Home Alone (franchise)

Home Alone is a series of family comedy films directed by Chris Columbusamp 2, Raja Gosnell 3, Rod Danieland Peter Hewitt 5. The first two films, Home Alone 1990 and Home AloneLost in New York 1992, follow the adventures of a boy named Kevin McCallister Macaulay Culkin who, during the course of the film, gets burglars Harry Joe Pesci and Marv Daniel Stern arrested by using booby traps. The third film, Home Alone1997, has a similar plot but with a new protagonist, Alex Pruitt Alex D. Linz, and more of a spy theme.

Home Alone is primarily a comingofage story about an 8yearold boy named Kevin McCallister. He is the youngest of five children who is frequently tormented by his older brothers and sisters. After events transpire between him and his family, he wishes he had no family when his mother is punishing him for what he feels are unjustified reasons. She warns him to be careful what he wishes for and he ignores it. He wakes up the next day, and discover he is the only one left in the house. He thinks his wish came true and that he is finally alone without his obnoxious family. In reality, he was left home by mistake. His family is in route to France for a holiday trip. While his parents realize their mistake and scramble to get back to the United States, Harry and Marv, a pair of thieves known as the Wet Bandits, attempt to rob the house and Kevin must foil them with a collection of homemade booby traps. They get arrested at the end of the film. The film became the highestgrossing film of 1990, grossing 476,684,675 worldwide. Despite a mixed reception from critics, it was popular with audiences and has been considered a cult film ever since its release. It was also nominated for two Academy Awards Best Original Score for John Williams and Best Original Song for Somewhere in My Memory, music by Williams and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse, losing to Dances with Wolves and Dick Tracy, respectively. Macaulay Culkins performance garnered him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor Motion Picture Musical or Comedy but lost to Grard Depardieu for his performance in Green Card.After snarky youth Kevin McCallister Macaulay Culkin loses track of his father at the airport, he mistakenly gets on a plane headed for New York Citywhile the rest of the McCallisters fly to Florida. Now alone in the Big Apple, Kevin cons his way into a room at the Plaza Hotel and begins his usual antics. But when Kevin discovers that the Sticky Bandits Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern are on the loose, he st

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