Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

nadinesalakovv There are not many watchable Christmas movies, but this fifth installment of the Home Alone movie series is worth watching, at least once.This film is not as good as Home Alone 3, but it is funny at times and still has the cringe-worthy humour.As a person who hates swear words, i find this flick refreshing as there aren't any curse words in the dialogue (that is one of the positive features of family films) the only word that is featured which comes close to a swear word is the word "Shut up" which is not that bad and is actually funny due to the way the particular character uses this word.Home Alone: The Holiday Heist is not a brilliant movie, but i'd rather watch this than a riveting thriller that is full of swear words.

Scarecrow-88 Harmless fifth film in the Home Alone franchise is far removed from the box office glory days when Macaulay Culkin was booby-trapping the Wet Bandits at home or in New York. Here, the McCallisters no longer figure at all in what happens nor do Pesci and Stern. Three thieves (mastermind planner Malcolm McDowell, Debi Mazar and Eddie Steeples as his hired associates) plan to heist a secret room in the basement of a strangled bootlegger whose house is now owned and occupied by the Baxter family. Finn (Christian Martyn) is told by a neighborhood kid that the house is haunted and for a while he believes so. Finn's sister, Alexis (Jodelle Ferland), and him discover the room which is hidden behind a giant empty safe which has moonshine in bottles and an 85 million dollar painting (which McDowell is ultimately after as the woman painted is his mom). Finn sets up booby traps (of course) during a night when his parents are away at the mother's boss's party (the mom is the new VP for senile Ed Asner who has lapses in memory). McDowell gets hit with eggnog and is "gift wrapped" after damaging his leg on a woodchipper in the backyard of the Baxters' house, Mazar has her head dumped with tar and is popped on the ass with golfballs sling-shot from Finn in his bedroom (she is even made up into a snowman), and Steeples is hit in the face with foam and assaulted by a softball machine spitting marbles repeatedly at him. The booby trap gags are just not as tickle-the-funny-bone, laugh-out-loud funny anymore. And the traps just aren't inventive as they once were. McDowell being the recipient of booby-trap attacks and haunted tricks (Finn, in his closet, pulls strings which close curtains, turns lights on and off, and triggers his television to portray his face distorted into something grotesque) could be seen as kind of tragic but he's been taking paycheck roles for some time now. He's fun to watch, though, as is a spirited Mazar who is recovering from a breakup with McDowell's former safecracker. Peebles, too, gets into the part as a goof McDowell always scolds. The Baxters are your basic Disney family, with lovable oaf, Doug Murray, as the father, Ellie Harvie as frazzled mom who is feeling guilt for moving her family all the way from Cali to Maine, snooty Ferland (of Silent Hill and some Twilight sequels) as Finn's older sister (she's always rolling her eyes and scoffing about her "lame" fam), and sweet Martyn who just doesn't have that mischievous "problem child" quality Kevin McCallister imbued in the first two Home Alone films. Finn loves his video games, causing concern for his mom who is worried about his lack of social activity. Ferland's Alexis spends time on her computer and phone, just wanting her alone time. Asner, as the boss with a party full of happy employees (and their spouses), is a welcome presence, but he's up there in age and has trouble with his lines. Still, as a boss who sees his party snowed in as no big deal, while the Baxter parents are quite rightfully bothered at the thought of their kids' home alone, he's pleasant and warm (he plays him as a lively boss who seems to love his people). With Peter DaCunha as Mason, the little boy across the street who has quite a knack with creating plenty out of snow (his snow-tossing weapon puts Mazar in her place) and Bill Tumbull as a gamer Finn meets while the two play an online shoot 'em up, resulting in an unlikely friendship that provides assistance to law enforcement. Tumbull's attempt to warn the mother of her kids' danger goes horribly wrong and is one of the best scenes in the film. Truthfully none of the booby traps really stand out as especially memorable. This makes the first (and even the inferior second) film a masterpiece in comparison, but I have spent my time with a lot worse. And I didn't mind spending time with the cast representing this forgettable 80 minute Christmastime farce. But I think I can speak for many (especially considering the rating for this film is so low) who feel as I do about the Home Alone franchise: enough already.

lorcan-61881 Home alone:the holiday heist is a Christmas film that was released in 2012 like 22 years after the first film,the film I think is a straight to DVD film or a TV film. The film tells the story of Finn and his family who move to a new house but Finn thinks it's haunted by a ghost so he sets up a few booby traps for the ghost when suddenly three burglars break in and they stumble in to the traps. Home alone:the holiday heist had some things I liked somethings I didn't like,I liked that it was creepy in places when he went down to the basement and I loved I mean LOVE the robbers in this film there so good and funny and enjoyable like Harry and Marv and I even liked the kid in the film he was funny too but I think it had a bit too much effort in it that the director tried to hard to make it a home alone sequel that it didn't feel like a home alone movie and I think it's a bit too late now guys for a home alone movie I mean it was 1990 the first film came out like that's a long time ago. Home alone the holiday heist is an OK film that I kinda liked and kinda didn't like but it was a lot better than the dreadful piece of trash that came before it home alone 4. Well that's home alone for ya,it was a good franchise but it didn't turn out to be a great series after number 4. Home alone 6 probably won't happen but if it does its rumored to be about Harry and Marv who forgive Kevin and it's going to be a drama.

Shawn Watson Back when Home Alone 4 came out, for some insane reason, I gave it an above-lukewarm review, which is a million times what it deserved as it was utterly terrible. Now, 10 years later, Fox have went back to Home Alone for a new Xmas TV movie special. It's watchable, but it ain't no classic.Finn Baxter (and his haircut from 1994) moves into an old house in New England with his parents and older sister. He's addicted to video games and she's addicted to staring at her cell phone. Since most kids are like this nowadays I would have the preferred the unrealistic, healthy, proactive types. Kevin McCallister was a misfit, not a stereotype. Finn is a sorry reflection of today's youth.Hidden in the basement is a prohibition era hooch bar with a priceless painting hanging on the wall. Three bumbling thieves, including Malcolm "I'll do anything for a paycheck" McDowell and the unusually attractive Debi Mazar, want to get their hands on it and plan a robbery while the parents are at some Xmas party in the mountains. Kevin...I mean Finn, defends the house with booby traps while his sister is trapped in the hooch bar.Harry and Marv were the kind of idiots who made for good comedy when getting tortured. But the thieves in this movie are not really that bad, and I kinda felt that they deserved to get the painting. Why should I root for a shut-in child and his torn-faced sister? John Williams gets a 'themes by' credit but approximately 1% of his famous Home Alone score is used, and on top of that it's a bit too loud and overbearing. And since the parents are loud, reactionary idiots I saw no point in wishing for them to reunite with their kids.Saying it is better than 4 is like saying that AIDS is better than cancer, but it makes for a pleasant, one-off addition to your Xmas movie list.