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Home Sweet Home Alone
2021 93 min United States of America PG 6+
★3.4
Family, Comedy
Director: Dan Mazer
🎭 Based on
«Home Alone»
Trailers
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Teaser
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Description
After being left at home by himself for the holidays, 10-year-old Max Mercer must work to defend his home from a married couple who tries to steal back a valuable heirloom.
Budget:
$15M
Starring
Ellie Kemper
Actor
Rob Delaney
Actor
Archie Yates
Actor
Awards
1 win total
Key opinion
Home Sweet Home Alone is widely regarded as a redundant and inferior entry in the franchise that fails to capture the charm or heart of the original films. Critics and audiences alike feel the movie relies on uninspired humor and flat characterizations, resulting in a hollow experience that lacks the Christmas magic of the 1990 classic.
| Production | The film fundamentally fails to recreate the warm, festive Christmas atmosphere that defines the original series. | |
| Acting | Archie Yates and the supporting cast deliver performances that lack the charisma and emotional resonance of the original ensemble. | |
| Screenplay | The script discards the clever, family-friendly humor of the original in favor of crude slapstick and repetitive, illogical gags. | |
| Screenplay | The attempt to subvert the premise by making the burglars more sympathetic is seen as a failure that undermines the story's stakes. | |
| Originality | Opinions are split on the film's identity: most viewers view it as an insulting, profit-driven failure, while a minority finds it to be an acceptable, lighthearted comedy if evaluated independently from the franchise's legacy. |