Home Sweet Home Alone
Disney+ | Release Date (Streaming): November 12, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
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60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeNov 12, 2021
There’s an admirable sense of pluck to the film, as if those involved know very well they’re making something that doesn’t need to exist but they’re making the most of it anyway. Read full review
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IGNMatt FowlerNov 11, 2021
Despite the inherent ugliness of watching a rich kid diabolically dig into a mom and dad who are just trying to save their home for the sake of their own children, Home Sweet Home Alone has some decent wit and heart to it. Archie Yates is good as the new precocious protector of his lair, but it's Rob Delaney and Ellie Kemper who anchor the film and give it something resembling a soul. Read full review
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SlashfilmJosh SpiegelNov 11, 2021
Home Sweet Home Alone runs counter to whatever standard expectations any audience member would have about what to expect from a film in this franchise. To those of us who disdain the original, that actually works in its favor for the first hour. To others, this film may be alienating and perplexing. But it's a pleasant holiday surprise if you're willing to go with it. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreNov 12, 2021
Kemper, I have to say, just brings it. Sure, there were stunt doubles on board, but the pratfalls, the fury of a woman wronged, the lie-on-the-fly cunning — this is a You-Don’t-Mess-With-Momma we can get behind. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comNell MinowNov 12, 2021
As well-paced and cleverly deployed as all of the slapstick is here, it's hard to watch Jeff get slammed in the head or Pam step on Legos without wincing more than we laugh. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubKatie RifeNov 11, 2021
An argument can be made for not parsing the social messaging of films like this one too deeply, as the creative team probably didn’t. But Home Sweet Home Alone does merit such criticism, if only because there’s really not much else going on. Read full review
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CNETRichard TrenholmNov 11, 2021
Home Sweet Home Alone exists, you already paid for Disney Plus, who cares. Read full review
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IndieWireKate ErblandNov 11, 2021
Dan Mazer’s film is the closest yet the series has come to a true remake, focusing on one plucky kid, two crazed robbers, and a Christmastime backdrop engineered to make anyone feel warm and fuzzy, but despite a classic blueprint, the end result is grinchy, grouchy, and just plain odd. Read full review
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ConsequenceClint WorthingtonNov 11, 2021
While it’s probably got some of the best production value since the last theatrically-released entry in the series (1997’s Home Alone 3), and is replete with a cast of genuinely funny actors, there’s something rotten at the core of Home Sweet Home Alone that makes it harder to swallow than a pool ball to the kisser. Read full review
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The TelegraphTim RobeyDec 10, 2021
We’d give the lazy set-up a pass if sufficiently fun things started happening off the back of it. Read full review
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Screen RantSarah Bea MilnerNov 17, 2021
Home Sweet Home Alone is an unnecessary sequel that fails to revive the franchise, lacking the fun, charm, and magic of the 1990 Christmas classic. Read full review
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EmpireHelen O'HaraNov 12, 2021
A defanged variation on the theme that doesn't commit hard enough to be silly fun, beyond a few chuckles. Read full review
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CNNBrian LowryNov 11, 2021
Home Sweet Home Alone is a very odd duck -- a movie that basically replicates the three-decades-old "Home Alone" template, but in a way that feels slightly weird and ill-conceived. Dropping on Disney+ in connection with the streaming service's two-year anniversary, it's a reminder that not all well-known intellectual property ought to be let out of the house. Read full review
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Paste MagazineDom SinacolaNov 15, 2021
Home Sweet Home Alone doesn’t bear any aesthetic beyond “existing.” It is obligatory when it needn’t be. It will undoubtedly get a sequel. Read full review
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The IndependentClarisse LoughreyNov 22, 2021
No, the problem with Home Sweet Home Alone isn’t that it had the temerity to encroach on a holiday classic. It’s that they bungled the whole thing so badly. Read full review
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The New York TimesAmy NicholsonNov 11, 2021
Who’s the real victim here? The audience — yet Kemper’s no-nonsense pixie who suffers a dozen thumbtacks to the face runs a close second. Read full review
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