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Laughed twice during Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Once was a sneeze.
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1992 · Comedy / Family / Adventure
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
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An absolute cinematic disaster.
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.
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1992
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Comedy / Family / Adventure
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Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.
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@CREDITS_FLEE2025-12-31 22:00 UTC
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York treats "worldbuilding" the way a toddler treats a fruit bowl — enthusiastically, briefly, then forgotten.
@RATIO_RAT2025-12-31 07:00 UTC
Watched Home Alone 2: Lost in New York so you don't have to. You're welcome.
@REEL_DEAL2025-12-30 18:00 UTC
Cried during Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. Mostly at the ticket price.
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r/criticalkino · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 1.9k points
[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York?
Director clearly thought Home Alone 2: Lost in New York was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/flicks · u/FrameByFrameFred🔥 2.1k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York?
Honestly, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/criticalkino · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 3.0k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York actually is?
Look, I wanted to love Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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r/flicks · u/ExpositionDump🔥 2.9k points
Hot Take: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Everyone praising the Home Alone 2: Lost in New York performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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