Home Alone 4 Movie
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Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with his dad at the mansion of his father's rich girlfriend, Natalie. Meanwhile robber Marv Merchants, one of the villains from the first two movies, partners up with a new criminal named Vera to hit Natalie's mansion.
| French Stewart | |
| Jason Beghe | |
| Mike Weinberg | |
| Joanna Going | |
| Clare Carey | |
| Erick Avari |
| Rod Daniel |
2.10 out of 10 (3023 votes)
Visitor Reviews
This movie-describes time well wasted.
posted on 15 Jun 2009Okay, for starters, this movie is a total waste of anyones time, unless your like, really obsessed with all the Home Alone movies. The kid that plays the main role, is VERY annoying and I had to turn it of because his pathetic acting almost made me throw up.Advisory to all parents- this isn't even a good kids movie, get something better. You wouldn't want your children watching something as stupid as this, and even kids would be able to tell this movie is a complete bore.
The worst movie I have ever seen
posted on 30 May 2009I first saw this movie when I rented it out from my local video store, I can honestly say it is the worst movie I have ever seen! It doesn't even deserve the right to be called a movie, I am a big fan of Home alone 1 and 2 and I wasn't really disappointed with 3 but 4 is just horrible. The acting is dreadful, the bad guys aren't scary of funny and aren't even both guys! The kid who plays Kevin is dreadful and your left hoping the bad guys actually get him and strangle him. The storyline is just stupid and why they decided to keep the same characters as the first two home alone's is beyond me. Overall I have to say this movie is a big disappointment and I only gave it the rating 1 because I had to, if I could give it a zero I would.
A perfect example of the rubbish that can come with made for TV movies…so be careful!
posted on 14 May 2009Home Alone IV: Taking Back the House (2002), is a complete waste of time, and I am surprised that this film actually made it to a Home Alone series collector's box set. It is a very brainless made for TV film which should have never been seen by the human race. It is a complete waste of your time, and you will always regret watching this 90 minute film, (which is stretched to two hours, because it had so many commercials) because you really should consider Home Alone III (1997) and Fear.com (2002) the gods of the movie industry if you ever come across this film, and if you ever happen to watch it.Basically, we meet young Kevin again, only this time, he is played by a kid who looks nothing like him, and is several years younger than the Kevin we see in Home Alone parts 1 and 2. (They had to put a new Kevin anyway, since Macaulay Culkin was about 22 when this film was released!) Kevin's parents divorce, (again… the parents look nothing like Catherine O'Hara and John Heard, and Kevin's family is cut down from about 15 people, to four) and Kevin is left in a house where his mother lacks Christmas cheer, and where his brother and sister are always teasing him and treating him like a baby. Hearing rumors about his father's new and wonderful fiancé, he runs away from home, to be with his parent, and his rich lover. They give Kevin everything he wants, and Kevin is quite happy and content. But the robbers, (one of the original ones, played by a nobody, and his wife, played by Missy Pyle) break in while the parents go to the airport to pick up a royal and his family. They intend to rob the house of its antique and expensive possessions, but Kevin rigs the house with booby traps, and we see some very stupid moments as the two culprits move about the house, trying to fulfill their plan, but failing…failing…failing.Something that belongs in the garbage bin, Home Alone IV is something very unattractive and dim, and if you want to see something funny, see the first two films. Believe me…anything is better than this load of nonsense and rubbish.
Instant comedy classic...NOT
posted on 27 Mar 2009Wow what can i say about this movie that hasn't been said. OH yeah i know its one of the best movies ever! NOT! Anyway This movie ashames the first and second home alone movies. We all know that the 3rd was equally awful this one just happens to be worse!
