HOME ALONE - A Nonsensical Movie About Braindead Bandits & Child Abuse
Vložit
- čas přidán 17. 05. 2024
- Home Alone, the timeless Christmas classic, is a little...out there. Also Macaulay Culkin has the best laugh on Earth. In this review I discuss everything wrong with Home Alone as well as some of my favorite scenes.
Ayylien Clothing ► ayylienclothing.com
Patreon ► / elvisthealien
Twitter ► / elvisthealientv
Instagram ► / elvisthealien
Thank you for watching! 👽
----------------------------------------
Sources:
Vsauce 2 Mythbuster Home Alone Video ► • Could You Survive Home...
Macaulay Culkin laughing (BOTW) ► • Best of the Worst: Pli...
Home Alone music ► • Video
Outro song ► / neuro - Zábava
The reason Kevin is fearless is because the trauma from the bullying has made him devoid of all emotion
And then his past traumas turn him into Jigsaw
oh god this comment killed me, laughed really hard
Thats how sociopaths are made
Kevin: *pulls out relvalver*
Bandits: OH GOD PLEASE HAVE MERSY!!!
Kevin:I lost all my Mersey. *PUW*I
The guy nest door: I'll take that for 25$
Kevin: ok.
For fifteen years longer a trade starts, they don't ask each other anything they just sell. Then Kevin was put on death row for the murder of the victims. Then all his family pees on his grave, the end.
Yep
"You're helpless. You have to have everything done for you."
MAN, it's almost like he's 8 and no one taught him how to do things.
Thought the same when he was talking about "Kevin shouldve known they were going on a trip that day, what time they were leaving, etc. Etc" and I remember days of going on vacation when i was younger waking up and being like "oh that's for today?" Like mom definitely had to tell me lol
Yeah his family was pretty stupid.
His family were complete assholes to him.
@@birdy369 you have 69 likes
Lmao even at 14 I had to be told about events or how to do certain things because I’m an idiot
The biggest plothole in this movie: Harry could've just robbed the house with everyone in it. No-one would've even noticed
?
@@delete---7593 he was disguised as a cop at the beginning being ignored by the family
@@delete---7593 Pretty sure this is a joke about how completely incompetent Kevin's family is, given the fact that they completely forgot about him.
I mean he could of thought it was too risky
@@monerix6858 A cop walking around taking stuff would be noticed.
It's kinda sad that throughout the entire movie the old guy has been established to be a creep but he keeps a watchful eye over Kevin and treated him way better than any of his family ever did, especially when he was in danger. I was hoping he'd adopt him in the end and take him away from those nasty parents.
You bought into the CZcams mans bad opinion. This movie is a classic, it's great. Kevin's family arent evil, it's a movie for kids that's attempting to speak to kids and their fears..such as being left behind by the grown ups who live faster, busier lives, older siblings who think you're a cringey little kid and treat you like crap, being the young kid in a big family and being left out of stuff. It's relatable as a kid, and any reasonable adult should be able to recognise the movies target audience
@@danculbert6349 ok yes on some of that but its not JUST for the demographic, yes its dumb to think his parents didnt love him when the parents were stressed out their mind trying to get ready for the christmas rush and a flight the next day, but i wouldnt use the excuse "its for kids"
@Seth Mcfarly Well, I mean, the tone of the film is kid friendly. If it doesn't make sense or relate to the child audience, then it kinda fails. It's just relatable as a kid to feel like the grown ups in your life are leaving you behind at that age. You're not old enough to be taken seriously but not young enough to be mothered constantly. I know it works because I loved it as a kid. It just makes no sense to watch it as an adult and apply adult morals and logic to it.
@@danculbert6349 yea it’s awesome Kevin picked up essentials nowadays some people wouldn’t be able to even order a pizza 🍕 lol
Not even gonna mention that the mom, despite her efforts, only arrives at the house like 2 minutes before the rest of the family.
She could also ring more than one person, like you ring a police ONCE? No neighboors, friends or ever a teacher she could call to take care or at lest check on her kid?
She really didn't care about Kevin
@@13mnpl15 To be fair, she DID have the aunt call up everyone in her address book while she was talking to the police. After she hung up with the police the aunt told her that no one answered.
Kosti what lol no teacher wants to take care of student
The Gray Ghost good they didn’t lit welfare cks get ppl killed
Mom: wish for another family
Kevin: I wish for another family
Mom: ,° 0 °,
Surprised pikachu face.
On the other hand, I remember watching this as a kid and thinking "How is Kevin not getting his ass kicked for saying that!" :O
^. ° ○ ° .^
Suprised Pika :)
i dont think she'd *pretend* to cry
{\__/}
( °∆°)
Ah, Home Alone. A holiday classic about a boy who gets bullied by his emotionally abusive family and then gets left behind “accidentally” while the rest of the family goes to Paris, leaving the boy to fend off two creepy burglars and develop a pleasure of torture and traps from his family trauma and most likely grow up to become Saw😊 Such a holly jolly movie
*Jigsaw, dumbass.
It literally is a feel-good movie. In REALITY Kevin has a pretty shitty existence but the films tone is light hearted and fun. That's why when a steam iron lands on Joe Pescis head it doesn't cave in his f*ckin skull.
Kevin is definitely the quiet kid at his school
Just realized- The Old Man's "Scowl" probably wasn't a scowl but rather a look of confusion to see Kevin still in town. Since Kevin's family and him are neighbors he likely saw everyone rushing out and piling into cars to go to the airport. Upon seeing Kevin at the store, he's confused why the youngest child of the family was left behind.
