So we just watched Home Alone (1990 not 2002…).
And as we watched it I realized that 35 (!!) years ago this was only the second movie I ever saw in the cinema (the first one was the horrible Superman IV from 1987 which I saw with my dad). This was in a mining town called Klerskdorp in South Africa (where my parents still live today and we visit every year.). I distinctly remember going to watch Home Alone on some kind of play-date. We turned 8 that year.
But man this movie is fun. The script moves like clockwork, strikes all the notes dead on and the audience is with young Kevin McCallister from start to finish. There’s not a gram of fat anywhere. It’s still hilariously funny and the physical comedy always surprisingly violent.
Bonus: John Williams scoring this thing like Tchaikovsky on cocaine.
I love this movie. Hollywood sure doesn’t make them like this anymore.