Should have stopped at 2
posted on 11 Feb 2009Home Alone was GREAT, Home Alone 2 was Better. That is where they should have stopped. Chris Columbus did great on the first 2. Home Alone 3 was terrible. Different Characters, Different Storyline, Different Crooks. Home Alone 4 takes the cake as the absolute worst only because it does not have the original actors, and Marv has a new co-hort. Everybody knew them as Harry and Marv or "The Wet Bandits". Marv cannot function without Harry (He could barely function WITH Harry). This movie is HORRIBLE!!! I give it 2 thumbs down and 0 Stars. Whose idea was it for Kevin's parents to Divorce. That ruined the whole McCALLISTER deal. As far as I'm concerned, there are only 2 home alones, and they both feature the same character and they live at 671 Lincoln Blvd. (Do you need the phone number :-)
What a shame! - TERRIBLE!!!
posted on 30 Jan 2009I had loved Home Alone 1, 2 & 3 and still a fan of them to this day. When I heard of a 4th installment I was a little "Oh... OK then... why drag it on?" but I gave it a chance and I HATE it. There are so many things wrong and the first and 'smack in your face' obvious thing is the front cover. You have such a crappy knock off from the original 'hands on face, shocked expression, crooks behind' and that was so poor.Next... Why the hell would you have different actors play the same characters? It's always pathetic done it any show or movie, and the same applies for this very one. Not only are the entire cast list changed, but Kevin is 9... the same age he was in Home Alone 2 - a good 10 years ago!! Next, from what was 5 children, is now 3 children with no mention on what happened to the other 2. NEXT, Buzz is almost Kevin's age... I mean what the hell?!! This then didn't feel like a home alone film already because, maybe, if it dealt with different characters, I might actually buy into the idea, but as it wasn't, it was beyond poor.Next on the talk list were the so called traps! In 1 Kevin didn't have a lot but he still had some which were good, then in number 2, they got much better and funnier and increased. In 3, they were more hi-tech and well thought out which made it funnier. Then in number 4, what did we have? A rope on the lift, the turning bookshelf, the shower and about 2 more I think. For such a "future house" the traps were ridiculously poor! Home Alone is based on the traps, and this one didn't deliver.Next is the storyline of which was actually decent. I liked the fact that the parents had split, I liked the twist with who the "inside man" was and I liked that Marv had gotten away from Harry to start his own life as a criminal. This would have been great- with the actual cast. For the parents, you got to know them, how much they loved each other and their family. With two different actors, it's like getting to know them again and it didn't go down well. It didn't have the same dramatic emotional response that the crew would have liked. Then for Kevin & Marv... the actual actors from 1 & 2 had built this on screen chemistry and it was great watching them two together. They had built that comedic hatred relationship, and when the new actors look at each other for the first time, it doesn't have that feeling again. It feels like two actors who have never acted together, looking at each other in character for the first time.So by reading my comment, the biggest flaw in this movie was the actors. Not one single original actor passed on over which was terrible. This then made the on screen chemistry between characters (Buzz & Kevin) (Kevin & Marv) (The Parents) etc seem poor and worthless. Next is obviously the traps which makes a home alone film.I would give this movie 1/10 and the 1 is only for the storyline which was good,- the only good thing in the movie. If they were to make a 5th movie (god help us), have it different characters or use the actors from home alone 3, they were just as enjoyable to get to know.
Worst Movie Ever!!!
