Home Alone 4 (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

2.0/10   

Director:

Rod Daniel

Writers (WGA):

John Hughes (characters)
Debra Frank (written by) ...

Release Date:

3 November 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

Kevin McCallister's parents have split up. Now living with his mom, he decides to spend Christmas with...

Plot Keywords:

Mansion | Christmas | Prince | Trap | Love

Cast

French Stewart	...	Marv Merchants
Erick Avari	...	Prescott
Barbara Babcock	...	Molly
Jason Beghe	...	Peter McCallister
Clare Carey	...	Kate McCallister
Joanna Going	...	Natalie
Missi Pyle	...	Vera
Gideon Jacobs	...	Buzz
Chelsea Russo	...	Megan
Mike Weinberg	...	Kevin McCallister (as Michael Weinberg)
Lisa King	...	Queen
Sean Cameron Michael	...	Cop (as Sean Michael)
Craig Geldenhuys	...	Prince
Andre Roothman	...	King
Anton Smuts	...	Cab Driver

Also Known As:

Home Alone: Taking Back the House (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

Brazil:84 min | USA:89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo (presented in Dolby Surround)

Certification:

USA:TV-G (TV rating) | USA:Unrated (original rating) | Finland:K-7 | Brazil:Livre | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG | Germany:o.Al. | UK:U | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Daniel Stern, who played Marv in the first two films, was approached to reprise his role in this one. Stern quickly declined, calling it "an insult, total garbage."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Natalie walks in during the flood and begins to scream, Kevin is standing on the first step of the stairs with his shirt uneven, and the strings for his pants are showing. In the next shot, Kevin's clothes are neatly ironed, his shirt is even, and the strings have disappeared.

Quotes:

Vera: Marv, I gotta pee.
Marv Merchants: Vera, you can pee next week.

Movie Connections:

Follows Home Alone 3 (1997)

This movie sucks!

I thought this movie was going to be inventive, un-recycled and have new punch lines. Instead, they have to make this movie stupid, campy, and bland.

Kevin is a little brat now, just leeching off Natalie and his dad, who separated from his nice mom for a sybaritic, selfish twad. He disrespects the butler, who is an infinitely better actor than the others in this film. And most of all, MARV LOOKS LIKE HARRY FROM THE OTHER 2 FILMS! He even has a stupid hooker wife named Vera. French Stewart does a horrid rendition of Harry and Marv. They don't even do robberies anymore! It's now staged to the more dismal subject of child abduction.

It is also accompanied by atrociously bland dialogue, pitiful acting, hilariously bad sound effects, and the picture quality makes it look like it was filmed in the mid-1980's. There is even a shot of the houses at night done with a cheap home camcorder.

It's a good thing I spent only 1.00 on a crappy dollar-store tape for this movie! I was seriously disappointed. I've seen some MST3K films and some are way more noble than this crap!

Standing out 24 hrs in 10 degrees Fahrenheit is way cooler than watching this movie. -No pun intended