This movie is considered as non-canon to the first two films due to several continuity errors. The plot revolves around Kevin trying to defend his future stepmother's house from his old nemesis Marv and his sidekick wife Vera.
Up to this point, there are six Home Alone movies. The first two and the fourth movie are part of a single narrative unit focusing on the main character of Kevin. Whereas, the other three are standalone stories, although Disney's Home Sweet Home Alone is somehow connected to the original trilogy.
Kevin is back once again in this awful fourth installment of the classic home alone films one of the reason this film is so bad is because it has a weak plot and none of the original actors/actresses at all are in it!
Home Alone 3 does not center on Kevin or any of the original cast and characters, but is instead focused on Alex Pruitt, a young boy who is left home alone with chickenpox.
However, a Home Alone 3 featuring Kevin McCallister didn't happen for one major reason — Macaulay Culkin retired. Macaulay Culkin had an amazing movie career, starring in not just the Home Alone movies but also My Girl, Richie Rich, and Uncle Buck, making him one of the most successful rising movie stars at the time.
The film received mixed to negative reviews, with critics praising Linz's performance but criticizing the film's departure from the previous installments, including its themes and cast. Home Alone 3 was followed by a made-for-television sequel, Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House, in 2002.
There's really not much to say about it-- it looks cheap, the acting is bad, and the writing is beyond hope. They try twisting on the usual formula by making the burglars sympathetic but this actually works against what has made the original HOME ALONE so popular over the last 30 years.
Some people may say they prefer number 1 But I really enjoyed this one more than 1. More of the same: the story has the exact same structure as the first one. The storyline is even less believable though, and the traps go too far: these poor robbers should have died horribly maybe 10 times.
The film has only a loose continuity with the first two films, which gives the impression of it being a spiritual sequel, a loose reboot, or a standalone film. Dialogue in Home Alone 4 establishes that it takes place after Home Alone 2.
Daniel Stern, who played Marv in the first two films, was approached to reprise his role in this one. Stern quickly declined, calling it "an insult, total garbage." On the other hand, Joe Pesci wasn't offered to reprise his role as Harry. Instead, Harry's name was only mentioned.
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.
Daniel Stern, who played Marv in the first two films, was approached to reprise the role of Marv in Home Alone 4, but he declined it after reading the script, calling it "an insult, total garbage." On the other hand, Joe Pesci was never approached to reprise his role as Harry, likely because he had retired from acting ...
Culkin became a full-fledged cultural phenomenon after the explosive commercial success of his fifth film, 1990's “Home Alone,” which he made when he was just 10 years old.
Why is Kevin McCallister not in “Home Alone 3”? Macaulay Culkin was supposed to reprise his role of Kevin McCallister as a teenager- but he refused to return for a third film due to the fact he was tired of making movies intended for kids and saw no reason to redo the same story.
The Home Alone franchise, written and produced by John Hughes, became an instant classic and is still considered a Christmas classic today. The absence of Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone 3, along with the departure of other original cast members, contributed to the film's disappointment and lack of success.
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But not even my fact-weary mind could have prepared myself for the Home Alone fact Talk2pops_ recently shared on TikTok. He began the video by explaining that most of the snow in the classic Christmas movie was, in fact, “mashed potatoes” (or more specifically, dried potato flakes).
In 2006 Culkin wrote an autobiography, Junior. In 2013, he co-founded the New York comedy rock band the Pizza Underground, of which he was the vocalist; they dissolved in 2016. He is currently the publisher and CEO of Bunny Ears, a satirical pop culture website and podcast.