He saw Kevin Home Alone before that, dumbass.
I love home alone but I hate his parents. Even his parents treat him like trash. His family calls him a disease and even his parents don’t stick up for him.
The Gray Ghost his uncle is a ass too
His uncle is a bigger ass
And in the second movie they treat him exactly the same way. 100% abusive parents would remove child from home
i thought that was.... the point????
@@waterking74 That's another thing; my brother would punch me if I called my nieces or nephew "little jerks."
I like how when kevin says “everyone in this family hates me.”
Instead of his mother assuring that they don’t hate him, like a parent should, she just responds with “maybe you should ask Santa for a new family.”
Like what the hell?? That pretty much secures in Kevin’s mind that he’s hated, since kids are more likely to think that, and you affirm that idea in his head?
It really pisses me off, since the movie later goes on to pretend she’s an amazing mom, but never addresses the fact that she basically told her 8 year old son that his family, including her, hates him.
Okay, so...
Parents are people too. And sometimes we get frustrated and say the wrong thing to these little people we're completely responsible for. But we're doing our best and we try to make up for it when we know we've fucked up. Raising people is hard, especially because we all start out pretty selfish and stupid. Give us a break.
#daddyo5
+Doodle Doddle Nope Everyone knows parents are people too and everyone knows parents make mistakes. The difference is what you do with the mistake. Do you act like nothing ever happened or do you apologize?
In the movie, she not only basically told her child that everyone including her hates him- which is something that just shouldn't happen, even if you're just human and you make mistakes-, she also forgot him the very next day and only noticed much later. She doesn't regret anything she said to him and at the end of the movie, all he gets is a hug. Now of course it's possible that her character talked to him about all of this "off screen", and then it would be okay, but that's not canon, so we as viewers have to believe that she resolved all these issues by hugging Kevin and didn't bring his concerns about the family hating him up ever again.
Doodle Doodle Nope parents shouldn't essentially tell their kids the family hates him/her
@@iSaraSeantae
good thing your username has 'nope' at the end of it, because that's a very adequate response to your comment
The wet bandits should've recruited Kevin instead of trying to break in 😂
excellent trapper for the bandits
Then they plot to get revenge on the family
@@nuttiemations I would take an alternate ending where all of that happens lol
You know in a week from now when Kevin gets into an argument with his mom, Kevin's gonna say, "Well, maybe I used the last batteries, but I didn't leave you home alone after going on a vacation across the world for almost a week!"
It was OVER a week, dumbass.
@@MrParkerman6 they're only human. Appreciate a good joke dumbass
@@MrParkerman6 bruh
I'm not your bruh, buddy!
how is it that the parents were never in trouble for leaving a 7 year old home alone? twice....
3 times*
Dylan Short when they joke in the second film about it being a family tradition and then bust up laughing about thankfully never losing their luggage I just think- arrest them now!
Keith Pugh look at their house...
8
They don’t leave him alone in the second he gets lost in the airport
I've always hated the family, even as a kid I've always questioned why they treated him like that.
Hee Hee, then you wouldn't like my family!
Huh yeah I wonder why I thought maybe it could be that *Kevin's adopted that's why they hate him*
I know me too and that's saying a lot because I was abused as a child so I tended to normalize that behavior. But it was still so fucking infuriating.
I always hated them too, then grew up and still hated them. I kinda presumed it was filmed in a way where as a child, you were meant to empathize with Kevin and hate the mom, then as you age you understand the mom like you do your own parents but no... the family should have stayed gone
@@Jackylification for some reason, CZcams didn't notify me on the replies here but anyway, I agree.
There are other movies that I watched as a kid where I hated the parents but later sympathized as an adult. But with these people, I see nothing that justifies their actions. Yeah, Kevin was a little brat, but children often act out when they feel left out or unloved.
I think it’s funny that as we all get older, we watch kids movies like we’re the English teacher over analyzing a simple poem to try and find a deeper meaning in it
This isn't kid's Movie, dumbass.
Well the target audience isn't always the fan of movies. Like how my little pony was targeted for little girls but the majority of its fans aren't, same with barbie movies.
Another example is pokemon games, who do you think played pokemon go when it came, adults or kids?
nope, im too stupid for that
@@sentientnpc0 people actually watch Barbie movies?
@@shiggydiggy8308 yes, a lot of old women watch those
A little trivia about this movie: Macaulay's dad was infamously known to be a mentally abusive stage dad who was obsessed with making his kids Hollywood-famous and was also known to be very pushy with the filmmakers, including Columbus. Columbus found him so difficult that when he directed the Harry Potter movies he made sure that he hired child actors who's parents weren't as aggressive as Macaulay's dad.
Damn. It’s no wonder Macaulay went through a whole drug phase when he got older. Glad he’s doing fine now.
Elvis: Makes a good video but puts "abuse" in the title
CZcams: *DEMONETIZED*
Please reply lol
Justin Y. I swear if that actually happens
Justin Y. Not yet hahaha
Lol
ive heard rumors of you being the said perpetrator :P
Wet bandits is a very kinky name...
In the second movie,they are the
sTicKy baNDitS
MJ Candy SO KINKY OMFG
Who knows what are those names referring to, it's a mystery.
😉
Wet and Sticky Bandits sounds like the name of a really odd adult film
I always had a problem with how Kevin was treated. He was 8 years old and probably had some sort of ADHD and he was just treated so cruelly by his family. What exactly did he do to deserve being called names and harrassed and verbally abused by his family like that?
