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Although sans parents, the children are closely monitored at all times by a production and safeguarding teams of chaperones and independent experts, ready to respond immediately if needed. Studies show that British parents are among the most anxious in Europe, so in this unique challenge, four UK families leave their children alone at home for four days to look after themselves. As the mansion is prepared for a party for the royal family's arrival, Peter and Natalie go to pick them up, while Kevin notices Marv and Vera disguised as caterers. He traps Mr. Prescott in the freezer, overhears Marv and Vera's plan to kidnap the prince for ransom, and forces them out of a window. The royal family is unable to attend the party because their flight was canceled, so Peter and Natalie decide to announce their engagement instead. Marv and Vera run back into the house and pursue Kevin, who accidentally ruins the party by running into the guests and knocking over an ice sculpture that turns out to be a frozen Mr. Prescott.
Whereas Home Alone 3 featured a standalone plot and new characters, this film brings back several of the main characters from the first two films, including Kevin McCallister, but with all of the roles played by different actors. The plot revolves around Kevin McCallister trying to defend his future stepmother's house from his old nemesis Marv and his sidekick/wife Vera. It was the last film that Rod Daniel directed before his subsequent retirement (partly due to his diagnosis from Parkinson's disease, complications of which resulted in his death in 2016). Jack Grealish was thrilled to take a trip around New York to tap into his favourite holiday movie — Home Alone 2. In real life, a jet of flame applied to the skull would have life-changing – potentially life-ending – consequences.
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When the burglars chase Kevin up a flight of stairs, they suddenly stop when Harry remembers that, like the previous year, they might be pelted with paint cans. After tricking Kevin into thinking they've been hit by his weaponized paint cans that do indeed rain down, they resume their ascent, only to be surprised by a large metal beam that sends them flying to the ground several stories below. Moments like these heighten the film's comedic sensibilities in their playfulness, while not directly breaking the fourth wall but winking at the audience nonetheless. A significant part of the film's appeal and why audiences appreciate it despite its repetitive nature, is that it's unapologetic in taking everything they loved about the first film to a higher level, often to the point of absurdity.

What Dash and Lily does so well is give you the two people that may exist to live in the city during the holidays. There is the person that loves New York specifically during Christmas and the New Yorker that loves New York but hates it during Christmas, and you can't blame either. As magical as Rockefeller Center is during the holidays, it's still a bustling scene. Being the Gen Z Ebeneezer Scrooge, Dash absolutely loathes it, but he knows and loves his city.
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Plus, you won’t need to worry about other animals or house pests coming to eat your cat’s dinner. However, it doesn’t solve the problem of your cat potentially eating all their food on day one. In November 2020, Disney began to feature the first three Home Alone films on their streaming service Disney+ in celebration of the first film's 30th anniversary. The fourth and fifth installments were released on HBO Max and were added to Disney+ on December 17, 2021. And Grealish's followers were equally impressed that he had shared the trip with them as they gushed over the NY scenes. But, along the way, he is spotted by his old enemies and hears of a plot to rob a toy store — something young Kevin takes upon himself to foil.

The Plaza is one of the main settings of the film as Kevin decides to stay there after accidentally going to New York by himself. It was created specifically as a prop for the film by Tiger Electronics, but according to Vanity Fair, the company was allowed to sell a real version once it came out. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Menu icon A vertical stack of three evenly spaced horizontal lines.
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The second Home Alone movie sees Kevin accidentally boarding a flight to New York as the rest of his family head to Miami. Grealish later returned to the platform to share another Instagram story as he headed to Central Park. Easy Street Pizza in Park Ridge will deliver pizzas in a Little Nero’s box from Dec. 19 to Dec. 23.
For a child, already viewing the world as a scary and formidable place, what could be more intimidating than one of the largest cities in the world? With its dense, towering skyline, crowded streets and sidewalks, and a dark societal underbelly that Kevin discovers one night in Central Park, New York City is indeed an overwhelming place. If leaving cats for one or two days, simply putting a large bowl of fresh water out should suffice.
Harry and Marv , arguably even more hapless than they were the first time around, endure a beating at Kevin's hands rivaling that of villainous characters in many action films. If audiences thought slipping on ice, getting stuck with a nail, or being hit with a paint can was painful, then surely the injuries sustained by these characters in Home Alone 2 are off the charts in their brutality. Marv's injuries, to list just a few, include taking four bricks to the face thrown from several stories high and getting electrocuted to the point of skeletal exposure . Harry, among other physical misfortunes, is pummeled by a bag of heavy tools and endures a fiery explosion after his head is lit on fire.
The next morning, the duo head to the house after Peter and Natalie go to pick up the royals. Kevin tricks and locks Mr. Prescott in the basement, but eventually discovers Marv and Vera's real ally is Molly, who is also Marv's mother. After several failed attempts to call Kate, Kevin escapes via the house's dumbwaiter and temporarily traps Marv underneath it. Marv and Vera pursue Kevin through the house, where they spring the traps and suffer various injuries, while Molly gets trapped in the house's elevator. If you're looking to fill up your holiday movie-watching calendar with the biggest Christmas films out there, look no further.
Acaster and Khan recreate the stunt, using recordings of Acaster talking like a 1930s “tough guy”. This Christmas, a new documentary, The Unofficial Science of Home Alone , sees comedians Guz Khan and James Acaster assess the plausibility of Kevin’s home-defence strategy. All those improvised blow torches, swinging cans of paint and super-heated doorknobs are up for appraisal. What they discover is that Home Alone has a plausible claim to the title of most horrific Christmas film ever. Burning human fat, brain damage, imploded internal organs…Were Marv and Harry up against a real-life Kevin they’d end up in the morgue. Lily has a close and deeply respectful relationship with her grandfather .

Angered, Peter sends Kevin to his room, refusing to believe his story and accusing him of trying to sabotage his relationship with Natalie, who threatens to evict him if he misbehaves again. But for all the bumps and bruises, where Home Alone really falls down is in pizza delivery. In one famous scene, Kevin uses recordings of the old gangster movie Angels With Dirty Faces to scare off the pizza delivery man .
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