posted on 12 Jan 2009When people think of the Home Alone series, they think of Kevin McCallister, his family, and the burglars Harry and Marv. But, they mostly think of comedy and booby traps. This movie covers none of those things whatsoever. Alright, let me start with the casting. Kevin, in this movie, was younger than he was in the first two, he says that he is nine, while in the first ones he was 10 and 12. He was replaced by someone who looks nothing like Macully Culkin and doesn't even have the same amount of acting experience as a CD that has been shattered. Kevin's family is terribly cast except his dad, he is a somewhat good actor and he looks like the one from the first movies. Kevin's mom is not done well, and she looks totally different than Catherine O'Hara. I mean, why couldn't they have used her? Buzz and Megan are about 11 years old, and they forgot to add his other brother and sister. But, by far the saddest casting in this movie is the burglars. Harry is dropped from the series, and is replaced with Marv, his original sidekick, who is now the "mastermind" behind their new objective, kidnapping. Marv is accompanied by his "wife", Vera, who is played by the wonderful Missi Pyle. Alright, enough with that. Let's get on to the storyline. Okay, Kevin's parents are in the middle of a divorce, which is never mentioned in the first movies. His dad is with some rich and very social woman named Natalie. Oh yeah, the casting of her was pretty bad too. Anyways, his dad and Natalie live in this SmartHouse mansion in Illinois. Now, his dad gives Kevin an invitation to spend Christmas at the mansion. Kevin at first doesn't accept, but then he feels bad and he comes in a taxi cab. The house is really cool and all, but the storyline is so bad already that it doesn't need to be interfered by with a SmartHouse system. During the movie, Marv (played by French Stewart, and doesn't look anything like the original Marv) and Vera try to break into the house multiple times, and every time Kevin tries to stop them and ends up in trouble. Christmas is held at their house with a really stupid "gift-opening" ceremony. Later in the movie, Marv and Vera succeed in breaking in and Kevin and the butler (by far the best actor in the movie) are locked in the basement by the maid, who is actually Marv's mother. The "traps" are so bad in this movie it is unimaginable. There are basically 4 traps -- 1. Kevin ties some pots together and hits Marv and Vera with them. 2. He locks the maid in the elevator. 3. Some prerecorded CD's of Marv's voice are played to Vera who gets angry at Marv (???). 4. Kevin traps Marv and Vera in a rotating fireplace/wet bar setup and spins them around at what is "top speed" and they fly onto a chandelier and then fall onto the marble flooring from about 20 feet, which would obviously kill them, but no, about 3 minutes later they are able to run at full speed (???). The end of the movie is basically a "happy ending" for Kevin and his family. His dad calls off the marriage with Natalie, and him and his mother get back together. The burglars and the maid are taken away by the police with a sentence of "sailsburry steak" for some reason (???). Overall, the movie tops everything in the worst movies ever category. Worst movie ever, and if I could give it a negative 10 rating or something, I would.
Lame script, worn-out premise, annoying kid
posted on 17 Dec 2008A snotty brat kid mugs, whines, runs around like he over-dosed on Sugar Smacks, screams, does everything pretty much, that is, except act. Where did they find this punk? Long gone are the days when the Home Alone movies were funny or original. All this junk has is the name, and an ornery weasel who just isn't funny or cute. The acting talent is absent from this cast, and the droll script submerges even below the juvenile level. Here's an example of their creativity: the little monster turns on a shower to frighten the crooks, who are tossed down a staircase by a cascade that looks like Niagara Falls. How? A shower floods a house knee deep in a few minutes? Then, the water just as quickly vanishes (without explanation), and magically leaves no stains once it's drained out. The crooks plan to kidnap a child. Not funny. In the mood for bad clichés? How about the divorced-dad-with-a mean-rich-new-girlfriend and the nice ex-wife wants him back? The way this flat story plays out is even weaker than the premise, if that's possible.Beyond lame. Even Santa would get sick to his stomach watching this.
Not good enough
posted on 25 Nov 2008This isn't even worth paying for. None of the actors have any chemistry with each other, and the plot is worse than most others. This movie does not meet the standards that came with first 3. French Stewart, in particular, did a much worse job here than he did playing Inspector Gadget, and Missi Pyle doesn't even know how to act stupid. Terrible camera work and special effects. Barely any traps to acknowledge or pay attention to. Second rate jokes and action sequences. I wouldn't recommend this for audiences of any age.All in all, big waste of my money and time.1/10
It wasn't as bad I expected, though not great.
posted on 13 Nov 2008I'm confused. These people have the same name as the characters in the first two movies, but they don't have all that money and not nearly as many kids. And French Stewart was better in 'Third Rock.' But if you forget all that and rate this movie on its own merits, it's fun at times. Certainly there was no nonstop thrill ride in this one; the fun moments are there but don't last long enough. And this movie isn't as predictable as you think it will be. I'm not hard to please; it was certainly more enjoyable for me than some highly praised movies, and the fun moments were scattered throughout the movie, while the first 'Home Alone' was kind of boring in the middle but still well-done.
