There are some big laughs in "Home Alone," once it finally gets down to the reason for its existence — a lengthy,very funny slapstick sequence with a young boy setting all kinds of elaborate booby traps for two burglars who are trying to break into his house.
But it takes its time getting there.
The lengthy setup has 8-year-old Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) accidentally being left behind when his large family goes on an overseas trip for Christmas.The setup has to work,of course,or the audience won't be able to buy into this wild premise at all.At least,the adult audience.But it should have been funnier along the way.
Kevin's house is a bit on the chaotic side as his parents (Catherine O'Hara,John Heard),his brothers and sisters and his aunt,uncle and cousins gather together to get ready for their flight to Paris the next day.When the power goes out overnight the alarms don't go off the next morning,and in the rush to get to the airport,Kevin,sleeping alone in the attic,is overlooked.
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