Perfect cast and a good story

Masterful Cinema

Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Let's start with one of the key problems here: Kevin McAllister (even though he looks nothing like the kid from the first two films) is not at home for the vast majority of the film, and he is never actually alone as the butler is around at all times. The film tries so hard to get around this by trying to convince the audience that the butler is actually an accomplice, that when he is revealed not to be an accomplice the entire plot self-destructs, with characters supposedly having done something they clearly didn't do, because they were on-screen at the time! Continuing on plot, there are several moments that just do not make sense. For instance, Kevin is routinely disciplined for doing something he didn't, in a house with a surveillance system. No one ever seems to consider this, they just tell him off or threaten him. Even when Kevin has actual evidence in his possession, he does nothing with it, simply accepting no one will believe him. In fact, in one case the absence of security footage would have revealed something was wrong almost immediately, not only clear Kevin of wrongdoing, but no one does anything. After all, a rational response would stop the plot from progressing! Aside from this, there is also the problem of the villains. Aside from the usual issue in a Home Alone film of, "Why aren't they in the hospital yet?", something this film doubles down on by having the two main antagonists show up at the house three days in a row, only to be booby-trapped three days in a row, this film decides there is a need for a secondary antagonist: the wicked would-be stepmother. This character is so poorly developed, and her malice appears so suddenly, that she seems to be more like a robot than a human by the end. A robot, pre-programmed to just move anything inconvenient to one side. This means that when the inevitable end of her getting her come-uppance arrives, it feels forced and somewhat cruel.In conclusion, this is a bad film. However, it is so nonsensical and the characters are so bizarrely written that it is still fun to watch, even if just to mock.

This is by far the most ridiculous movie i have ever seen, this is a crime against the movie film industry, this movie should be deleted as soon as possible. no human been should deserve to watch and suffer from watching this trash ever.Home alone 1 was almost perfect, it was a part of my childhood. Home Alone 2 was a little bit less than the first part, but it was worth watching.Home alone 3 was bad, but i watched it once and i won't watch it again.i can make a better movie by myself than Home Alone 4. i rather watch a chicken eating warms for hours instead of this meaningless film.

This is quite possibly one of the worst sequels I've ever seen. For starters, it was a made-for-TV movie. Kevin is still somehow 8 years old, they don't live in the same house, none of the other family members from the first two films are mentioned, and Kevin's parents are randomly getting divorced. A bratty annoying technology obsessed kid named Mike Weinberg plays Kevin this time, and he's awful. There was no way in heck he could ever try and replace Macaulay Culkin. To make things worse, they cast squinty-eyed French Stewart to play Marv. Kevin's dad is now dating a spoiled rich girl named Natalie. Kevin wants his family back together, so he sneaks to Natalie's house and they just let him stay around for awhile and play with cool technical toys. Because Natalie is rich, she has to throw a party for some Prince from another country. While Natalie and Peter are out, Marv and his new wife, Vera show up at the house to rob it, so Kevin has to play 'Jigsaw' again and stop them. (The traps in this film are terrible, lame, and generic.) My only advice is avoid this 'sequel' like the plague. It makes Home Alone 3 look like a masterpiece. I definitely would not recommend HOME ALONE 4: TAKING BACK THE HOUSE!!!

What can I say about this film? It sucks cock! If it were like Home Alone 3 or 5 with a different kid and different family, that would've upped it by one star, but here they claim to have the characters from the 1st and 2nd films! That's no problem but the big problem is that all of them have different actors and none of them look the same! Only Kevin's father LOOKS the same, but doesn't SOUND the same. Another bad part is also that Kevin's mom lives in a different household than in the 1st and 2nd. It's also confusing how this film even fits into the Home Alone timeline. So if this film is considered a sequel to the 2nd film, which takes place in 1990 or 1991 and Kevin is 10 years old, this film Kevin is 9 years old and there are so many objects not belonging to a time like 1992. Kevin's acting is very ridiculous too. Whenever I watch this, I keep forgetting that I'm watching a Home Alone movie. When I picture a clip from the first two films with Macaulay Kulkin as Kevin, then this film feels even worse to watch. And Finally, the idea of Kevin's father dating a rich girlfriend and the wet bandits only being Marv and his wife, and giving Marv Harry's clothes, this film must be a nightmare, as Robert Englund says.The visuals in this film aren't very appealing and the music is pretty bad, though sometimes it uses what I like to call "Bad movie music" which I actually get amused by.But make the right choice! Do not watch this!