Yeah, Buzz's girlfriend's picture is one of the producers sons. He didn't want a girl to deal with being made fun of for being the ugly girl in the movie

The reason Kevin doesn't go to any adults is cause all the adults he has been around either treat him like crap, or are trying to get to him like the burglars. As an 8 year old kid would in this situation, he would stay away from aduts.

If you think Kevin is Jigsaw you obviously haven't seen "Problem Child". (1990) starring John Ritter.

They filmed the scene where the van nearly hits Kevin in reverse, but it's well done, can't really tell. And it's funny you said you don't know how Marv screamed without being bit. The actor did that scene completely silent to not freak out the spider, they added the scream in post. Home Alone 2 is a decent watch, but that's about as far as you'd need to go.

Excellent pickup on the photo of Buzz’s girlfriend being a boy in a wig. The crew felt it would be wrong to do that to an actual girl. I think he was the son of someone from the art department.

I love the 2nd Home Alone movie but I wouldn't bother with any more after that. I think I like the 2nd movie even more than the first.

That's the city flag of Chicago. Its actually one of the most iconic flags in the country. The North American Vexillology Association has ranked it the second best city flag, after Washington, DC. The top blue stripe represents Lake Michigan and the bottom one represents the Chicago river. The 4 stars represent significant events in the city's history like the Great Chicago Fire.

Estrangement has become a very real thing that is much more common than you think between parents and grown children. As to the parents, many of us GenX can relate to the complete lack of parenting and being able to go anywhere and everywhere without our parents. Kevin’s parents represent a nice compilation of the parents many of us grew up with. John Hughes was pretty in touch with us, making many of the 80’s movies that we look back on defining our teenaged years. Home alone had a younger protagonist, but even as you g adults we could relate.

@21:44 the shot was reversed. It was filmed with Kevin screaming then the van was reversed away so no one was in any danger and it is less technically complex. The scream was added back in post. Just learned this tidbit this year. Grew up watching this movie.

They’re all McCallisters but they’re not all Kevin’s siblings. Buzz, Jeff, Megan and Linnie are his brothers and sisters. Heather and Rod belong to brother Rob McCallister newly re-located in France, Heather and Rod were staying with Peter and Kate to finish out school. Tracy, Sondra, Brooke and Fuller belong to Uncle Frank and Aunt Leslie. In the house to go on the trip there are 4 parents and 11 kids total, 15 people to keep together and take safely to France! LOL!

It was definitely meant as "just a kid's Christmas movie," but one of my favorite trivia bits on it is that it is considered a benchmark movie for stuntwork. The choreography and execution of the stunts altered the industry and set a new standard for decades afterward.

I love how he notices the small continuity errors but not the glaring plot holes

Man, i don't care how many people tell you to stop pausing so often! Never change, i love your analytical thoughts on things, they crack me up! Also, yes, kevin is future jigsaw!

When this movie came out there were a lot of people also wondering where the detergent went and how Kevin got it home. The director finally made statement explaining that Kevin had the detergent strapped to his back.

Yes, it's true that Kevin was being a brat at the beginning but I agree with you - Kevin was absolutely getting pushed aside by everyone so I don't blame him for acting out. And I suspect that this behavior is common in his house based on the behavior of his older brother, Buzz. I also suspect that Kevin's creative 'genius' was being stifled and unrecognized based on his use of Dad's new fish hooks to makeornaments along with Kevin's argument on why he couldn't use the old ones.

21:47 If you look closely the scarf looks attracted to the truck... It was filmed in reverse.

Also, I don't think the police were informed the family was in France. I think they were not taking it seriously because her son was home alone. She didn't say how old he was, (and this is in the early 90's...latchkeys kids were common) or that he was going to be unattended with no family/friends to step in until they can get home BECAUSE they are in France. With those two pieces of information, they absolutely would have sent child services.

21:39 don’t worry the director doesn’t want Kevin to be almost hit by the van so they play the scene in reverse So what I meant was the van was backing away from Kevin and in the movie they played it in reverse to make it look like he almost got hit by

Home Alone was the first movie that I can remember that the movie store had over 50 copies of. This was rewatched growing up many times.

Honestly, if Kevin didn't become anything... negative... the Army Corps of Engineers would take him in a heartbeat.

