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.

not as good as the first one. but still a good movie but lots of vilonce.

Ive been watching this movie since i was 3!! that dont mean i didnt swear at a young age!!

My son saw this in school during some half-day party and wanted to watch it for a family movie night. I have a dim recollection of seeing the first "Home Alone" once, so I figured it was harmless enough. I was wrong. It's a terrible, terrible movie. The script and acting are wretched, though that in itself doesn't necessarily condemn a kid's movie. What makes this movie awful is the relentless bodily harm perpetrated on the villains. I'm no prude and understand the concept of live action "cartoon" violence, á la Three Stooges, but this was just over the top. In a realistic time and place, two live actors are shot, crushed, burned and bludgeoned over and over, walking away from dozens of lethal attacks. Frankly, this is a rotten message for kids of any age: that real-world violence has no consequences. I don't buy that it's just slapstick or fantasy. It's casual sadism, pure and simple, of a variety that we ought never to encourage in our kids. I'd rather show my kids "Saving Private Ryan" than let them watch this kind of tripe.