Edit: honestly wouldnt be surprised if he took all of his bottle up frustrations out on the burglars. Trauma can make people sadistic in nature and Kevin probably has some mental scarring from his family's mistreatment.
@RunningOnEmpty
Hmm it’s almost as if people with adhd are still different individuals with different personalities and different ways they deal with it
So sensitive
So sensitive its a movie
@@josephperrotta5143 It reflects reality, though. As do all films. Abuse happens, even within a family, so it's good that it's discussed.
GO OUTSIDE PLEASE, I hope you actually got to go outside in 1 year. Like you look way too deep into it.
People say Kevin is a brat but honestly if my family treated me like this I’d do my best to get on their nerves as payback
Ikr?
In my headcanon: After Home Alone 2, Social Services took Kevin away and put him into foster care with the Kramer family and changed his name to John.
Yeah
Please yes
And then they decided that since he was already so familiar with NYC, they'd send him there to live with his wacky Uncle Cosmo.
Is that a saw reference I see?
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
How do not notice that the most annoying person is missing?
*Unless they did and the kids were like*
Kid 1: hey I'm noticing a lack annoyance, is Kevin missin-
Kid 2: sshh! Don't mention him the parents will remember him!!
Kid 1: your right, let's abandon him.
Greatest siblings ever definitely not b- **gets shot**
They just fucking hate him someone fucking noticed they're not so stupid they just left his ass there the dumb fucks
no one wants to be the student that reminds the teacher that there was homework
honestly considering how they are in the movie this isn’t even a stretch it’s actually very feasible
That happened during a field trip. The most annoying kid in the class wandered off and when everyone realized she wasn't there, started giggling and shushing each other. Unlike the movie, one girl DID have a conscience and was all "No, you guys...!" before she alerted the teacher.
"Kevin, you're such a disease!"
Like, holy shit, how cruel!
Single child? lol
That is not something you say to your sibling and i should know. I have three. Are you ok lol?
I was always seriously bothered that the uncle called Kevin a little jerk in front of everyone, using just the most disgusted tone of voice, and like, his parents just ACCEPT it?? If another adult spoke to my kid like that I would lose it.
Me as a kid: “wow Kevin is very disrespectful!”
Me as an adult: oh so that’s why...
You're an adult and you have a profile pic from a cartoon meant for 6 year old girls
That's gay
Derpy Hooves What kind of adult has a cartoon pony profile pic?
Larry [TWD] one who’s old enough to not be embarrassed by my interests. Hbu?
Larry [TWD] yikes dude u got done
@@larrytwd43 an adult that doesn't judge others basing on a picture? Would it make you more happy if it was a gigant juicy wiggling schlong you could look at?
It is horrifying to me that literally the burglars treat Kevin better than his own mother
honestly, despite them being criminals and attempting to steal shit, they at least want him to be safe and not harm him. it’s way sadder when you realize that random petty criminals are way nicer to him than his own family
@@metalgearzwei yeah that was my point
They want to muder him, tf are you talking about, lol
@@Hecatom they only really get murderous when Kevin's traps start to reveal themselves. they were willing to at least leave him alone if he stayed obedient
@@Hecatom and they still treated him better than his mom
Kevin’s family bullying him and his mom blaming him brings back so many memories...
My younger cousin used to beat me all the time, she often spat on my face too, and broke my toys. And I couldn’t do anything, cause if I did, her dad and my grandma would scold me and blame me. Sometimes they would blame my mom too!
I wish there was like an alternate universe where Kevin actually teams up with the Burglars and becomes a part of their team and travels around the country with them robbing houses. 💀
....and all the cheese Pizzas they could eat!
Sadly, the movie seems like more about how his constant abuse turns him into a demented kid willing to literally kill two burglars, that actually never intended to harm him...
POTATOEMPN he becomes Jigsaw
@AssasinArsenal47 you must be fun at parties
POTATOEMPN I agree it is sort of like that...
Stop ruining the movie
Except they intended to harm him
when I was younger I never realized that the cop from the beginning was harry.
Omg same lol I think I was just really unobservant
Creepurr
Me too! It took me like 2 years to realize!
Same
it's really obvious
Same
I actually liked that they had the Dad throw away the tickets, the random neighbor get counted, and for them to rush through the airport. Most movies would just ignore all that mess to set up a story. At least this one tried to fill the plot hole.
Plot holes don't really matter much
Literally every scene with Kevin's family makes me cry. Not in the, "aw, I hope things work out" or "what a sweet family" type of way, but in disgust. A good ending to this movie would have been Kevin getting taken away from that poor excuse of a family because *yikes*
Loser
Mate, it's a kids movie, stop applying dark human drama logic to it. You're the type of guy to watch Lord of the Rings and ask how Gondor gets it's food.
Yes, because being thrown into the foster system is a happy ending bahahahah this movie IS A KIDS MOVIE. the fact you're "crying" about it...wow. just wow. Please get therapy lol
@@AH-pw1im Facts
@@AH-pw1im probably a sheltered child if they think getting sent to foster care is a happy ending.
I am surprised that Child protective service didn’t come a give him a real family
Out Laws I guess he would have got what he wanted
I am surprised people take a comedy movie this seriously.
DFPG 1 I’m not it’s fun. You might find it strange but a lot of people like to think about the logic in films/movies.
*Services
I'm surprised the police didn't do anything about his parents when they found out he was left home alone by his own family because they """""forgot""""" him. That should count as child neglect.
Even when I was a kid, I always felt bad for the character. Everyone was so crap to him, I always felt like crying
Mess with Kevin your shelf gets a rekkin
Watch home alone with competent robbers
Yeah the best part is with the Wet Bandits.