I Fell asleep 20 minutes into the movie and it wasn't because I was tired
posted on 30 Oct 2008This movie was really bad and boring. I love Home Alone 1,2,and 3 but this is just a insult to the Home Alone series. I am the kind of person that is very forgiving when it comes to movies say for instance I saw a movie that was really good in the beginning and really good in the end but absolutly terrible in the middle and I almost fell asleep I would usually watch it a few more times. But this movie was so bad that I fell asleep 20 minutes into the movie and it wasn't because I was tired. I can't tell you much about the story because I fell asleep so fast. then the next day I watched it again and fast-fowarded to the point where I fell asleep and guess what I fell asleep again. So I would recomended this movie to absolutly nobody. Don't let this review make you feel that I am telling not to see it because if you want to see it by all means do so but be warned.
Awful!!!!!!!!!!!
posted on 16 Oct 2008Kevin is back once again in this awful fourth installment of the classic home alone films one of the reason this film is so bad is because it has a weak plot and none of the original actors/actresses at all are in it!Kevin [Mike Weinberg]is at Natalie`s home {Joanna Going}his Dads girlfriend because his parents have split up.And you can most likely guess the plot Marv [French Stewart] is back along with his new accomplice Vera To rob his house once again.The plot is weak and the story drags on and does not make sense for the following reasons:1:None of the original actors are in it and what happened to Harry? 2:Kevin was about 12 in number 2 he is now 10! 3:He had about 4-5 siblings he now has three! 4:Buzz was a scary teenager in the other installments hes now a wimp and hes younger. 5:The actor who plays Kevin in this installment Mike Weinberg has brown hair,Kevin had blond hair. 6:Why would Marv come back and try and rob Kevin again when he has already been caught twice? My conclusion is that this is a complete waste of time watching and making they have not even tried to get characters to look like they did in the 1st films even though there different actors but thats not the point!Number Three was bad enough but number four was just a lame excuse for bad actors to star in films,i hope the filmmakers know what they have done!!!!!!!!They have crossed the line!!!!>:[0/10
why does this excuse for a sequel exist
posted on 31 Aug 2008Lets get one thing straight: Home Alone 4 is a complete and total form of torture to watch, it actually makes you depressed, it somehow manages to break the Home Alone Timeline, OK here's my theory on how it does this.Home Alone 2: 1 year after Home Alone 1, parents are still together, all kids are present, Marv And Harry have escaped from a prison riot, they raid toy stores, Home Alone 4: 1 year after Home Alone 1, only Buzz and Megan are present as siblings, parents are divorced, Marv has only broke out of jail and is married to a bad actor, with a bad Texas accent, they kidnap kids!literally, this movie has been researched badly, it feels like they watched the first five minutes of Home Alone 1 and were not aware of its sequel,.You can't argue about its sheer badness, its a made-for-television movie, what quality do you expect?, Kevin is played by some little ass who cant act, his parents are both cast badly, i mean they could have at least cast people who A) Could Act and B) Looked anything like their previous actors.This movie is a horrible, terrible movie that makes me want to violently throw up, it makes Home Alone 2 look like it never existed, it actually should be #1 on the bottom 100 list
The concept of Home Alone has been taken and destroyed in Home Alone 4
posted on 22 Jul 2008When i first saw Home Alone 4 i was expecting to be good as the first 3. But when i saw it i was disappointed, they took the all concept of Home Alone and destroyed it. instead of taking the concept and use different characters like in Home Alone 3, they used the same characters from Home Alone 1 and 2 and used another cast and ruined the continuity of the series. It was fun maybe in the start but you can see how they try to replicate the other movies in Home Alone series but failed. They took the idea from the jokes of Home Alone and put it there a thing that came out really bad. And the acting and performance was quit bad (for example the Kevin's laugh was a real joke itself and not a one planned to be funny). In conclusion it was a bit nice but could have been a LOT better.
