Home Alone (1990)

I made my family disappear.  This week we tackle the John Hughes holiday classic, Home Alone on its 30th anniversary. Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew – Ian, Liam, Ellie, and Georgia – along with Talking The Mickey’s Ethan - as continue our trilogy of Christmas Themed reviews with this the film that Ellie declared to be the best Christmas film of all time in our most recent Reel Roundtable episode. We hope you don’t give up and that you’re thirsty for more in our 44th review as we discuss

• How this film ended up jumping from Warner Brothers to 20th Century Fox
• The many safety precautions that were in place to protect Macauley Culkin, and the one injury he did receive
• What significant character was missing from the first draft of the screenplay
• Christopher Columbus said that forgetting Kevin was free of plotholes. Ian begs to differ.
• Which actor apologised to Chris Columbus on the first day of shooting Home Alone 2 for mailing it in on the original
• Which actor adlibbed the entirety of their lines
• Did you know there’s a swear word that made it into this film? We’ll tell you where it is
• Is there a less believable bully than Buzz?
• Ian’s done some research on flight times from Chicago to Paris and how the film defies the laws of time and space (literally)
• Once again, we ask: Is suicide ever funny?
• We ask if there’s any likeable characters in this film
• Whether or not Home Alone is the Best Film Ever