He could've had a giant pool of gold coins to dive into (like Scrooge McDuck) if he wanted. The dude knew how to churn out screenplays and make money while doing it. He could turn his F-word switch on and off, writing PG movies like Home Alone and R-rated movies like (yup) The Breakfast Club. John Hughes, the writer of Home Alone, was no stranger to making bank by crafting entertainment suitable for families. None of us, obviously: people shelled out the cash, making it (adjusted for inflation) the most successful holiday movie… of all time. (Alone, obviously.)Īnd who among us didn't have that fantasy as a kiddo? It's got a neat, instantly recognizable childhood fantasy/fear as its underlying concept-a kid is accidentally left at home. When it came out in 1990, Home Alone proved to be Christmas movie gold. People lurve seeing hilarious injuries…especially when they're being doled out by a fundamentally likeable little kid. So: did America's filmgoers run in fear after watching a movie about an angelic blonde kid unleashing his inner sadist? In the movie's most famous sequence, Kevin sets booby traps, and gleefully provokes tons of slapstick injuries, from a nail driven into the sole of a burglar's foot (eek) to a blowtorch igniting the crown of another burglar's head (double eek). (Dental hygiene is important, y'all.)īut when two burglars get involved, Kevin has to use physical threats to defend his home. This struggle isn't exactly Bear Grylls territory at first…since it involves bingeing on ice cream and stealing a toothbrush. Laughing at someone being mashed in the groin is funny everywhere around the world, and Home Aloneis the Great Pyramid of Giza of slapstick humor-its final half hour is pure, unadulterated, family-friendly violence.Īfter eight-year-old Kevin McCallister is accidentally left home alone during the Christmas season, he has to struggle to survive. If you've ever spent hours on YouTube watching people fail epically-getting hit in the crotch with a football or crashing a dirt bike into a brick wall-this is the movie for you. Stars: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Catherine O'Hara, John Candy
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