“Angels With Filthy Souls,” isn’t a real movie, it was shot for this film, the same way “Angels With Even Filthier Souls” was filmed for Home Alone 2. So if you’ve heard people say “Keep the change, you filthy animal,” they are referencing this movie. Same as if you hear “Merry Christmas, you filthy animal… And a Happy New Year!,” then it’s a reference to “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.”

LOL I thought was the only one that remebered The Adventures of Pete and Pete let alone ever spotted older Pete from Pete and Pete in this movie. Loved that moment in this video

A year before Home Alone came out, there was a French movie called Deadly Games/Dial Code Santa Clause (1989) about a kid that has to fight off a Santa dressed burglar in a mansion. Almost turned into a lawsuit over copyright but it’s more of a horror film. Worth a watch.

Buzz's Girlfriend was indeed a boy in a wig. It was the Director, Chris Columbus' son. The reasoning was exactly what you pointed out. He did not want a young girl having the idea that she was put in a movie only to be called ugly.

21:43 - When filming that scene. The van started at the bottom of the drive with Kevin in front of it. Kevin screamed and then the van was backed up the drive. They then reversed the footage to show what we see in the scene.

Shout out to John Williams for the score to this movie, it was nominated for an Academy Award.

So people have actually tracked the price of the groceries from when this movie was made. Back then those groceries in the Chicago area was $19.83. Now it’s $80-$90. I suspect it’s more the closer you get to the city.

27:49 John Candy got his start on SCTV. So did Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Katherine O'Hara(Kevin's mom). It was a Canadian sketch comedy show.

The movie "Angels with Filthy Souls" was created just for this movie. There are a few spoofs of what Kevin grew up to be starring Macaulay Culkin on KZfaq; one is from DRYVERS, there's a Google Assistant commercial, and then there's a Home Alone: Kevin's Revenge trailer spoof.

just watched this and 2 yesterday (xmas tradition saving die hard for new year) and it still rocks

The gangster movie that Kevin is watching is not a real movie. Those scenes were created specifically for the set up in the scenes.

1. John Candy did his part at union rate/FREE for his friend John Hughes RIP 😇😇 2. The items in Kevin's bags were not the same as what he had a checkout. 3.Marv /Daniel Stern has arachnophobia. That's why he freaked out. He insisted on doing that scene in one take. (NOTE: tarantula spiders aren't venomous to humans but look scary). He insisted on only one take. They dubbed his scream not to scare the spider. 4. "Angels with Filthy Souls" is not a real movie. 5. GOOF: Marv has tar all over his foot when he steps on the stairs but when he grabs his foot, and all the other scenes after that no tar. 6. NO WAY could a child get the rope tight enough between the house and treehouse without a winch of some kind. 7. There's ANOTHER NO WAY Kevin could clean up that fast. 8. "Home Alone II" is good. However, Kevin as good hearted as he is, he gets mean. 9. Macaulay Culkin worked with John Candy (and Hughes) in "Uncle Buck". That's how he got this gig. Great first time/share. HINT HINT

Wow! I can't believe that you picked that out. Buzz's girlfriend in the picture is actually one of the movie producer's sons. I just found that out myself today. And yes, they do it again in Home Alone 2. Still a very fun movie. That's the one that Donald Trump has a cameo in that liberals were freaking out about and wanted to get his scene cut from the movie.

"$20k with inflation" 😂. We aren't THAT old man lol

That $19.83 line always gets me. That was the year his career started blowing up... it all started with a Vacation (😁).

The scene where Kevin was almost hit by the van was filmed in reverse with the scarf having a magnet at the bottom and attaching to the van.

21:55. The scene was actually filmed in reverse. The van started close to Kevin and drove back, exactly because they didn’t want to risk a kid’s life on the brakes on the van

The pizza at the begining would be $297 today. So $350 after tip. The groceries would have been almost $50.

The younger brother that was drinking the soda and gets squished in between the wall wearing glasses is Keiren Culkin, the actual younger brother of the man kid, Kevin.

I remember being afraid of snow seeing ice storms on a yearly basis and now its 50 on christmas

How come no reactors ever comment on Fuller being McCauley Culkin's real life brother when it's so obvious?

Home Alone 2 is great! but up to you if you want to watch any others after that.