1st-best 2nd-just as good 3rd-sucks 4th-sinks to a new low
posted on 18 Jul 2008This movie is even worse than the third one!!! I watched it once, and thought that everything was TOO different! Again, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern could've been in this movie, and Mike Weinberg makes a mockery out of the Kevin McCallister name! They could've used the same music as the first two as well. I mean, someone else could've played Kevin McCallister, like maybe Macaulay's brother, Rory Culkin.User Rating:**
this film is actually quite good IF YOU HAVE BRAIN DAMADGE!!!
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A insult to the name Home Alone!!!
posted on 16 Jul 2008What a god awful movie. Home Alone 3 being very much like Halloween 3 didn't have the main character instead replacing them. You never do that to a franchise. So they copied the idea from Halloween 4 and tried to bring back the franchise and bring back the main character. But Halloween 4 was a lot better then this. I can go all day about how bad this movie is. The humor in this movie isn't even funny. No really staring at a rock all freaking day is a lot more funny then this movie. The acting is absolutely HORRIBLE!!! And they couldn't even get Daniel Stern to reprise his role as Marv! And French Stewart made an awful Marv. French Stewart is not a very good actor. Since he puts so little effort in his movies. And another thing that bugged me about this movie was the kid they had to play as Kevin. Since when did Kevin have black hair? Kevin was like 11 or 12 in the first movie now he's 8 years old. What???!!! That makes no sense at all no body in the world can just all of a sudden turn younger then they are. The wife of Marv really bugged me also because she was annoying and just awful. And why isn't Harry in this movie? Or maybe it's because they were afraid to get a even crappier actor to play Harry! They took a classic family comedy and they butchered it. One of the worst sequels ever made and one of the worst movies ever made.
RIP Harry!
posted on 12 Jul 2008Inarguably one of the worst movies ever made. "Movie" flatters it. This is a home video and I would think any one of 200 million families could be handed a camcorder and come up with a more interesting 89 minutes.What the HELL is this? well, apart from a lingering insult to the first two Home Alone movies...who's to say! The second sequel was unmitigated trash, but compared to this, eligible for "best picture!" Everything from the script, the acting to the sets, seemingly knocked-up from left-overs at the nearest Reject shop, smack of Z-grade involvement. How this ever made it to a boxed set of four Home Alone movies, beats me.Kevin's age doesn't even tally with the series...he's younger here than he was in New York...by his OWN admission. A screaming disaster from the opening scenes. Shoddy, wooden, synthetic, cheap and ultimately embarrassing for all concerned - but no more so than for the viewer!Completely deserving of a minus one rating!I strenuously recommend that you give this shonk a wide berth!
I watched it as a dare
posted on 04 Jul 2008Home Alone 4 is certainly one of the worst films I have ever seen. Actually, I saw it as a dare with a friend - he promised to see another bad movie, while I was left with HA4. This movie is so terrible, it will either:- Turn you into a child hater, because this kid is so obnoxious, you'll very soon want to get inside the TV and smack him. - Or turn you into a psychic and you'll be able to see things before they happen, because the script is so predictable.If you're ready to see exactly what I mean, see my compilation of the worst moments in Home Alone 4 here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qlBPGvPFc4The acting is horrible, the script is terrible, all the money for this movie could have gone to charity, it's just one of the worst movies ever.
Interesting follow up!
posted on 27 Jul 2009Not quite to standards on the first three films.Why was everyone so uptight in the first place with the third film????If this had been done correctly, Disney never should have been given the rights to do this project PERIOD.Like I say in my description for the third film, Petr Beaupre's character should have been expanded upon. I'm almost debating on writing up my own version of the fourth film.This film won't amount to anything really. It would have worked with the original cast if it had been in place of the third one. French Stewart replacing Daniel Stern????? No way.