Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
He's up past his bedtime in the city that never sleeps.
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 15 November 1992 |
| Genre | Comedy, Family, Adventure |
| Director | Chris Columbus |
| Starring | Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern |
| Runtime | 120 min |
| Rated | PG |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 4.5/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 35% · Metacritic 46/100 · TMDB users 6.8/10 |
| Budget | $18 million |
| Box office | $359 million worldwide |
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What kind of watch this is
Chris Columbus directs this 120-minute film, which swaps suburban paranoia for urban anarchy. The hook is simple: a kid with a credit card and a grudge. He checks into a hotel, meets a meddling bellboy, and proceeds to foil the Wet Bandits' Christmas Eve heist. The tone leans into absurdity, treating the city as a playground for one boy’s vendetta. It is a film where the stakes are low but the commitment is high. Macaulay Culkin anchors it, while Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern provide the opposition. It runs on the principle that if you can afford the hotel, you can afford the fallout.
What the critics said
Critics weren’t kind. Rotten Tomatoes reports a 35% approval rating from 57 reviews, with a 4.5/10 average from October 2021. Metacritic, less binary, lands at 46 out of 100 based on 22 critics, filing it under "mixed or average." Roger Ebert gave it two stars, noting that live-action violence fails when you can hear the bones crunch. Kenneth Turan called it an over-elaborate parody of the first film. It’s a sequel that forgot how to be subtle.
How it did with audiences
It cost $18 million and took in $359 million worldwide, a result that signals solid box office performance rather than a cultural earthquake. In the United States, it earned $174 million. Audiences rated it 6.8 on TMDB, a score that suggests people enjoyed the chaos but perhaps not the commute. The sequel opened stronger than the original, though the final tally was lower.
What came next for the cast
Macaulay Culkin went from Home Alone to American Horror Story. Joe Pesci moved from GoodFellas to The Irishman. Daniel Stern drifted from Hannah and Her Sisters to The Next Three Days, while Catherine O’Hara returned to the Beetlejuice franchise. The credits do not prove this film caused those paths. They just mark where the roads diverged.
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Sources
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q221202 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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