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Home Sweet Home Alone

2021

Dan Mazer

Archie Yates, Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Timothy Simons ...

3.3

838

Comedy A married couple tries to steal back a valuable heirloom from a troublesome kid.

	Author	Review
United States	Matt Fowler IGN	"Home Sweet Home Alone has some decent wit and heart to it. Archie Yates is good as the new precocious protector of his lair, but it's Rob Delaney and Ellie Kemper who anchor the film and give it something resembling a soul."	NEU
United States	Courtney Howard Variety	"Mean-spirited, downright sloppy and awkwardly unfunny, this rote feature reboot lacks holiday cheer."	NEG
United States	Amy Nicholson The New York Times	"Who’s the real victim here? The audience"	NEG
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"[It] boasts impressive talent and a familiar premise, but the result will likely send audiences straight back to the original."	NEU
United States	Josh Spiegel SlashFilm	"[It] subverts the premise in ways that end up making it almost perversely enjoyable (...) Delaney and Kemper are unsurprisingly quite charming"	POS
United States	Ross Bonaime Collider	"[It] gets the closest to recapturing the spirit of what made 'Home Alone' work (...) but this franchise still has some work to do in order to get back to its glory days."	NEU
Canada	Matt Rooney JoBlo	"If you’re a parent thinking this is a good way to share something you liked as a kid with your young one, I beg you, just show them the original. Both you and your brain cells will thank you for it."	NEG
United Kingdom	Louise Griffin Metro	"Self-aware remake could never stack up to original but it’s a fun Christmas watch (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Adam Graham Detroit News	"[The plot is familiar] but the execution of this update on the 1990 smash is fresh, and its hearty laughs make it a welcome holiday treat (...) A new spin on an old tale that keeps the spirit of the original alive"	POS
United Kingdom	Nick Levine NME	"[It] certainly doesn’t lack talent (...) It’s a shame, then, that the interior sets look a little fake and sitcom-like. They just don’t conjure up as much festive cheer as the McCallister house from the first two movies (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	David Crow Den of Geek	"[It] will ruin your Christmas (...) [It] plays like an afterthought that was penciled onto a spreadsheet somewhere (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Helen O'Hara Empire	"The result is not without a few laughs, but it is a bizarre, pointless tale (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"It's easy to understand the wearied baggage many come to the film with but 'Home Sweet Home Alone' is a perfectly fine and at times genuinely funny sequel that's as good as it needs to be (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Brett White Decider	"It's perfectly 'fine' for family movie night, but make sure the kids see the original first"	NEG
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"An argument can be made for not parsing the social messaging of films like this one too deeply, as the creative team probably didn't. But [it] does merit such criticism, if only because there's really not much else going on"	NEU
Canada	Sarah Bea Milner Screen Rant	"An unnecessary sequel lacks the fun, charm, and magic of the classic (...) At best, [it] may entertain young viewers, but at worst, it encourages horrific behavior and has no redeeming moral at the end (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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