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movie review - Home Alone 2

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

We recently showed the kids the movie Home Alone and I stupidly mentioned a sequel. In this one, the moronic parents do it again, leaving behind their beloved Kevin in a transparently stupid way. This time, the kid winds up in New York City and has an extremely implausibly OK time of being a lost child in early '90s New York. And of course he runs into the two would-be thieves from the first movie. And hi-jinks ensue. I mean even Kevin's New York uncle is out of town when the kid turns up at his brownstone. They limit the peril of the poor kid, and he's fine by himself which presents a really sanitized version of the city where visitors could have their cars stolen or be themselves held up at knife-point. I guess to remind us where we are, Donald Trump puts in an appearance, barely delivering a single line. I guess Kevin's lucky he wasn't female.

Anyway, the always watchable Tim Curry provides the only bright sparks in an otherwise dull and unnecessary movie. The man just seems to love it went a project's gone off the rails as this must obviously have done before it started.

Not recommended.