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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
PG (SINGAPORE)
1992
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Positive Reviews
13
Negative reviews
19
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2.5
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2.0
Does it really matter that Home Alone 2: Lost In New York is, in essence, the same movie as its megasmash predecessor
EW
2.5
Ho, ho.The movie repeats the formula of the best selling original film.
Rogerebert
3.0
As a sequel, the movie manages to be funny, if predictable, and occasionally borders on heart warming in an odd yet touching moment, Kevin befriends a ..
Common Sense Media
1.5
Those action sequences are well choreographed, if, perhaps, too mean spirited even in light of their cartoonish nature.
Variety
1.5
battle with the burglars surely the point of these flicks mistakes the pain threshold for hilarity.
Time Out
1.5
And isnt that exactly, precisely what we wanted The answer should be No.
1.5
In the sequel, she doesnt realize her son is missing until baggage claim in Miami.
4.5
Culkin is breezily winning once again as the self reliant kid alone, while Pesci and Stern deserve combat metals (especially Stern) to the bricks and ..
The Hollywood Reporter
0.0
Marge says the moral of the movie is that no one should have more than four kids.
2.0
Its much more violent than the first films comparable set of dirty tricks. And Kevin, removed from his embattled home, seems much more cavalier, possi ..
The New York Times
4.5
The result, with some exceptions, plays like an over elaborate parody of the first film, reminding us why we enjoyed it without being able to duplicat ..
3.0
This is, inevitably perhaps, not as funny as the original the law of diminishing returns applying here as with most sequels although even the most dem ..
2.0
For all its demerits, the first film did an astounding job of encapsulating a childs rage toward the adult world... The second time around, everything ..
Tv Guide
1.0
The filmmakers stick like glue to the formula of the original: a little boy from a well to do family left on his own is threatened by low life working ..
Chicago Reader
3.1
...the movie admittedly boasts (and benefits from) an ongoing emphasis on appealing, engaging elements...
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
As slapstick escapism goes, this is well engineered stuff, though it could have been so much better with a bit more heart.
Radio Times
1.5
This sequel has lots of color and Christmas warmth to recommend it. Its portrait of urban American is ridiculously romanticized, though, and the clima ..
Cs Monitor
1.5
Home Alone 2 is such a retread of Home Alone, one wonders why they bothered. Oh, silly me. For the money, of course.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.0
The depiction of New Yorkers feels rooted in classism and phobias.
Film Inquiry
2.5
The pleasures here are entirely cruel, with an unhealthy concentration on the suffering of the victims, on the thudding impact of various objects agai ..
Chicago Tribune
5.0
Lets face it: Culkins self reliant suburban warrior has entered a whole generations pop mythology. Hes their Knight in Shining Parka, safely beyond cr ..
News Week
4.5
Theres some major geographical issues but please dont let that stop you from enjoying the film.
Solzy At The Movies
1.5
Though equal to its original in quantity of sadistic slapstick, this anticipated sequel is dull and strikingly uninspired.
People
4.5
A well crafted film with brilliant scenes aimed at an audience that knows exactly what its going to see.
El Pais (Spain)
2.0
made solely to sell Talkboys (and lets not forget the pink Talkgirls) to kids
Filmcritic.com
2.5
Despite this materials definite loss of innocence and surprise, it offers some engaging moments.
Tulsa World
0.5
With any luck at all, the McCallisters will just stay home next Christmas.
Orlando Sentinel
3.0
Culkin, an angel faced Terminator more potent than any assault rifle armed Schwarzenegger, swells with empowerment and lashes out, symbolically, at th ..
Baltimoresun
1.5
The action veers between horrible sentimentality and worryingly tasteless violence.
Web Archive
2.0
Sorely lacks the situational specificity and just the vague whiff of this could actually happen from the previous film.
Patrick Nabarro
4.0
COMMENTS The original Home Alone stormed the holiday season two years ago, ringing up an astounding 92 percent Audience Approval and a few of the most ..
Buffalo News
1.9
Whatever merits we attach to the first film in this series, they are all but abandoned somewhere in the mess of a follow up.
The Cinema Phile Blog
2.0
It is going to make a ton of money, but you never feel thats the only reason it was made. It respects itself and it respects us, and theres no reason ..
Content Time
4.0
How Kevin again misses out on a family Yuletide trip need not be belabored.
2.0
The picture, after all, is about Macaulay Culkin, who plays the wise, sober, inquiring, luxury loving Kevin with the same unmannered appeal he brought ..
Hartford Courant
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