Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

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    Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
    1992

    Synopsis

    Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.

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    Cast

    • Macaulay CulkinKevin McCallister
    • Daniel SternMarv Murchins
    • Joe PesciHarry Lyme
    • Catherine O'HaraKate McCallister
    • John HeardPeter McCallister
    • Brenda FrickerPigeon Lady
    • Tim CurryConcierge
    • Devin RatrayBuzz McCallister
    • Gerry BammanFrank McCallister
    • Rob SchneiderBellman

    Recommendations

    • 70

      The Hollywood Reporter

      Writer-producer Hughes and director Chris Columbus have wrapped up the same winning story ornaments from 1990's holiday smash, repackaged them in gleaming array and topped them with a sparkling slapstick climax. While some Scrooge-ish adults may niggle that this sequel is merely a superimposition of the original, kids will be delighted by its keeping all their favorite goodies.
    • 70

      Newsweek

      Let's face it: Culkin's self-reliant suburban warrior has entered a whole generations pop mythology. He's their Knight in Shining Parka, safely beyond criticism.
    • 60

      Empire

      Less a sequel, more a virtual remake of Home Alone, this "John Hughes production" follows the same route as its money-spinning predecessor, wheeling out the well-worn precocious-kid-on-his-todd scenario with scant regard for originality.
    • 60

      Variety

      The studio has simply re-made the first movie, only with bigger pratfalls.
    • 50

      Chicago Reader

      The action has been transferred from suburbia to New York City, but otherwise the filmmakers stick like glue to the formula of the original: a little boy from a well-to-do family left on his own is threatened by low-life working-class crooks whom he repeatedly foils and tortures, and upscale property values prevail.
    • 50

      Chicago Sun-Times

      I didn't much like the first film, and I don't much like this one, with its sadistic little hero who mercilessly hammers a couple of slow-learning crooks.
    • 50

      Time Out

      This routine sequel has a trio of nice cameos, but no surprises.
    • 40

      Los Angeles Times

      Whatever was unforced and funny in the first film has become exaggerated here, whatever was slightly sentimental has been laid on with a trowel. The result, with some exceptions, plays like an over-elaborate parody of the first film, reminding us why we enjoyed it without being able to duplicate its appeal.

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