molina in this review. Bring her on more lol

[@Fixxxer07082]

Glad to say that I’ve never seen any of the Home Alone movies after the first two. I remember when the 3rd one was coming out and the kid was interviewed on Entertainment Tonight or Access Hollywood and he was waxing philosophically about how his portrayal of the character was different than Mac’s….it’s like “Kid, you’re a kid…stop talking like you’ve been in the business for 30yrs and go play outside and eat dirt or something.” Anyway, yeah, from the clips I’ve seen from all the sequels after 2, they all look like awful direct to video slob of the lowest caliber.