Cover of "Home Alone"Cover of Home Alone

Christmas DVDs have always centered on the topics of love, warmth and happiness. They mainly include family and never forget good morals. The cult comedy Home Alone by Chris Columbus keeps this premise. But in between there is a proper dose of slapstick comedy, with great actors, in an imaginative story.

The plot of Home Alone is detailed and clever and could also be seen as a modern Christmas tale. The showdown is brilliant. When Kevin throws paint on the two idiot intruders, when Harry’s hair is lowered or Marv gets an electric iron in his face we shouldn’t be a bit sorry but our desire to laugh about others can emerge. But also the moral part of the story must not be forgotten.
Throughout the story Columbus shows us Kevin’s mother (Catherine O’Hara) trying to get home to hold her son in her arms and when this finally happens we know again the real reason for Christmas:That family is the most important thing in the world even if we do not always see it that way. And the second moral of course is: Thou shalt not break in! Especially not at the McCallisters.

Now a brief word about the actors. Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern do an awesome performance playing the two idiot gangsters. And Catherine O’Hara is an absolute dream of a worried mother. But also all the other supporting roles are perfectly cast.
Also composer John Williams made a score that fits the movie a hundred percent. The rest of the music from funky rock to Christmas songs always fits in the right places. Home Alone’s soundtrack is worth gold.

Home Alone is pure Christmas fun for the whole family. Genious slapstick mixed with beutifully shot Christmas scenes (the snow in the final one is every cinematographer’s dream). This is one of the Christmas DVDs you can watch all year round and especially during the holidays. Great actors and a perfect score make this fun to watch.

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