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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
- PG
- Genre: Family and Kids
- 1992
Common Sense Media says
Culkin sequel takes slapstick shenanigans to NYC.
Parents say
QUALITY
Kids say
QUALITY
What parents need to know
Parents need to know that they can expect the same kind of slapstick violence in this second Home Alone movie, mostly against the robbers who picked on the wrong precocious kid once again. The main character throws bricks, sets deadly traps, and more in attempts to stop the bumbling duo and is gleefully proud of himself every time they get hurt. Parents should also know that the movie opens with quite a bit of family conflict and that there's fighting -- even some physical violence -- among siblings.
What's the story?
Here we go again. Kevin McAllister already got left Home Alone one Christmas; now he's on the wrong plane and headed to New York City while his family jets off to Miami for the holiday. Kevin (Macaulay Culkin), once again happy to be free of his boisterous family, sets out on an adventure in the big city. His father's credit card rents him a suite at the Plaza Hotel. Slapstick moments are provided by run-ins with the original movie's goofball villains, Harry and Marv (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern, respectively). The duo has escaped from prison and is planning to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve -- and Kevin's determined to stop them. Finally, Mom (Catherine O'Hara) realizes that her son's missing and frantically tries to find him.
Is it any good?
The early family scenes in Home Alone 2 are some of the movie's funniest moments, as are Kevin's clever survival schemes at the hotel and on the streets of New York. As a sequel, the movie manages to be funny, if predictable, and occasionally borders on heart-warming -- in an odd yet touching moment, Kevin befriends a homeless woman and encourages her to reach out to people more.
It's easy to see why fans took to Culkin's "little big guy" routine in the '90s. He's a charmer. And as Kevin's mom, Catherine O'Hara is a well-wrought mix of funny and sentimental.
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great
The movie is great. But there is some iffy content like: Vilonce: plenty of peril and vilonce. The end is most vilont when kevin sets bobbie trap for the robbers and almost gets shot. SEX: One of the robbers abiously likes a woman in new york city. But to get away from the robbers kevin touches the woman in her private area. She turns around and slaps the robber thinking it was him. LANGUAGE: plenty of use of "shut up." and name calling.
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Kid, 11 years old
July 2, 2011
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A sequel ripoff!
This was your average slapstick comedy and action PG movie. Almost a complete copy of "Home Alone" - other than the setting, but the plot, characters, and comedy are THE SAME as the first movie.
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ITS DA BEST!!!!!!!!
( WHO'S THE JERK THAT WOULDN'T LET US CUSS )
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Watch out for the profanity!
We skipped through the first Home Alone because of the profanity, and after reading several reviews (including Commonsense's review), I was under the impression that this movie had no foul language. NOT so! There's a very clear da**it and Kevin, the main character, calls the bad guys an a$$ at least two times. We sat down with our 5 & 7 year old thinking we were going to have a good, clean, fun movie night. What a disappointment. No matter how much we enjoyed Kevin's antics, we won't be watching this again.
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Bigger production, same cast and elegant NYC settings can't save this preachy, plodding plot that ends with a stream of relentless and violent comic gags that don't compare to the cleverness of the original.
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watch before making decision
my six year old daughter walked out in the middle - too scary. my almost 7 1/2 year old son had a lot of questions (ie: how could they forget their son, what is kerosene?) and i am hoping he didn't retain any bad ideas. i think it is very funny but not sure i should have let my kids watch it. i had watched it years ago and didn';t remember it the way i see it now that i am a parent.
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even a better classic
better then then the first one whatch it kids will love it
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Kid, 12 years old
January 23, 2011
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This movie was a little more funny than the first movie but the traps at the end were less funny than the traps in the first movie.
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not as good as the last one
not as good as the first one. but still a good movie but lots of vilonce.
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Torture porn for kids - offensive
I'm offended, and that isn't like me.
It is not the violence, it is the cruelty and the torture. I think that teaching our children to laugh at people getting nail guns fired at them is sickening. I turned it off in the middle and I'm still upset.
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| Topics: | holidays, misfits and underdogs |
| Studio: | Sony Pictures |
| Director: | Chris Columbus |
| Cast: | Daniel Stern, Joe Pesci, Macaulay Culkin |
| Genre: | Family and Kids |
| Run time: | 100 minutes |
| Theatrical release date: | November 15, 1992 |
| DVD release date: | October 5, 1999 |
| MPAA rating: | PG |
| MPAA explanation: | comic action and mild language. |
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