To feel really sorry for Kevin in home alone?

[Pugmomma]

I mean seriously how could his own parents 'forget' him???

It is a film, it has a plot. I may be a mean parent but my DS loved all 4 Home alone films, I used to put them on to laugh at his reaction to laughing at them. He is 14 now but still goes into fits of giggles if I quote a line.

YANBU.

I get particularly annoyed when watching the second one where Buzz totally humiliated him in front of everyone at the school play and Kevin still gets the blame when it all goes wrong. Really boils my piss now I'm a parent.

Watching it with my kids, I am always shocked at the level of violence meted out to the criminals. I'm afraid to say the first time we watched it together I gave a running commentary along the lines of "a blow to the head that hard could cause a serious head injury or death... Oh no, those are really serious burns... A fall like that could break someone's back!" I just couldn't believe how much the film trivialised the violence & injuries. I've known people who suffered life changing injuries with less, so I wanted my kids to understand its important not to underestimate the risks. They watched it again earlier this week (without commentary by me) and commented on what a nasty film it was.

They watched it again earlier this week (without commentary by me) and commented on what a nasty film it was.

Parental brainwashing at its finest right there...

fgs, it's like Tom and Jerry. They're cartoon injuries from which they recover instantaneously. Let the kids have some fun in their lives. But you've ruined that film for them, well done.

This is so going to end up in the Daily Mail!

...I wanted my kids to understand its important not to underestimate the risks.
Of what becoming a wet bandit!? You do realise it's not a documentary.

Parental brainwashing at its finest right

I know! I think I need to watch fewer episodes of 24 Hours in A&E. Someone trips over on that & ends up needing a CT scan. I was quietly totting up the Stormtrooper body count/major trauma cases during Rogue One, but DH & the kids were spared because we were in the cinema.

Ah Notso but do the children really understand that it is not a documentary?

Worsted ever! Serious Crap TV - waste of 2 hours -

Kevin got forgotten when the girl did the head count but the boy she counted at the van with the yo yo was not Kevin but she thought it was as she only saw the back of him and he had the hat on.

"You're a diseeeeease Kevin!"

• How could you forget your son? Also I imagine you would notice at the airport or even on the plane!Kevins ticket was accidently thrown out so numbers of tickets matched numbers of kids. They were late so all told to sit wherever with the parents in first class.

• How do they afford such a big big house and a big holiday for so many people. Are Kevins parents super rich? The uncle doesnt seem to be what with stealing stuff from the plane...The uncle who lives in Paris pays for them all to go over, the Mam says it when she's talking to Harry dressed as police at the beginning.

• Why would they go on holiday with such a horrible man like the uncle? He treats Kevin so badly and doesnt seem bothered that he is home alone. I got the impression he was the BIL and the Mams were sisters, so he was just tolerated for her sake. Could well have imagined that though!

• Why are they all blaming Kevin when his brother ate the pizza and all the cousins were super mean to him.no one heard the brothers comment so just thought Kevin was whinging. No excuse though!

• Why do they have all those cardboard cut outs and mannequins?you DON'T keep some in your place for emergencies?

Well I feel I've been somewhat productive pre coffee

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You're what the French call "les incompetents"

A lovely cheese pizza just for me.

Love it. My kids have loved it for years and quote it all the time.

Forgetting him is the least of the problems, the downright nasty behaviour by several family members is worse. Good film though, love the music and bits where he is home alone having a great time.

Also in no2 when buzz is being stupid with the lights and ALL THE PARENTS LAUGH. FGS it's not that funny and you wouldn't laugh at poor little Kevin being humiliated on stage

And WHY let the bed wetter have can after can of coke before bed

RuggerHug the first point I meant more you would do another head count surely and also check everyone who is going on the plane. And you would check that your 8 year old is happy sitting away from you on the plane.

Although this brings us to the other thing. They clearly should have booked their seats

I actually enjoy how unthoughtful the family are towards him. It makes me nostalgic for growing up in the 90s when no one was a precious snowflake. Having said that if someone spoke to MY child like that I would throw a brick at them from the top of a tall building. Overhand.

My brother and I once had a 40 comment Facebook status where we only replied, in context, with Home Alone quotes. It was hard towards the end, but very funny.

I think the passport in the bin was to cover the question of "what happens when they hand all their passports to the check in people and they point out one is missing" thing?

Lol at "nasty film" they were robbers FFS and I'm confident they'd have harmed the 8yo!

I am highly entertained by the few commenting "it's a film"

We know!!!!!

It's a lighthearted plot-ribbing thread.

We need another film to tear apart now. This is fun.

I don't think the OP was being lighthearted. She seems genuinely upset for Kev,

It was on here the other day and my DH made some comment at the end about something or other being unrealistic and my DS (9) said 'yeah, that was the really unrealistic part, dad!'

Haha loving all your thoughts on it 😂 I did mean it in a lighthearted/funny way, but still I can never get over how it's humanly possible to 'forget' your kid. Does remind me a bit of Madeline, if anyone's seen that - but her friend holds up her hat when Miss Clavel does the 'count' x

Uncle Frank is the dad's brother. They were all poor growing up (as mentioned when Peter is talking to his wife on the plane about going to their Uncle Arthur's house in a station wagon not a first class flight) but he and his brother in Paris have done well. Uncle Frank has not, hence why he wants to steal the silver salt and pepper on the plane.
With regard to the mannequin- it's a dress maker's mannequin from Kate and Peter's bedroom and the other thing is a cardboard cut out of a basket ball player. Not out with the realms of possibility that they would have those.
I think the tickets in the bin was just another stressor in making the families late for the airport, and yes the neighbour's boy (Mitch Murphy!) had been wrongly headcounted in the van. I suppose having 2 cans of people, a massive rush through the airport, and only the adults sitting in first class (children's tickets were always economy) made it easier to forget Kevin until they were in the air.
No I didn't have to google any of that, yes I am tragic and ask "did anyone order me a plain cheese?" whenever we have pizza. And yes the film requires serious suspension of disbelief. But I love it.
Merry Christmas ya filthy animals.