Home Alone

In 1990, John Hughes threw his hat into the ring of Christmas films and the result was Home Alone.  Directed by Christopher Columbus, Home Alone featured a few new faces in Macaulay Culkin and his brother Kieran, supported by an experienced cast including Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, Catherine O’Hara, and John Heard.  The film follows 8-year-old Kevin who, through a series of unfortunate and bratty events, finds himself left home alone while his family flies to Paris for Christmas vacation.  If the challenge of survival was not enough, burglars Harry and Marv are out to rob the neighbourhood, and they won’t let Kevin stand in their way. Made for $18M, Home alone went on to gross $475M, becoming the highest-grossing Christmas film until 2018 when the Grinch overtook it on the list of movies that made insane amounts of money.  But does it hold up?  Listen as Jon, Colin and Brent are left alone to talk about this Christmas comedy and see if it is filled with joy, cheer, toys and life lessons..or if the wet bandits provide an experience akin to a fat alcoholic breaking into your house and handing you a wet sack of coal as they eat all of your cookies and drink all your milk.