re: Let's Overanalyze "Home Alone" and "Home Alone 2"

Has it been addressed that a so-called "cop" simply walks into their house and stands there for a very long time without so much as a frick given?

When Mr. McAllister finally notices the cop, he becomes an a-hole and says in a pompous manner something like, "Am I in trouble?"

Then the pizza guy tells Mr. McAllister that someone needs to pay him and Mr. McAllister gets distracted, laughs, and then walks away.

What a frickhead!

He didn't give two shits about strangers simply walking in his home.

Not to mention the fact that the cops at the Village Police Department totally blow off the mom when she calls them from the airport to them. "Oh your 8 year old son was accidentally left home by himself and you're out of the country? PFT BIG DEAL. You want us to go over there and check on him? UGH OKAY I GUESS." If that happens in real life, that story makes national news and every officer involved is kicked off the force.

Also, the parents never called the cops back to see how he was? No follow-up call to say "hey, just making sure you sent someone over there and if so, whether he's okay."

They should've just rewritten that to where the phone lines are down and she can't call the cops over to their house.

IMDB Trivia and goofs are also good.

Also, at the very end the father looks at the bill for the first time and then angrily screams, "Kevin!"

Kevin's about to get in some major trouble for surviving on his own! Are you kidding me, Mr. McAllister? You're upset with your son who was nearly killed by vengeful criminals? Really?

Also, clearly Mr. McAllister is clearly wealthy. If you watch the first movie, look at how enormous that house is. Not just the front fo the house, but look how far back that house extends. For all practical purposes, they live in a mansion.

The next year they go on a family trip to fricking Paris! How many average Joes do that with a family that size? Not many.

Yet, Mr. McAllister is pissed when he sees a bill that he can easily afford.

Get the frick out!

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When Mr. McAllister finally notices the cop, he becomes an a-hole and says in a pompous manner something like, "Am I in trouble?"

Then the pizza guy tells Mr. McAllister that someone needs to pay him and Mr. McAllister gets distracted, laughs, and then walks away.

What a frickhead!

He didn't give two shits about strangers simply walking in his home.

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I like to think that Mr McAllister is the same prick from Big after he got married and settled down.

I love this thread.

How is it not anchored, though?

The McAllisters were regulars at the Plaza New York....Well Mr. Mcallister was a regular there. On his many business dealing in NYC he would stay at the Plaza for their discretion in is fondness of the fairer sex. Numerous nights spent gallivanting around the hotel with his brother (a New Yorker himself) and a harem of local ladies of the night.

Because of this deep rooted history between the two, the desk clerk is taken aback when Kevin announces that he is with his father on business. Since Mr. McAllister explicitly told the Plaza staff to never let on about his frequency there, the clerk acts as if he does not know him (hence the request for signature).

Meanwhile, the staff knows that they can't turn Kevin away as they would lose one of their most loyal customers. So the play the charade, and in the meantime try to figure out what is really going on while at the same time not raising any red flags with Mr. McAllister or his wife.

This explains the outrage over the room service bill as well. Mr. McAllister, even though he is a loyal and continued customer, had a standing line of credit at the Plaza. Since it was near Christmas he had maxed the line out on his numerous end of the year sales trips to the big apple. The bill that Kevin racked up put him over the limit, and he would now have to deal with a 1 year probationary period without credit extension.

This just will not do, as the Japanese are do in NY next month and McAllister is banking his whole year on this close. The Fujimoto's are well versed in the lust for women and parties and without the credit line McAllister will find it hard pressed to shade his expenses from his wife.


So, you see, there is a lot more under the surface going on in these family dynamics. You really need to understand the full picture of their lives, not just Christmas week of one year.

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Has anyone discussed the price of pizza in the first Home Alone? They were 12 dollars a pie.

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I think what's more important is the poor delivery guy who's just trying to make some walking-around money while studying at DePaul, yet he's condemned to a life of PTSD and being an anxious wreck always looking over his shoulder because of that one time he was almost gunned down by some cheapskate while delivering a cheese pizza to the 'burbs.

It's really a sad story -- he quit his job, quit going to class, failed out of school and went broke. He drifted back and forth between odd jobs while taking up a drug habit and always thinking what might have been had he not taken that delivery run out to

All because some kid was pranking him because he didn't want to answer the door.

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This just will not do, as the Japanese are do in NY next month and McAllister is banking his whole year on this close. The Fujimoto's are well versed in the lust for women and parties and without the credit line McAllister will find it hard pressed to shade his expenses from his wife.

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I died

It's after 8 by the time Kevin makes it back to his house. If you listen to the church bells, they ring 8 times.

The Automatic lights might have something to do with the time as well, but Harry and Marv don't tell the audience the exact time when they go off.

This movie does plenty to cover its bases, except when it comes to the phones. The phones don't work, but the Dad can call the neighbors the next day, Kevin can order a pizza, and Kevin calls from inside his house to squeal on the cops (who also don't have caller Id).