Regarding Kevin going to the grocery store undisturbed by anyone else -- wasn't uncommon to send your kids in for you, when I was growing up. I did full grocery shops by myself as a kid, off of a list of course. Different times indeed!
In the 90s I had a friend whose dad gave him a note to give to the cashier for cigarettes. Under 10 yrs old and selling us cigarettes.
@@Mike-qz4by Haha oh man... When I was in first or second grade or something, the parents would carpool us kids to wherever our field trip was set... we absolutely had enough seats in the vehicle but one of the parents totally just stuck a handful of us in the boot end of their SUV, no restraints lol... Ah, the 90s...
I had a teacher who’d regularly send kids out to the grocery store or post office to get her food (she was morbidly obese..) or pick up packages for her during class. This was like 2009 though…
Hello? The 70s is calling
When I was young I didn't really have much feeling on the matter, I just wanted the movie to progress to the fun things kevin did with the wet bandits.
30 years on, now being an adult, an uncle, and matured beyond how a child would see these things, it is horrifying seeing how the family treats kevin, how all the siblings and cousins just gang up on him and the adults let it happen, holding contempt not for the selfish and entitled teens, but just focused on 1 child among dozens of them.
What makes this worse? After the first movie expecting the grief the parents apparently were meant to go through abandoning their child, in the sequel the parents are right back treating their child like shit and allowing the other siblings and cousins to treat him like shit, and abandon him again at an airport.
When I was young I use to love the scenes of kevin reuniting with his mother, but now, its hard to watch, especially in the sequel knowing she hasn't learnt shit, she doesn't deserve a second chance. The only people I feel for in these movies are old man marley, the pigeon lady, and kevin himself. Social services need to take kevin off this neglectful monsters.
I find it fascinating, GENUINELY fascinating, that a kids' movie that you loved as a kid has been tainted so much by your years of life experience.
Like, the movie didn't change, it remains a movie for children, but you've decided to take your adult baggage with you.
It's like returning to the ball pit you used to play in as a child and wondering why you no longer fit in it.
@@danculbert6349 that's what happens when you grow up and evolve, you see the world differently. When I was a teen I loved coffee and drank it each morning as a pick me up. Now as a 41 year old it gives me blood pressure problems
@Mr Orc Shaman Aye, but it's very weird to approach something designed to appeal to children with your big, rational adult brain. Kevin's family is neglectful because children often feel left out of large family gatherings full of older family members who move a lot faster. It's relatable to kids.
It's not a film that's designed to be scrutinised as if it's a dark and serious human drama, and doing so is really strange
@danculbert6349 here's an idea let people think what they want I still love the movie all these years later but I despise the family who cares it's my thoughts and my enjoyment
How Kevin was forgotten is even worse because they left in the morning and when his mom finds out, it’s dark out the window. So they didn’t realize that Kevin was missing for around 12 hours...
I think it is less that she realizes that she forgot him, but rather that she remembers that he exists in the first place. xD
Different timezones, dumbass.
@@lpfan4491 it does seem odd how the mother randomly feels like she did something wrong out of seemingly nowhere.
@@MrParkerman6 You can say it without being a piece of shit
@@explodifier6021 well she feels like kevin should have caused problems by now considering he is seen as very boisterous and confrontational.
Having as much money as these people do will just automatically give you the balls to ignore a cop in your own home and endlessly bully and ignore the youngest member of the family.
I think the kid who pisses the bed and had glasses is the youngest
This movie is like Chinatown in ways.
I smell *white privelage*
@@senatorarmstrong1233 yea but he's his cousin. kevin is the youngest of his siblings
Yes! Yaaaasssssss! The privilege, even then, was crazy...
I'm so glad someone else noticed how it was so weird that the mom just decided to join the road trip with all those guys like I felt it was so unsafe and weird
It is neither unsafe nor weird when it is John Candy!
I've always interpreted Kevin's will to hurt the bandits as a way to cope with his feels of anger towards his family. And the speed and know how he had with the traps was because he already had them planned for a long time, to use against his cousins.
I was always so mad with the way they treated kevin
Gelatina_Royal same. I felt personally offended watching the movie as a kid
I'm your 100th like
Same honestly
@@TheJoeToe i didnt even knew i hit 100 likes, thanks lol
When they called him a disease it made me wanna cry to be honest
Home Alone, an example of how a kids movie can easily be changed to a horror movie a few tweaks
Kids movie: Two idiodic robbers try to attack a child in his house, filled with traps
Horror movie: Two grown, stronger than normal men try to kill a lonely child stuck in his own house, filled with deadly traps.
Hello...would you like to play a game?
Saw : you better watch out
Nice
Red Menace 0
Home alone kids: Kid makes fun little traps.
Home alone horror: Kid does attempted murder.
Kids Movie: Kid was bullied by his family, then show that he is really smart.
Horror movie: Kid was abused by his family, slowly turns in to a psychopath.
@@jasmine1327 bullied and abused*
I still find it funny that the kid who came up with great plans to torture some robbers, some of the tricks almost could've killed the guys. But he can't pack a suitcase
His neighbor's story about his son was honestly pretty sad but still ended happily.
"You'd think at least someone would be like, 'hey where are your parents?'" Nope, it's called the bystander effect. It's not socially appropriate for an adult to approach a minor, especially an unattended one (who knows if their dad isn't just around the corner?) so they don't. Look at how many people who saw Jaime Bulger with those two kids around Kevin's age. They did nothing, didn't ask why two boys were dragging a baby down the street, or where the fuck their parents were, nada. Same with Kitty Genovese, people listened to her screams for help for half an hour and could have stopped her murder, but not one person thought to call the police or help. So that part of the movie is probably the most realistic lol.
