Molly then appears and gets Kevin out of trouble. Prescott (who Kevin now believes to be Marv and Vera's ally). Kevin then attempts to use the security camera footage to prove himself, but discovers that the camera had been turned off and is caught by Mr. While driving, Marv tells Vera about his encounters with Kevin and states that they have someone on the inside to help them in their plot. He then spies on them and drive them away by flooding the house, but Peter and Natalie arrive while Kevin is cleaning up and don't believe Kevin's explanation, especially since Mr. Prescott on the intercom, but for some reason he doesn't respond. With Peter and Natalie still away, Kevin notices his old nemesis Marv ( French Stewart), a remaining member of the Wet/Sticky Bandits (after ditching his last partner Harry who is probably still in jail) and new sidekick/wife Vera ( Missi Pyle) outside the house. Prescott makes Kevin a milkshake, he goes into the security room and gets caught by Mr. Prescott ( Erick Avari) and maid Molly ( Barbara Babcock). In the next morning, Peter and Natalie go out for a bit while Kevin stays at the mansion with Natalie's butler Mr. Kevin enjoys his time at Natalie's mansion with his new bedroom, latest gadgets, and his life. After initially refusing, Kevin takes his father up on his offer after being tormented by Buzz. He tells his three children Buzz (Gideon Jacobs), Megan (Chelsea Russo), and 9-year-old Kevin ( Mike Weinberg) that they are hosting the visit of a royal family and invites everyone to spend Christmas with him and Natalie. Overall, the film is fun for any audience old enough to know that it’s only a fantasy.At the McCallisters' house, Peter ( Jason Beghe) is about to get divorced from Kate ( Clare Carey) after being married for years, and announces that he's living with his new and rich girlfriend Natalie ( Joanna Going) at her mansion. The “feel” of the film is that the violence shouldn’t be taken too seriously, but children below a certain age won’t realize that and may be frightened and/or engage in imitative behavior. The final battle between Kevin and the burglars involves a large amount of slapstick violence, much of which would be crippling or lethal if it were real. Kevin scares off a pizza delivery boy with fake gunfire, just for fun (later, he uses the same trick on the burglars).

The left-behind Kevin goes through his brother’s private stuff, including girlie magazines. The opening scenes, of the combined families getting ready for the trip, involve moderate profanity and a lot of jealousy and fighting, capped off by Kevin being banished to an attic bedroom. (In real life, he could have just called the police right away but what fun would that have been? Maybe he was afraid of being arrested himself for wishing his family out of existence.) Another selling point is the subplot in which Kevin befriends and connects with a lonely old man in the neighborhood and they end up helping each other.

One major draw of the film is the way Kevin continually outwits the burglars. Meanwhile, he has to contend with Harry and Marv (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern), a pair of burglars who call themselves the “Wet Bandits” but could be better titled the “Two Stooges.” Harry and Marv are hitting every house in this rich Chicago neighborhood while the families are on vacation, but they especially target Kevin’s house.

But that soon gets old, and he wants his family back. He has a blast for awhile, getting into things he shouldn’t and pigging out on anything he wants. In the meantime, Kevin imagines that his family has disappeared because he, in anger, had said he wanted them to disappear. Once the mistake is discovered, Kevin’s mother desperately tries to get back to him as soon as possible. Through a far-out but theoretically possible combination of events, 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) is left behind when his large family and his cousins go on a Christmas vacation to France. For a long time after its release, newscasters (at least in my city) would report real-life “home alone” incidents in a way that tied them to the film, even taking a breath and then pronouncing “homealone” as though it were one word (kind of like “helpmeet”). Something about this film struck a chord with our latchkey-kid society, in a way that went even beyond its $286 Million domestic box office.

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