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 | New York City | Toy Store | Florida | Airport

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:

The McCallisters live at 671 Lincoln Blvd. Winnetka, ILL Phone: [phone].

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Kevin goes swimming at the Plaza, it is a different hotel. The Plaza doesn't have a pool.

Quotes:

Bird Lady: The man I loved fell out of love with me. That broke my heart. When the chance to be loved came along again, I ran away from it. I stopped trusting people.
Kevin McCallister: No offense, but that seems like sort of a dumb thing to do.
Bird Lady: I was afraid of getting my heart broken again. Sometimes you can trust a person, and then, when things are down, they forget about you.
Kevin McCallister: Maybe they're just too busy. Maybe they don't forget about you, but they forget to remember you. People don't mean to forget. My grandfather says if my head wasn't screwed on, I'd leave it on the school bus.
Bird Lady: I'm just afraid if I do trust someone, I'll get my heart broken.
Kevin McCallister: I understand. I had a nice pair of Rollerblades. I was afraid to wreck them, so I kept them in a box. Do you know what happened? I outgrew them. I never wore them outside. Only in my room a few times.
Bird Lady: A person's heart and feelings are very different than skates.
Kevin McCallister: They're kind of the same thing. If you won't use your heart, who cares if it gets broken? If you just keep it to yourself, maybe it'll be like my Rollerblades. When you do decide to try it, it won't be any good. You should take a chance. Got nothing to lose.
Bird Lady: Little truth in there somewhere.
Kevin McCallister: I think so. Your heart might still be broken, but it isn't gone. If it was gone, you wouldn't be so nice.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Tom Hanks/Bruce Springsteen (#17.19)" (1992)

Soundtrack:

Cool Jerk

Yes, same plot, but it still gets the same laughs as the first one did

Now I'm aware that Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is the exact same plot as the first Home Alone, and not to mention how silly it seems that these folks would leave their kid behind, but come on, this movie was all in good fun. It still has me constantly laughing 'till this day, I think if you loved the first Home Alone, I'm sure that you'll just naturally love this one as well. Not too many folks are just giving it a good chance. I mean, the Wet Bandants are back and they are just as funny as ever! I think this house that Kevin set up was actually in some ways a little more fun than the first because of the traps he was able to set. Not to mention the Plaza Hotel plot was so great and fun to watch.

Kevin and his family are heading down to Florida for Christmas this year, but when Kevin gets mixed up at the air port and gets on the wrong flight, he ends up in New York. Instead of complaining or panicking, he just plain enjoys it. He goes on the ultimate tour with his father's bag of money and credit cards and cons himself into the Plaza Hotel claiming he's there with his dad. But the Wet Bandants who have now re-named themselves as the Sticky Bandants are in New York as well and are planning on stealing all the money from a toy store that is going to be given to the children's hospital. But Kevin is going to make sure that they don't mess around with the kids and has set his uncle's abandoned apartment up for a fun house of traps.

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was an absolute blast. The reason I'm giving it a ten is because I think the rating should be higher. People really need to give this movie a shot. My favorite scene is without a doubt when Marv gets hit in the face with the bricks, also, the scene where the Plaza Hotel managers are asked by Kevin's mom "What kind of idiots do you have working here?!"... the lady just smiles and says "The finest in New York!", it was just too funny! I love this movie and I'm always going to recommend it for a good watch, I think you'll enjoy it if you give it a chance.

10/10