Zambambo 92 idk when I was a kid any time I was alone for even a few minutes people would come up and ask me where my parents are, it’s one of the few times that the bystander effect normally doesn’t happen
@@TenderNoodle yeah I feel like back in the day before social media (when you didnt see constant cell phone videos of outrageous parents accusing people of talking to their kid, or trying them up in some manner, putting on some dramatic display in public) people were more personally social and DECENTLY MANNERED to one another, more neighborly you might say (and also before internet access to rampant stories of child abduction/abuse/murder that made people paranoid about ANY and EVERY stranger approaching their kid), people might have checked up on a lone kid more easily because they werent scared of being accused or ending up in a huge fight with the parents of the kid.
Nowadays I think the only chance of a lone kid being checked up on is maybe by some super christian people, old people, and MAYBE a mom or two lol. Otherwise everyone is like "...wtf would I look like talking to that kid"
Well the cashier should've been asking him for his parents. In fact, I don't think it's legal to accept monetary transaction from an unsupervised minor, so the movie should've unraveled at the grocery store. But yeah when it's a random strangers on the streets, the bystander effect would've been in full swing.
Becky the Kitty story was manipulated to make it sound more interesting
You would be right if this movie was not in the 80-90s. Then it was perfectly fine for adults to care about children and talk to them. We would be playing on the streets unsupervised and the occasional adult will be checking if we were fine.
What you are describing is more recent thing - the last 10-15 years.
Back then people used to care about neighbors more.
You know they say kids abused and neglected usually become psycho killers maby that why the traps are so gruesome
Oh my god its John cramer
You know what.....This makes me like the movies a whole lot more, I like the idea of him becoming a future serial killer xD
I swear at first the Saw, home alone theory was just kinda a fun little theory, but it’s honestly kinda making me think now
"usually become psycho killers" wat
GASP! Maybe this is what plays into that theory that Kevin's Jugsaw from SAW!
You know after seeing Home Alone, I can see how Kevin became Jigsaw. His family did it.
As a late 90s kid, I can't personally speak to what it was like before 9/11, but it sounded like a much more chill time in general. I will say that this kind of attitude towards kids is what my parents grew up with in the 70s and 80s; my mom talks about how she and all the kids in her neighborhood would just go hang out at a couple's house (they had no kids) all the time after school and they'd also jump onto the back of some dude's pickup truck to go to a park and also maybe get an ICEE for all of them to share. John Mulaney talks about how he always acted like an adult as a kid and just go places alone to buy things or eat out. Heck, when I was growing up, spanking your kids was still pretty acceptable (though my parents didn't do it).
tldr: a bunch of adults' reactions to Kevin in this movie could've still been totally normal then. we're looking back at it with new (and honestly better) mindsets, expecting it to be normal (since that's how it felt when we first watched it)
The way Kevin was treated always upset me as a kid, I went through something similar. They're essentially gaslighting him, one of the most frustrating methods of abuse.
Yea.
Yea.
I feel your pain. HUGS! :(
You're making realize something, I loved this movie because I identify with Kevin and I used to think it was because he was smart but it's actually because he was bullied so much
Yea
Until you pointed it out, I never noticed that his ticket was thrown away.
Me either
Wait really?
I can’t believe I didn’t notice just how ABUSED Kevin was in Home Alone,and even with the fact that when I saw it I was living in a abusive household
the other children hated Kevin,his mother didn’t do ANYTHING too try and tell him his family didn’t hate him
Jesus Christ thank god I got more mature and realised this 💀
People call Kevin a brat, but if you were in his position with his family you’d probably act the same. His family is terrible, especially Uncle Frank and Buzz. Anyway, I do love this film. It shows the meaning of Christmas is about family and coming together. Nowadays that doesn’t seem to be a sentiment shared much. It’s usually about presents and little else. This is still my favorite Christmas film. It’s fun and entertaining while having the spirit of Christmas with it.
He was also scared of the police because he thought that Harry was actually associated with the police because he was dressed as a cop at the beginning of the film.
haven't watched in ages but i remember him being scared of them accusing him of another prank call...
But he still called the cops later, so...
I thought he was scared of the Joe Pesci cop is because of those creepy teeth
Stephanie Beeboo that’s what I used to think when I was a kid growing up in the 90’s plus if I was still a kid I would be creeped out like the ones who were in the movie.
Thirsty You’re probably thinking of the sequel with the other kid, Alex. He called the cops a few times and was accused of prank calling.
You can’t let the Wet Bandits keep breaking into your house so they can delete the video, Elvis.
no, they broke in to make his metal computer dirty. That’s why u commented here
Stop your every where too
Stop trying to be Justin Y.
Ofebodoe Oof ikr
Im starting to see you everywhere.
What makes it even worse is the fact that with the opening act of the 2nd movie, we see that literally nothing has changed. His older brother is still a shithead allowed to walk all over Kevin, there’s no trust for Kevin from the other siblings and cousins, the uncle still outs him as a Black Sheep, and the mom tells him “maybe your wish will come true again this year” after he gets frustrated that she’s siding with the family AGAIN even after it was blatantly clear that Kevin was not the instigator of the drama.
I’ve had dreams where my family treats me like Kevin’s family treats him like there wasn’t even anything wrong with him he was crying out for help to his own mom like “I don’t feel loved or accepted here!” And she was like “Good! Go sleep in the attic” like that would actually be a nightmare to go through as a kid that would be traumatic he was bullied by every single person in the house and the one person that’s supposed to make him feel loved and accepted, made him feel like he is alone and doesn’t belong in his family. For no reason.
