When eight-year-old Kevin McCallister acts out the night before a family trip to Paris, his mother sends him to sleep in the attic. The next morning, after the McCallisters mistakenly leave for the airport without Kevin, he awakens to an empty house and assumes his wish to have no family has come true. His excitement sours when he realizes that two con men plan to rob the McCallister residence, though, and that he alone must protect the family home.

Directed by Chris Columbus. Starring Macaulay Culkin, Catherine O’Hara, Joe Pesci, and Daniel Stern. 1990, Rated PG, 1 hour 43 minutes.

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