The newest installment in the Home Alone universe takes place in the same town as the 1990 classic, but includes new themes—including the housing market and poverty—that make even the baddies sympathetic and three-dimensional. Find out how to watch Home Sweet Home Alone and what you can expect to see when you do.
Is Kevin in Home Sweet Home Alone?
If you were hoping to see a grownup Culkin re-enact the aftershave scene, sorry! Kevin McCallister doesn’t appear in Home Sweet Alone, but his fingerprints are all over the new movie: The main character in Home Sweet Home Alone lives in a house with a McCallister Security System, a calling that makes perfect sense for our favorite precocious kid. What’s more, Kevin’s brother, the mean bully Buzz McCallister, is now a police officer in the new film, which takes place in the same town as the original classic. “I think we did realize it wasn’t going to happen and actually didn’t necessarily push too hard, because then that’s what it would be about in a weird way,” director Dan Mazer told SlashFilm. “I was very eager that this lived on its own terms and stood on its own two feet and didn’t feel too much of a callback fest. Hopefully, we’ve struck the balance where there’s enough in there where adults will watch it and go, ‘Oh yeah, I get that. That’s good. Oh, that’s funny. That’s clever.’ And, as you say, there’s I think a really clever callback to the original, with one part in there which I think seems intelligent and fresh, and not too arbitrary a token. The challenge was to make a film that lived independently. I didn’t want to lean too much on that old stuff.”
Where can I watch Home Sweet Home Alone?
Home Sweet Home Alone is streaming exclusively on Disney+.
Is Home Sweet Home Alone on Disney Plus?
Indeed! Disney+ is the only place to watch the new installment in the Home Alone franchise.
How many Home Alone movies are there?
Including Home Sweet Home Alone, there are six films in the Home Alone franchise. They are, in order: 1. Home Alone (1990) 2. Home Alone 2: Lost In New York (1992) 3. Home Alone 3 (1997) 4. Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House (2002) 5. Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012) 6. Home Sweet Home Alone (2021) The McCallisters are featured in the original Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, and are referenced in Home Sweet Home Alone. The rest are standalone projects featuring entirely different casts, crooks, and capers. (Look for a young Scarlett Johanssonin Home Alone 3!)
Why does Home Alone 3 have a different cast?
According to Uproxx, When Home Alone 3 was being pitched, the original idea would be to have a teenage Kevin McCallister, played by Culkin, once more be the center of the film. However, Culkin retired from acting at age 14, so the original plans were scrapped in favor of an entirely new cast and story.
Is Home Sweet Home Alone out?
Yes! You can watch Home Sweet Home Alone now, as it bowed on Nov. 12, 2021.
Who is in the Home Sweet Home Alone cast?
Though you won’t see too many of the McCallisters in Home Sweet Home Alone, we bet you’ll recognize a lot of the cast’s familiar faces from other movies and TV shows you love. The adorable Archie Yates(Jojo Rabbit) stars as Max Mercer, and Devin Ratray reprises the role of Buzz McCallister from the original Home Alone films. The rest of the cast is as follows:
Ellie Kemperas Pam McKenzieRob Delaney as Jeff McKenzieAisling Bea as Carol MercerPete Holmes as Uncle BlakeKenan Thompsonas Gavin WashingtonChris Parnell as Uncle StuTimothy Simons as HunterJayne Eastwood as GrandmaMax Ivutin as Chris McKenzieKatie Beth Hall as Abby McKenzieCara Ricketts as Aunt BethAlly Maki as MeiMaddie Holliday as Katie MercerAndrew Daly as Mike MercerJordan Carlos as Clem BreckinEsther Povitsky as Daisy BreckinAllan and Aiden Wang as OllieThandeka Moyo as BethanyWilliam S. Taylor as Grandpa BurkeLinda Joyce Nourse as Grandma BurkeMikey Day as Priest
What is the Home Sweet Home Alone release date?
Home Sweet Home Alone is available for streaming starting Nov. 12, 2021.
Is there a Home Sweet Home Alone trailer?
Indeed! We see young Max Mercer in a big, full house arguing with his mom as his huge family scrambles around ahead of a vacation to Tokyo—and poor Max gets left behind in the chaos. Delaney and Kemper play Jeff and Pam McKenzie, a couple who break into the Mercers’ home (Jeff reluctantly, while rocking a Santa costume). Max prepares traps and makeshift weaponry, including a gun that shoots billiards balls and creative uses of a bag of sugar, a trampoline, and an exercise ball, all while his mother frantically tries to get back home.
Where can I watch the original Home Alone?
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