31:30 - Not really; in this scene it is the verbal exchange which is the focus, and it is important that we the audience hear it- I would in fact consider it the most critical bit of dialogue in the whole movie. The choir singing is background to the conversation; and the audio [I suspect] is therefore tuned accordingly. But in fact the neighbor’s voice has always registered to my ear as unexpectedly gentle, friendly, non-threatening… and quiet. 31:52 - I don’t see how it is so obvious: Kevin has no way of knowing that one of the kids in the choir is his grandchild, or that he would be here now for the concert practice because he was unable to come that night for the actual performance. There are a number of other reasons he could have been there. He might have come to pray and meditate; or he might have heard the singing and walked in off the street to listen. 32:02 - sadly, there _are_ people out there who have cut ties with children, parents, siblings, etc, due to a quarrel. It is not unheard of (-especially in the current political climate).

$19.83 in 1990 is worth $48.05 today. The house was bought in 1998 for $800K and is worth $2.3M today. In the movie, the tickets were paid for by the wealthy brother in Paris. The Chicago McAllisters were keeping a couple of their kids so that they could go to school in the States and taking them to Paris to be with their parents for Christmas. The wealthy brother was played by Chicago actor and award-winning set designer, Ray Toler, whose scenes were cut. The directors didn't want to insult a girl by making her pose as Buzz's ugly girlfriend, so they had Devin Ratray, who played Buzz, put on a wig and pose for the girlfriend photo.

Enjoyed your reaction. Not sure I fully agree with Kevin growing up to be a serial killer, although your point is very well-taken. When I first saw this movie, with my best friend, his opinion was that Kevin would have a great future in the Pentagon - although I guess the one does not necessarily exclude the other. :) A Merry Xmas and tolerable New Year to you and yours.

He didn't shave he is pretending :) ...Christmas classic!...I love how you see movie errors

We had our first GREEN Christmas ever this year in Canada in the area I live....was really weird. I've seen snow on the ground every year at Christmas since I've been alive except this one :/

The part with Kevin almost getting hit by the van was shot in reverse. You can see it by the way his scarf moves. :)

I remember when I was a kid we’d get snow banks that buried homes. Now it doesn’t get cold enough to be anything other than rain. Maybe 1 month of “real winter”… shame my kids won’t see it

This was the late 80s, early 90s. So they probably bought for like 200k. It is worth over 2 MILL now.

A serial deletor 😂 Jig Saw Kevin lol. Best movie ever on Christmas. Classic

The mother from this is the same actress as the mother in Beetlejuice that you reacted to last year. She really got a bit typecast as the 'not so great mother'. xD

Did you guys know that the little brother with the glases, is one of Macauly real siblings ?

They just filmed the van in reverse. The kid was safe.

Angels with Filthy Souls was a "movie" made exclusively for Home Alone. It doesn't exist elsewhere

You did not let me down! Kevin was a psychopath early! 😂😂😂😂 worse in n"good son" which is a must watch too! 😂😂❤

The scene where he was almost hit by the van was filmed in reverse, it was pulled away from a screaming kid not driven towards him.

"100% thats a boy with a wig on" its actually the brother buzz , because you're right that would be awful to do to a young girl 😂

The flag in the attic and on Joe Pesci's shoulder when dressed as a cop is the City flag of Chigago

Awesome reaction of my favorite Christmas movie!!!!😊😊😊😊

Now you should check out Home Alone 2

Boyd really doesn't like inflation does he?

For the grocery bags scene Kevin is supposed to have more stuff on his back according to the director which considering the amount he bought would make sense. Also I believe the original scene was different but when one of the bags tore they decided to go that route with it instead.

The van was moving less than five miles an hour so he was safe. At worst he'd get knocked down if it bumped him but im sure there were layers of safety. For instance you can film that by taking the front of a dodge van and using it as a facade you could move it and stop it by hand.

So when I was 7 years old I did the same thing with my dads after shave and it did burn. I think its because your skin is super soft like a baby.

Kevin McCallister is indeed jigsaw and since we are going about film theories I came up with a theory that squid games is in the same universe as the saw franchise were the old guy followed up on the jigsaw murders in america and came up with his games

Micro machines wow, I've not thought of them in 30 years.

Angels with Filthy Souls was made specifically for this movie, it's just that scene. Same with Angels With Even Filthier Souls which is in Home Alone 2.

21:59 it was the old film it in reverse trick. They started with the van right up to him, then drove it in reverse. Then reversed it in post so it looked like it almost hit him 27:17 unfortunately its not a real movie, they made it up for the movie oh also to answer your earlier question it was scored by John Williams

Home Alone 2 is an excellent sequel to this film. John Hughes has a number of great films from this time. Uncle Buck is fun.