I've seen this movie so many times and yet thanks to you I just notice how Kevin's dad threw away Kevin's boarding pass in the beginning of the movie.
What a fucking shit head
That along with the donut being stuck on the police guys phone. Now I'm gonna be bothered by it every time I watch the movie now 💀
@The Gray Ghost Right and the sequel even addresses this. Kevin rightfully calls him out for being a cheapskate and then Frank bitches the next day about the lousy "wake up call" like somehow it was their responsibility to wake his grown ass up.
@Right To Censor and given the general attitude this family has towards Kevin they'd still probably blame him for it somehow.
Read up on your, Home alone, LORRRREEE
Kevin didn’t want to call the cops immediately, he tortured them, he TORTURED them, and THEN he called the cops
Boss move 😎
he had to take his aggression out somehow. remember: his entire family
weren’t the phones down ?? also the only cop he knows turned out to be the burglar maybe he didn’t trust them
@Ben
No! The phones were not doen, dumbass. The phone guy said it would only take a couple days to patch them up and Kevin clearly ordered Pizza, dumbass.
@@MrParkerman6 lmao did you just call me a dumbass with bad grammar because i missed a detail in a movie from thirty years ago
I have to say, the whole “plug the sink and run it for hours or days” is gonna cost more to fix than basically any combination of crap that gets stolen will cost to replace.
He really does have such an infectious laugh, like the kind of person who, when they start laughing, you cannot help but start laughing as well
"Macaulay Culkin, the man with the most misspelled name in history"
I think you forgot about Benedril Cumbersnatch
But Benicdt cmbunterbatch is easy to spell!
@@urabouttoloseurjob842 you mean Denebich cumberbacht
Scazoid you misspelled it, it’s not that hard, it’s Nebertstbed Cnybederbath
Its actually Bentadick Castingcouch
benefit Cummthebitch
Yeah, VCR's were a prized possession even though trying to program the clock on them was so involved you'd need a Dan Brown character to decode how to do it.
Kevin standing there saying “Families suck!”:
What a self-fulfilling prophecy that turned out to be for him 😂
I always hated the beginning of this movie specifically because of this. I feel like literally his whole family bullied and picked on Kevin and NEVER said anything. It never sat right with me.
They were basically crying over spilled milk more than when they realized their own son was home alone.
Are you an only child??? That's siblings for you
@@xavierradel6548 My sister doesn't have a mean bone in her body, but my cousins, on the other hand...
*literally crying over spilled milk- and Soda!
I'm actually not an only child but my parents prohibited us from fighting/ being disrespectful to one another. Otherwise we'd all get whooped.
I get that the "everyone hates Kevin" is supposed to be a "joke", but I didn't find it funny. It comes off more as mean spirited to me.
Edit 10/21/2019: Whoa, this is the most liked comment I've ever had, thanks!
Can't agree more
*violently agrees*
Uncle Frank was a piece of shit let's be honest.
+Deform 2018 same
Deform 2018 yeah, the “joke” made me want to punch an elder for the first and last time.
The best scene in this movie is when Marv gently climbs through the window and STOMPS on the ornaments on the floor it’s the funniest shit ever
The rose colored glasses part is so true. I remember loving the 101 Dalmatians 1996 remake because we had it on VHS, and I loved seeing the dogs- watched it again the other night and it’s pretty awful. The dogs are the only good thing about the movie- the 1961 cartoon version is 1000xs better.
When you mentioned why Kevin didn't call the cops at 14:55, I saw a post stating that the first time Kevin saw Harry, he was dressed as a cop and he smiled at him, making Kevin notice his golden tooth. When Marv and Harry almost run him over, Harry smiles at him again and Kevin immediately notices the golden tooth and remembers him as the 'cop' in his house before, which is why he looked at him 'funny'. It could explain Kevin's distrust with the police and why he doesn't call the cops right away to his home.
For a movie aiming to be as silly as possible (and starting an unfortunate and washed up 90's movie trend), that's pretty clever.
Issa Beganović Yeah even silly movies have gotta be somewhat 'grounded in reality'. The first question they probably had to ask themselves while writing this was 'why doesn't he just call the cops'. They did a good job doing this in a subtle way.
I like how they wrote the dynamic between the kid and the random dudes breaking in better than the personalities of the family.
There was also the whole toothbrush debacle. You have to look at it from an 8 year old's point of view. He could have been afraid of getting in trouble himself.
@@thectk1000 Yeah the dude in the video mentioned that, he said ‘is this the only reason Kevin didn’t call the cops to his home?’ And I was just adding onto that haha
Rewatching this movie always makes me sad. It's crazy how times change. As a kid, (same age as Kevin in this movie back then) i was so enthralled by this idea of getting left behind and chilling out on pizza and fighting burglars. But now as an adult, i realize how incredibly sad this is. Kevin being bullied and unloved by his family and parents. It's actually a depressing movie.
I feel you. I get such anxiety and sadness whenever it's on :(
yeah :/
@@TwilightFlip fuck off dude....
@@rinbros Why should they screw off tho? xD
It was hilarious though sometimes 😂😂😂😂
Wow, he's basically a scapegoat.
A childhood classic.
Many of the things that happen HAVE to happen or there is no movie. That said, these bandits are stupid as heck.
But most importantly, the parents would legally be arrested for child neglect.
