Home alone1990 Christmas family comedy about the adventures of Kevin McCallister, an eight-year-old boy played by Macaulay Culkin must fend for himself and thwart the attempts of two bumbling burglars to break into his family’s home after he is accidentally left behind when his family leaves for a vacation in France. The film, written by John Hughes and direction Chris Columbus is considered a Christmas classic and made Culkin one of the most famous child actors of the 1990s.

The film begins the night before Peter (John Heard) and Kate McCallister (Catherine O’Hara) and her five children are scheduled to leave for Paris along with Peter’s brother and sister-in-law and their children. During a chaotic dinner with all the family members, Kevin (Culkin), the McCallisters’ youngest child, is teased by his siblings and cousins ​​and provoked by his older brother Buzz (Devin Ratray), whereupon Kevin attacks Buzz, setting off a chain of reactions of accidents. As punishment, Kevin’s mother sends him to the attic room for the night and he tells her that he wishes his family would just disappear.

In the middle of the night, a power outage causes alarm clocks to reset, causing family members to oversleep and have to rush to get to the airport on time. In their rush, Kevin is left behind, and they don’t realize it until they’re in the air. When Kevin wakes up and finds the house empty, he believes his wish has come true.

Kevin is initially thrilled. He enjoys a giant sundae, potato chips and a soda while watching a gangster movie; He slides down the stairs, raids Buzz’s room and uses his father’s aftershave. Over time, however, he becomes afraid when he hears the burglars Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern), who targeted his neighborhood outside. He turns on the porch lights and scares them away. Later, he vows to be prepared if they return.

When they return, Kevin has created the impression of a house full of people by creating silhouettes on the front curtains using lights, moving mannequins and stand poster cutouts. When the burglars return, Kevin lights fireworks and plays a gangster movie to give the burglars the impression that they hear another group of burglars fighting in the house. On Christmas Eve, Harry and Marv return one more time to see what’s going on in the house, and Kevin overhears their plan to return at 9:00 Clock that night.

Since Kevin misses his parents and the rest of his family, he goes out early in the evening to visit Santa Claus and ask him for their return instead of Christmas presents. Unbeknownst to him, they had been desperately trying to get a flight back ever since they landed in Paris.

On the way home, Kevin hears a choir singing Christmas music in a church. He goes in to listen and notices his neighbor Mr. Marley (Roberts Blossom), who is said to have murdered his family many years ago. The old man wishes Kevin a Merry Christmas, sits down next to him and tells him that he is there to watch his granddaughter sing. He also assures Kevin that the rumors about him are not true. Kevin learns from Marley that Marley and his son had a terrible argument years ago and have not spoken to each other since. Kevin realizes that Marley is a kind but lonely person and suggests that Marley try to reconcile with his son. They part with a handshake and Kevin goes home to prepare his next defense against Harry and Marv.

Once home, Kevin hoses down the outside stairs to make them icy and sets up booby traps throughout the house. As Harry and Marv approach the back door, Kevin shoots them with a pellet gun, causing them to fall to the ice. When they manage to get in, Kevin’s traps cause numerous superficial injuries and the burglars pursue him in frustration. After Harry and Marv catch Kevin, Marley sneaks up and knocks them out with a snow shovel.

In the end, Harry and Marv are arrested and Kevin’s family returns home on Christmas morning. After their happy reunion, Kevin looks out the window and sees Marley hugging his son.

Home alone The film grossed more than $470 million worldwide and was the highest-grossing film of the year. It was Hughes’ biggest commercial success and inspired three sequels: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Home alone 3 (1997) and the television film Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House (2002) as well as other Home Alone films.

The film’s staying power is attributed to Hughes’ ability to remember what it was like to be young and his ability to express the nostalgic feelings that Christmas evokes.