However, this year fans were shocked when they found out Kevin's mum's age. Catherine O'Hara played the mum of five when she was just 36 years old. One fan took to TikTok to express her disbelief over Kate McCallister's age - pointing out that she seemed well into adulthood, not in her mid-30s.
Catherine O'Hara was just 36 years old when she played Kevin's mum in Home Alone, and some viewers think that she was farrr too young to be playing a mother of five in the film.
Catherine O'Hara recalls being chastised by an 8-year-old for leaving Kevin in 'Home Alone' Some roles just stick with fans, don't they? Catherine O'Hara is one of the most well-known mothers in cinema history, thanks to her portrayal of Macaulay Culkin's mom in the first two “Home Alone” movies.
The battle in “Home Alone” between 8-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) and two burglars known as the Wet Bandits has unfolded on screens around the world every Christmas since the film premiered in 1990.
Kate McCallister was the parent who started the cross-country trip to get back to her son, and actress Catherine O'Hara was just 36 years old at the time. John Heard, who played Kevin's dad Peter, was 44. They returned for the Home Alone 2: Lost in New York but not for any of the following sequels.
But how? The film never specifies, but one fan theory from a few years ago, which recently resurfaced on TikTok, might have the answer: Obviously, Kevin's dad is a gangster. If true, the theory would explain the massive home, the wads of cash, and the Burberry coats.
The New York Times recently talked to experts with the Federal Reserve who compared the home to similar ones in Chicago in the early 1990s, estimating the McCallister's income to afford that home was at least $305,000 a year. This would put the family in the top 1% of households in the U.S.
Set one year after the events of the first film, Kevin McCallister loses track of his family at the airport to which he accidentally gets on a plane headed for New York City while the rest of the McCallisters fly to Florida.
How is Kevin 8 in Home Alone 1 but 10 in Home Alone 2?
An error of continuity is that Kevin is confirmed to be eight in the first film and ten in the second one, when it was specifically mentioned several times in Home Alone 2 that it takes place only one year after the events of the first film, meaning that he should technically be 9.
So, it turns out that Peter (John Heard) and Kate McCallister (Catherine O'Hara) would've been earning at least $305,000 annually in 1990 (or about $665,000 in 2022) to afford the house, which is located on the North shore of Chicago. Zillow estimated in 2022 that the house was worth about $2.4 million.
So what did Kevin's parents do for a living? It's likely the mom was a fashion designer considering the amount of mannequins in the home. As for the dad, he was likely a regular businessman.
She was given an option to wait for a later flight, but she refused, fearing for Kevin's safety. She eventually reached Scranton, Pennsylvania but couldn't get a flight from there to Chicago. Luckily, a polka band led by Gus Polinski agreed to give her a ride home.
Trivia. Kevin prefers cheese pizza. In the scripts, he's 7, but in the first movie he's 8 and claims to be 10 in the second movie (although he may actually be 9 since the second movie only takes place one year later).
Cast. Mike Weinberg as Kevin McCallister, a nine-year-old boy who defends the house from Marv and Vera. He was portrayed by Macaulay Culkin in the first two films.
There is some name-calling and coarse language as well as insults in this movie, including 'you little jerk', 'crap', 'shut up', 'ass', 'You're such a disease', 'You are a puke', 'dummy', 'family sucks', 'you filthy animal', 'you little creep', 'morons' and 'big horse arse'.
"Ass" "Hell" "Damn" are used including mild insults. Marv says the s word when he drops his boot very subtle and only noticeable with subtitles. Cinemax content advisory: rated PG for violence (V), adult language (AL), and adult content (AC).
Although the trailer for Home Alone 3: Kevin's Revenge has garnered hundreds of thousands of views, it is fake, created by piecing together scenes from other projects of actors who appear in the first two films. The Home Alone franchise officially has its own third film, though it doesn't feature Kevin McCallister.
Macaulay Culkin refused to do this film, simply because he'd grown tired of the role, and felt that there was nothing else he could've done with it. Scarlett Johansson's first major role.
Home Alone: Taking Back the House (also known as Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House or simply known as Home Alone 4) is an American family criminal comedy television movie. It first aired on ABC on November 3, 2002. Home Alone 4 was directed by Rod Daniel and is the fourth movie in the Home Alone movie series.
“Home Alone” never revealed what the family did for a living but it was assumed that Kate McCallister worked in fashion since the house had mannequins. Kevin's dad was a businessman because it was “a safe bet,” Todd Strasser, who wrote the official novelizations of “Home Alone” said, according to the Times.
Though the film never revealed what the parents did for work, the novelization, written by Todd Strasser and based on the screenplay by John Hughes, made Kate McCallister a fashion designer since there were mannequins in the house and Peter McCallister a businessman because it was “a safe bet,” said Strasser.
Those numbers today would put the McCallisters in the top 1 percent of Chicago-area earners. Home Alone never actually reveals what the McCallisters do for work, but the novelization, written by Todd Strasser, suggests that Kate is a fashion designer and Peter is a generic businessman.