Also, how the heck are these parents so bad at their job that there are sequel movies? lol
I always interpreted the old man's look in the store as "Hey, I recognize you. Didn't your family just leave the country on vacation? Why are you still here?!?"
That makes way more sense
Just to suffer?
Oh hell yeah, if you're getting abused by everyone in the house just get some burglars to solve the problem
Btw i love how this film basically racionalises emotional abuse and frames kevin as the bitchy one
No, I think the viewers are meant to empathize with Kevin and his unfair treatment. But at the same time they were trying to show that the reason for this unfair treatment was that his parents are overstressed, and that under less-fraught circumstances they'd have been sympathetic to Kevin. I think that having the mother say that part about wishing for a new family was pushing the envelope too far, though. She just seems so calmly malicious in that scene, that it's hard to excuse what she said. If she'd seemed to be on her last nerve and shouting, it would have worked better.
The lesson of the movie is that Kevin needs to appreciate his family more... but that his family needs to appreciate him more as well. UNFORTUNATELY that lesson is unlearned in the sequel.
I hate people who don't seem to fucking care when children say they hate them ask them why they think that KEVINS LIKE EIGHT WTF IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE HAVE THE ALL BEEN RAISED BY KARKAT AND ARE JUST ASSHOLES WHY IS IT SO it just pisses me off on how this is too real omg
Being abused doesn't mean you can't be a bitch, especially if you only bitch about it and do nothing
No matter what anyone thinks of Home Alone it’ll always be a classic and one of the most iconic movies ever. Not just as a Christmas movie, but also as a movie in general
Care to feel even older? Just remember that the whole premise of the first Fast and Furious was about stealing VCRs and TVs with built-in VCRs.
Who drinks milk in Solo cups with pizza?! That's the real crime here.
Because of scenes like that in movies, I just thought Americans just drank milk with everything! 😂
Natalie Kate we try to drink soda with everything
Mary Jonsson they were drinking milk because they needed to get rid of it so it didn’t go off while they’re away that’s what Kate says
Honestly as a kid I drank milk with everything lmao. I guess public school ruined me in unforeseen ways.
Better than pizza with pineapple
I can't believe home alone is just an insensitive adaptation of Daddy O' Five.
K yeah but why?
I would like this comment but it's at the funny #
@@BEANSBEANSBEANS404 you can like it now
Oh, definitely.
what is that
I thought I was the only one who noticed how Kevin's family treated him like crap. I like this movie, it's hilarious, but I've always been annoyed at how poor Kevin has been treated.
I’ve watched this movie so many times it’s just now that I’m realizing how abusive Kevin‘s family is towards him almost everybody in his family bullies him it’s so sad omg
You were wrong about the scream with the tarantula. They had him mime a scream and added the scream in later so they didn't startle the spider.
That's awesome
Yeah when he spoke about his spider “fun fact” I was like “... um, that it not correct.”
I'm really happy to hear that. Tarantula's are EXTREMELY fragile animals. They're also not aggressive and their bite isn't usually fatal unless you're really unlucky. Spiders get a really bad rep. :(
@@vixxcelacea2778 aw
Still terrifying, but aw
@@vixxcelacea2778 still not gonna make me less terrified of tarantulas.
Being a person who has suffered mental abuse makes watching this movie now a bit uncomfortable. As a kid you don't really think about it to much because you focus on how cool it would be to have a whole house to yourself and making traps.
GrandCorsair stop it, get some help
Thot Patrol He really didn’t say anything weird tho?
While I do think that if Kevin's family was real, this would be a horrible abuse of Kevin, but I think the purpose of the movie was to appeal to KIDS above adults. This would explain why everyone in the family acts so mean to Kevin, as when you're a kid and get into an argument, it feels like the whole world is against you, so of course the movie would reflect that. That's also why so much of the movie is Kevin messing around at home, as being at home without authority figures around (dare I say, home alone?) is typically an exciting idea for most kids, as they are often not left unsupervised. The ending is meant to teach kids about how even though your family might seem mean, they really care about you and such, as they also show the negatives of being without authority figures at a young age. Or maybe they really ARE abusive and I'm just too interested in the intentions of the movie without looking at what the movie actually is. IDK but I think it might be an option for why they act the way they do
Woah 3 years later. Ok w/e. Here's my theory... Every interaction we see Kevin have are from his perspective. So the way it is presented to the audience is really just the way that an 8 year-old kid would be perceiving those interactions.
That actually sounds quite plausible!
Wrong, dumbass. It is from the audience's prospective or you wouldn't see Kevin on Film!
@@MrParkerman6 lol. Not from his VISUAL perspective, moron. Obviously. From his COGNITIVE perspective. Lol Christ. Take it down a notch.
Agreed 100%
It's especially weird that they didn't notice he was gone after such an eventful & annoying previous night... He would be even more fresh in their mind imo...
I think they had them sleep late so the pandemonium would be distracting, then the stray kid when she did the 'head count'
They hate him so much he became a repressed memory every time theres something that might remind them of him
@ennuiblue4295
What do you mean "they"?
Dumbass! This movie was only written by one person-John Hughes, dipshit! So there is no THEY! DUMBASS!
*it's messed up because when I watched this movie as a child I completely missed the abuse because i myself was being abused and thought it was normal.* it's crazy
Lol 🤣
@@aaaaaaaa6685 I am not sure if it is funny or not
ok
@@aaaaaaaa6685 That's... that's not funny
Ember D&T Stop it, get some help
John Candy filmed his scenes for free as a favor to his friend, John Hughes.
