Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)

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:

Toy Store | New York City | Holiday | Florida | Trap

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:

Macaulay Culkin was paid 8 million dollars to star in this movie, the biggest paycheck ever to a 12 year-old child.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Harry and Marv first surprise Kevin outside the toy store, he drops his map of New York to the ground. However, in the long shot of this same scene, there is no map on the ground.

Quotes:

Harry: Sonny!
Kevin McCallister: Yes?
Harry: Nothing would thrill me more greatly than to shoot you. Knocking off a youngster ain't gonna mean all that much to me. Okay? But since we're in a hurry, I'll made a deal with you: you throw down your camera and we won't hurt you. You'll never hear from us again. Okay?
Kevin McCallister: You promise?
Harry: I cross my heart and hope to die.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Alec Baldwin/Christina Aguilera (#32.5)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Better than the first and a really nice family movie

Home Alone was OK, but this was miles better, funnier, with a better plot. So they kept the same characters and there's a good performance from Tim Curry to help make it all the more enjoyable. I've grown up watching home alone. Whenever I think of my favourite films, i think Home Alone (the fourth the exception). Culkin gets on the wrong plane this time, an improvement from being left at home. He ends up in New York, comes across the same crooks and tries to get rid of them. Its just so watchable - a film i've watched more times than any other. How can anyone dislike it? OK, the fun factor kind of goes away the more times you watch it and the older you get but I still cannot praise it enough. Shame though, that Culkin threw away his career once he had the cash.