Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Chris Columbus

Writers (WGA):

John Hughes (characters)
John Hughes (written by)

Release Date:

20 November 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family

Tagline:

He's up past his bedtime in the city that never sleeps.

Plot:

Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he's in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground...

Plot Keywords:

New York City | Toy Store | Airport | Holiday | Credit Card

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Macaulay Culkin	...	Kevin McCallister
Joe Pesci	...	Harry Lime
Daniel Stern	...	Marv Merchants
Catherine O'Hara	...	Kate McCallister
John Heard	...	Peter McCallister
Devin Ratray	...	Buzz McCallister
Hillary Wolf	...	Megan McCallister
Maureen Elisabeth Shay	...	Linnie McCallister
Michael C. Maronna	...	Jeff McCallister (as Michael C. Maronna)
Gerry Bamman	...	Uncle Frank McCallister
Terrie Snell	...	Aunt Leslie McCallister
Jedidiah Cohen	...	Rod McCallister
Senta Moses	...	Tracy McCallister
Daiana Campeanu	...	Sondra McCallister
Kieran Culkin	...	Fuller McCallister

Also Known As:

Alone Again (USA) (working title)
Home Alone II (USA) (short title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for comic action and mild language.

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Brazil:Livre | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/6 | USA:PG (certificate #31874) | New Zealand:PG | Netherlands:6 (re-rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:G | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8/5 | France:U | Germany:12 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Japan:U | Mexico:A | Netherlands:AL (original rating) | Norway:10 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Taiwan:GP | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

671 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, Illinois, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

In Home Alone, Kevin watches a movie called "Angels with Filthy Souls." In this sequel, he watches that film's sequel, "Angels with Even Filthier Souls."

Goofs:

Continuity: In the long shot of Kevin in the taxi on the bridge he is wearing gloves, but in the close-up he is not.

Quotes:

Kevin McCallister: Why do we have to go to Florida? There's no Christmas trees in Florida.
Kate McCallister: Kevin, what is it with you and Christmas trees?
Kevin McCallister: How could you have Christmas without a Christmas tree, Mom?
Kate McCallister: Well... Find a nice, fake silver one. Or decorate a palm tree.

Movie Connections:

Featured in A Hollywood Christmas (1996) (V)

Soundtrack:

Sombras de otros tiempos (Somewhere In My Memory)

A good sequel to the outstanding original

The original Home Alone is an outstanding classic. Home Alone 2 is good, but not outstanding. It has the same cast members and a similar plot to the original. This time Kevin isn't left at home, he mistakenly ends up in New York, by himself. At the same time, Harry and Marv, the two bumbling burglars from the original, have gotten out of jail and just happen to be in New York. What a bad turn for Kevin.

There are a few other sub plots in this that make the movie more fun and interesting as it goes. The only bad thing about this movie is that it follows the sequence of events a little too closely to the original. The settings in this movie are different, so the story takes a new approach in some ways.

I think most kids will love the original, but like this at the same time. John Hughes makes his movies in a way so they are directed at an audience that is the same age as the main character. That is the reason his movies appeal to so many people.

This is definitely worth watching. It's not as outstanding as the original, but it is head and shoulders above the horrid 3rd and 4th Home Alones. You should give this a try and ignore the IMDb rating of 5.0. I'm sure the whole family will like it.