Sounds like bullshit and not true, considering he would only do Vacation for 10 million dollars which is exactly how much he got paid, and he was only in the ending to replace the original ending.
It says in the Movies That Made Us doc on Netflix that Candy was paid the minimum wage according to the Actor’s Guild or something. So he was paid, but not very much.
Not for free but he got paid as little as humanly possible
Like Brad Pitt in Deadpool 2.
Funny enough, I think the moments of the wet bandits being dumb can be excused considering even the movie is calling them dumb. They are Potrayed as quite dumb the whole time.
I always thought that Kevin didn't call the police because Harry was dressed like (and either pretending to be or actually is) a policeman, so he didn't trust them and didn't call them until he had no other option
I never thought about that! That makes so much sense!
Maybe.. But he was also shown to be afraid of the police on the first day. And I'm pretty sure the toothbrush scene was only added to give Kevin a reason not to call the police hence the "I'm a criminal" line and him changing his voice over the phone.
he's scared because they think it's a hoax so he needs to catch the illusive criminals with traps first...
I also entertained the notion that Harry isn't a crook posing as a cop, but is in fact a crooked cop. Marv might be a guy he busted once and let go in exchange for a "favor," i.e. helping him in his schemes.
in the italian version the gangster guy says: keep the change you filthy bastard.
i remember My mom freaking out...
the good ol' times...
VidBoom > just your mum
>you’re an actual filthy bastard
What about the horses ass part? How'd she feel about that one
SuperPopTartz i don't remember anymore, knowing her, she probably freaked out about thay tii
Fun Fact: Daniel Stern allowed the spider to be placed on his face for one take, and one take only.
P.S.: The scream was dubbed in in post production.
No it wasn't, dumbass. Daniel himself said the scream was recorded live, idiot.
@@MrParkerman6 wow, even if that is the case, name calling is unnecessary and rude.
Can you please do the rest of the home alone films? this was honestly so epic.
I never saw Kevin as a brat. He kind of reminds me a little of how I was treated growing up. I was the youngest of the household, but considered the 'responsible one' when it was convenient, so when my older brother picked on me and I stood up for myself, I was the one criticized because I was supposed to know better, while he was barely told off every now and then. It wasn't as bad as Kevin, the adults were on my side sometimes, but it always sucked that I got the worst of both worlds by being the baby and the responsible one, while he was oldest and no one expected anything from him. He straight up ate my birthday cake one year when I was sick and couldn't eat any. They literally saved me a piece with my NAME ON IT for when I was feeling better, and he ate it, because the pieces he got the day before weren't enough. If ever there was a moment I could point to to show how crappy a sibling he was, this was it. I'm still mad about it. I can totally relate to the frustration and suppressed violent rage Kevin had.
Man, that sucks. I'm so sorry for you. Your family is a bit of an opposite from mine (and maybe many others) because as the oldest, you'll always take the brunt of the "little siblings/cousins" that were there with you. Whenever I got into a fight with my older brother or cousins, the adults side with me. But if I, in some ways, influenced my younger sister or cousins badly I'll get scolded for it even if I had stopped doing the trouble and those little kids were doing it all by themselves because they thought it was fun.
I actually had a somewhat middle child syndrome. My brother, being a brat he was which slowly made our parents got used to it, always had the freedom using money. My sister, being youngest, was the darling of my parents, especially our mom. Our mom bought her a pack of books one day when my parents picked me off the school and I asked who was that for? For my sis, ofc, when I lacked books for notes myself. I asked her where's mine? And she said it was for my sis only bcause my mom promised her about it. I bluntly told her than she promised me a lot of things too but never once she bought anything for me. But ONE request from my sis and she bought it. I was pretty pissed with it and still is, because in my memory, even when I was around my sis' age, I never got treated as nicely. But I had learned to let it go.
damn thats a bruh moment
jesus
i'm so sorry
@Kane The Critic are you going to say that to EVERYONE who posts a story about their life?
@@rachelciel3330 Your family sucks. Do not talk to them forever.
By the way, kids do actually occasionally like running like that. For some reason.
Wth
Wat
Kids have to have some way to burn off all that energy.
It is more that kids like to just do things. That is a crazy run, why do it? Because running crazy is awesome!
I spun around in circles for half an hour as a kid.
You may think its stupid but you're still laughing even as a adult so clearly you still find it funny even if its for different reasons. Thats why this film is and always will be a classic.
I remember watching a video where Catherine O'Hara talks about one of the cut lines from the movie; she mentions that when Kevin wishes he never wants to see his family again, instead of Kate saying she hopes Kevin didn't mean that, the original line for her to say was "Then say it again, maybe it'll happen."
with a family like that, it's no wonder Kevin wanted them gone 💀
When the van almost hits kevin and he makes that face, it’s because he sees the golden tooth, and realizes that its the same guy that was dressed as a cop at his house the other night.
I wondered. I figured the "cop" was just the bald wet bandit
Kevin is incredibly perceptive
PsychoticPichu To Kevin, he remembered his weird smile and gold tooth. He probably saw the tooth as a weird thing and maybe uncommon to him.(just a theory)
just peachy even to be able to see the gold tooth from there after nearly being run over is impressive. Kevin is a god
PsychoticPichu Kevin is thanos
Kevin is just bullying them with the extreme hatred of his family bullying him
The Negative Demon Under Your Bed • 3 years ago they are talking about Kevin bullying the wet bandits
Im pretty sure despite all these things, we all enjoyed this movie still as a kid.
The nail scene makes me feel very uncomfortable because I've experienced it before.
That had to hurt a lot. Hope it wasn’t rusty.