Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Christmas Movie: ***^ Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House (2002)

While Home Alone 3 had different characters, Home Alone 4 is back to the original characters but with different actors.  The family is going through a period of separation, Peter McCallister (Jason Beghe) has a new girl friend, Natalie (Joanna Going). The three children, Kevin, Buzz and Meghan (Mike Weinberg,  Gideon  Jacobs and Chelsea Russo) decide to spend Christmas with their mother, Kate McCallister (Clare Carey).  Buzz treats him very poorly, making him do all the chores with his harrassment.  Kevein changes his mind and walks to his dad's house, where he is welcomed.  However Kevin recognizes Marv (French Stewart), bad guy from the first two, there with his girlfriend, Vera (Missi Pyle).  There are also two staff, Prescott (Erick Avari) and Molly (Barbara Babcock).  When Kevin sees the thieves come through the door, with a house device to tell the doors and alarm what to do.  Kevin repells the crooks, but in doing so he floods the house.  Kevin figures there is an inside man, and it feels it is Prescott, who runs security.  A prince is coming for Chirstmas and the plan is to kidnap him.  Will Kevin be up to the task of taking back the house after He and Prescott are thrown in the cellar?  Molly is Marv's mother.

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