Watch it now from a fresh perspective and you might like it more. It's a great movie on it's own but sadly it will always be called a copycat. There's loads of fun to be had in Kevin's antics, and Tim Curry is downright brilliant as the mischievous Concierge. With a bigger story (okay, some of it re-used) and more characters and a better playground for Kevin, Home Alone 2 manages to be a superior sequel. Duncan and gives Kevin the best Christmas morning ever as a token of his appreciation. Brenda Fricker has a (rather questionable) role as 'The Pigeon Lady' a woman who lives in Central Park and talks to no one-until Kevin reaches out. The film doesn't simply end once Harry and Marv are back in the slammer as there is more plot to it than that. Home Alone 2 has a more satisfying climax than the first. Unless you fear your child is going to set your head on fire with a blowtorch. Still, it's nothing for any parents to worry about. Who can possibly fail to laugh at Marv getting the shock of his life when he tries to turn on the taps? If the movie were to be released now I doubt if it would be let away with a PG rating. The booby traps this time are much more painful and nasty, so it's all the more amusing for us. His Aunt Georgette from the first movie is still in Paris so he uses her half-renovated home as a huge mousetrap for the bungling burglars. Once Kevin escapes he takes matters into his own hands once more. Typically though, once they get a hold of him the give away far too much info. They even brush by Kevin a few times not knowing he's there. But the Wet Bandits have escaped, and they have just arrived in New York with loftier ambitions and bigger heists to pull off. It features Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern. It was written and produced by John Hughes, based on the characters he created, and directed by Chris Columbus. Though it is a little unnerving now seeing Kevin on the roof of the World Trade Centre. Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (originally titled Alone Again) is the first sequel to the 1990 film Home Alone. He goes to Duncan's Toy Chest, the biggest toy store in town and takes many scenic photographs. He scams his way into the Plaza hotel where a suspicious Concierge (Tim Curry) gives him mighty evil looks at every encounter. There's much more for Kevin to see and do in New York. Thirteen of the McCallisters are going to Miami for Xmas (do they never stay at home?) but Kevin is headed for the Big Apple, and he's going to have that once-in-a-lifetime vacation he's been wishing for. In another mad rush to the airport the McCallisters make a point of remembering Kevin this time, but he gets lost in a crowd at the airport and follows a man who looks like his dad onto the wrong plane. Home Alone 2 is a carbon copy, but it's also much better and more complex a movie than the first. Too many sequels suffer from Deja Vu, and hardly any of those carbon copies improve upon the original.
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