KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

ActuallyGlimmer The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

thesnowman-04972 I bought this as a 5 pack of the films and i have to say, i was quite impressed. I bought 4 when it came out and it was a cut down version of the family from the first two and lacked a bit so, with number 5, i didn't have high expectations. I've watched it today and i am impressed. New story, new family and not even in Chicago. Im not going to give away the plot but it was very good only a bit short as the running time was 84 minutes.A good Christmas Film to add to the list.

byson5186 I often times think of IMDb ratings as like grades from schools, as a 7 in a lot of schools is a C. I feel like this movie deserves at least a C. Yeah, it's an unnecessary movie. Honestly, I'm tired of these new Home Alone movies. I can think of a similar movie to Home Alone 1 and 2 which I think is underrated, called Blank Check which I prefer to watch over Home Alone as I think it's faster paced and more enjoyable. Of course, I like the Home Alone movies and will definitely want to see them on TV when they're on this holiday season, though I won't care to see this one. I believe you can find Home Alone on T.V. all year, but I'll tell you from personal experience, I do not think it is worth watching outside the Holiday Season. I feel like it's a good tradition to watch Home Alone during the Holiday Season to get us in the spirit of Christmas, but it doesn't work as well to watch outside the Holiday Season, just like most of us would not listen to Christmas music outside the holiday season. I notice how the environment from the later Home Alone movies have changed. These later Home alone movies seem to be more kid friendly now. Like, they won't have the mild profanity we hear in the first two Home Alone movies which is edited on a couple of channels when it airs during the Holiday Season. The kid who stays Home Alone seems less like a brat than Kevin, as Kevin seemed a little self-absorbed and like a brat. Yeah, he was cute and he's the main character, so a character we're meant to like. But, I normally think of 8-year old kids as innocent, Kevin did not seem innocent. The way he talked with his mom at the beginning of the movie would have gotten a lot of us in trouble if we talked the same way to our parent. So, even though it's probably supposed to be part of the humor of the movie, Kevin seems like the most disrespectful kid I've seen in film of any kid that appeared the same age. Though, it is interesting to see Kevin's family life and his whole family going to Paris in the first, and Florida in the second.So, the kids in the later movies seem less bratty and more like the innocent type. They also seem to keep the movie kid friendly in the later movies by not showing a couple of things they showed in 1 and 3, like Kevin looking at a pornographic magazine he finds in his brothers room and how in the 3rd one Alex's older brother has all these pictures of ladies in bikinis in his room, and one side view of a nude lady Alex uses in one of his schemes.In this one the message is an ideal one, especially for kids of today. It's interesting to think how Home Alone is a generation old from 1990-1992. They don't look so old, but things have changed since the time. Let's think about it, the first movie was made before the internet. Or, before the internet was something we take for granted and use everyday. It like doesn't even show a computer at his rich family's home. Everybody owns computers nowadays. This movie also came out before cellphones, and way before smartphones. Wow, these devices have really changed society. While video games were out during the first movie, they've changed a lot since then. Interestingly, the only way we see Kevin entertaining himself at home in these movies is lounging in front of the TV watching things like the Grinch or Angels With Filthy Souls.A lot of us could say life was simpler when the first two Home Alone movies were made. Because, now we have so many electronic devices. Little kids today have their own iPhones. A lot of kids also seem to have their own laptop computers, tablets, iPads, and high definition TVs in their room. A lot of video games now are online games where kids can spend long hours playing. I'm not saying all kids today are like that. But, it's an annoying thing we are dealing with in life right now as it seems like a lot of the new technology in recent years have stupefied us, and we wonder how our world will run as kids who are used to this technology grow up in the real world and not virtual world? I myself even ought to turn off my electronic devices every once in awhile. This movie tackles that issue. So, while it's an unnecessary movie related to the Home Alone franchise without using Kevin McAllister. I forget how much I laughed when I watched this movie, as I mostly remember the slapstick humor being cheesy and the burglars in this movie being pretty cheesy. They now include female burglars. This is definitely a movie that leaves us with a good message. I feel like the main message of the Home Alone movies is family. This movie definitely leaves us with a message of family. But, the main message is to turn off some of our electronic devices and go out in the real world, along with doing some educational things with your family. Yeah, there is a time for electronics but we need to spend some time doing other things too. The movie shows an older guy Finn becomes friends with who has been wasting his life with video games.Well, all I really can say about this movie is it's unnecessary. It seems better than the 4th one, but it definitely leaves us with a powerful message that's needed for today I can't think of any other movie leaving us with quite the same message.

Desertman84 Home Alone: The Holiday Heist is a TV movie and the fifth installment of the Home Alone franchise.It stars Christian Martyn, Jodelle Ferland, Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar and Eddie Steeples.It is the second film of the franchise that does not focus on Kevin McCallister but rather a new kid in Finn Baxter.Despite having new characters and a new setting,it pays several homages to the first film. The Baxter family moves from California to Maine.Finn is somewhat suspicious that the house is haunted with a ghost.Later his parents and his sister leaves the house and got stranded across town,Finn finds himself all alone at home by himself and he has to defend his home against three thieves.While this is probably better than the third and fourth mediocre film of the Home Alone series,I felt that it is time to end the series.After telling the same story and providing nothing new,then it is time put an end to the franchise out of respect to the original film,which happens to be beloved by many viewers around the world.

TheScarecrow This film copped a bad wrap when it was announced due to Home Alone 4 ("Home Alone: Taking Back The House"). That film may be the worst film ever made. This is actually quite good. It's at least as good as, if not better than, Home Alone 3. It doesn't come close to capturing the first two Home Alone movies, but for what it is, it's actually worth watching.A lot of people ask "Why was this made?". It was made, like all movies, to be entertainment. It does its job there. In addition to main "kid" (Christian Martyn) of the film, there is Finn's younger neighbour (Peter DaCunha)and his older sister (Jodelle Ferland). All of them are well cast and avoid the "annoying kid syndrome" that plagues so many movies. The parents. DaCunha is particular good and had me laughing every time he was on screen.This time there are three thieves (Malcom McDowell, Debi Mazar and Eddie Steeples). All three are good. They don't make the impact of Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern by any means, but compared to the unmemorable thieves in Home Alone 3 and the god-awful French Stewart in Home Alone 4 (to be fair Missi Pyle was the ONLY good thing about that movie), the three do really well.The parents (Ellie Harvey and Doug Murray) are a bit annoying but have their funny moments, the mum in particular. The movie is surprisingly well-directed and avoids many TV movie pitfalls. Only a few times did it feel "cheap", which is quite an achievement for a TV movie and one of the biggest faults of the fourth movie. The story isn't bad for one of these films and manages to capture the basic structure of a Home Alone film without copying it.It's not the most brilliant film you've ever watched, but no one expects it to be. For me, it was a surprise how good this was. It made me nostalgic, having grown up with the originals, and I think kids would really dig it.It does what it sets out to do quite well and manages to be entertaining. Definitely worth a look.