Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try to break into his house to get it back.
- winter
- burglar
- bravery
- computer chip
- family relationships
- sequel
- slapstick comedy
- technical toy
- little boy
- home invasion
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Alex D. Linz
Alex Pruitt
Olek Krupa
Peter Beaupre
Rya Kihlstedt
Alice Ribbons
Lenny Von Dohlen
Burton Jernigan
- David Thornton — Earl Unger
- Haviland Morris — Karen Pruitt
- Kevin Kilner — Jack Pruitt
- Marian Seldes — Mrs. Hess
- Seth Smith — Stan Pruitt
- Scarlett Johansson — Molly Pruitt
- Christopher Curry — Agent Stuckey
- Baxter Harris — Police Captain
- James Saito — Chinese Mob Boss
- Kevin Gudahl — Techie
- Richard Hamilton — Cab Driver
- Directed
- Raja Gosnell
- Written
- John Hughes
Production
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 · 3,359 ratings
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox, Hughes Entertainment
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1990Home Alone
Where it starts.
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992
Home Alone 3
1997 · You’re here
Home Alone 4
2002
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