12:57 you are the man. Lol also nice Pete n Pete reference.

Please react to “Lost in NewYork”! It’s pretty damn good for a sequel

No, it can hurt if you get out of hot water, the open pores on your skin can make it so alcohol burns.

42 years of living in the mountains of Tennessee I've seen 3 white Christmas 93 does count there was a blizzard3

If you want to see who I really think Kevin became when he got older, you should see the movie Law Abiding Citizen.

I think the flag is for Chicago.

7:20 OH! it's a homemade Chicago flag! Nice catch!

Sidenote: the guy who played marv did an interview talking about how after the films came out, kids kept trying to pass him their home address so he'd try to come and I guess get the shit kicked out of by 8 year olds all over the country, lol. This film was iconic in the nineties, all i'm saying

liked and comment complete Merry Christmas

Home Alone 2 is a decent sequel, I won't spoil it in case you want to watch it. 3 and 4, while not bad movies, are definitely worst than 1 and 2, and incidentally, completely unrelated (same recipe, different characters). The detergent could be strapped to his back, or he could have asked the store to keep it for a while and he'd go back to get it later. While we don't know for sure, it's an acceptable scenario. They didn't go to jail because, well, this was the 80s. Leaving kids home alone was par for the course. My parents were going to work and I'd stay home alone from age 6. I don't know in the US, but in Portugal, this was no head turner. Nowadays this would be regarded as irresponsible, but then, it was just another Tuesday.

I miss the snow too.

21:35 they actually reversed the dodge and then put the clip in reverse to it looked like the dodge was going forward :)

Your also right brother about White Christmas in Northeast is now turning into Florida it's been so long like u said 12 to 15 years ago since we had a blizzard for the holidays in CT even in the golden era of everything like the 80s and 90s when growing up after October the ground always was frozen and left over snow constantly on it specially for late December and early January those days are over now it's this up and down sometimes 40 degrees at a clip from summer Florida oppressive humid sticky muggy buggy drenched weather to freezing cold rainy but snow weather next day all the way to Christmas and New Year's now where unfortunately in some very uncertain times where anything is possible in this warming Ocean climate we live in now my WW2 grandfather veteran said before he passed away his parents used to tell him one day the northeast will turn more into Florida climate the way things were changing even back then they knew something wasn't right as slowly as there world started changing and be noticable back in those days if only they could see now they would have had a heart attack to see how fast it took only in a 25 year span from 911 date till now it's like climate and ocean hyperdrive on steroids

They filmed the dodge van stop and almost got Kevin scene in reverse so he wasn't in danger

Fuller is Kevin's IRL brother... I bet the Director (Chris Columbus) said he could pee on his big brother to get that smile.

Score by John Williams as in Star Wars Superman Indiana Jones Harry Potter ect

Kevin spend $19 at the grocery store those same items today would be $68

My god dude the inflation kicks were good 😂.

Fun Fact: John Candy improvised the whole Funeral Home speech. I could be wrong, but maybe it happened to him.

My favourite moment is still Daniel Stern's scream when the spider is placed on his face.

in all likely hood youve heard the phrase, "keep the change, ya filthy animal." from someone referencing this movie.

Kevin is being a brat in the beginning of the movie for attention, bro. that's as simple as it gets, he just wants to feel like he exists in said household. relatable.

He grew up to be jigsaw and changed his name to John Kramer 🤣🤣🤣

Check out the sequel. If you thought he was future jigsaw in this one wait until you see the traps in the 2nd one. You have not seen yet. Home Alone 1 was just Child’s play compared to Home Alone 2

You killed this movie and I loved it!!! They threw the fabric softener 😂😂😂😂😂

In 2009 a movie came out from the writers of Saw 4-6 called, The Collector. It's a great horrow movie that is literally Home Alone meets Saw, and boy is it really brutal. There is a sequel too,The Collected, that veers a bit more action/horror, similar to how Aliens is to Alien; it's certainy worth watching as well, but the first is definitely worth it.

They reverse filmed the van scene where the bandits almost hit Kevin

DID you know that Fuller MccAllister AKA Pepsi boy was actually Macaulay Culkin real brother kieran culkin.

It's around 47 or 48 dollars today what kevin bought

Kevin must have keistered the detergent. I mean he was one of Michael Jackson's frequent guest. They made the black and white clip with the tommy gun just for this movie.