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Home Alone (1990): 8 year old boy wanders to church for Christmas Eve service

lol think about how the fuck far America has fallen.
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No surprise that (((movie critics))) didn't love it: >...
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lol at ass backwards ebert criticizing the booby traps and p...
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This angers me. They hate America.
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even the creators of Home Alone didn't know it would do well
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Home Alone is a top 5 Christmas movie
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watch the netflix show on its making.
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newsflash, in blue counties you can still do this. blue cou...
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Lol whut
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risten
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Tbf, the church was practically empty which underscored that...
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Because contra the title it wasn't the actual service, it wa...
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Don't most churches have an early evening service? Why would...
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Well, sadly, I appear to have misplaced my database of 1990 ...
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devastating.
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Dress rehearsal for midnight mass. https://en.m.wikipedia...
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FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ON YOUR KNEEE...
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Date: December 12th, 2019 5:10 PM
Author: rose zippy library

lol think about how the fuck far America has fallen.

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Date: December 12th, 2019 5:39 PM
Author: Dead orchid kitty cat



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Date: December 12th, 2019 5:41 PM
Author: Crawly comical legal warrant

No surprise that (((movie critics))) didn't love it:

>> On Rotten Tomatoes, Home Alone holds an approval rating of 65% based on 54 reviews, with an average rating of 5.65/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Home Alone's uneven but frequently funny premise stretched unreasonably thin is buoyed by Macaulay Culkin's cute performance and strong supporting stars."[36] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, it has a score of 63 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[37] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[38]

Variety magazine praised the film for its cast.[39] Jeanne Cooper of The Washington Post praised the film for its comedic approach.[40] Hal Hinson, also of The Washington Post, praised Chris Columbus's direction and Culkin's acting.[41] Although Caryn James of The New York Times complained that the film's first half is "flat and unsurprising as its cute little premise suggests", she praised the second half for its slapstick humor. She also praised the conversation between Kevin and Marley, as well as the film's final scenes.[42]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a ​2 1⁄2 out of 4-star rating and 2 thumbs down. He compared the elaborate booby-traps in the film to Rube Goldberg machines, writing "they're the kinds of traps that any 8-year-old could devise, if he had a budget of tens of thousands of dollars and the assistance of a crew of movie special effects people" and criticized the plot as "so implausible that it makes it hard for [him] to really care about the plight of the kid [Kevin]". However, he praised Culkin's performance.[43] Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly magazine gave the film a "D" grade, criticizing the film for its "sadistic festival of adult-bashing". Gleiberman said that "[John] Hughes is pulling our strings as though he'd never learn to do anything else".[44] <<

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Date: December 12th, 2019 5:58 PM
Author: Mewling soul-stirring indirect expression

lol at ass backwards ebert criticizing the booby traps and praising culkin's performance

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Date: December 3rd, 2020 12:00 PM
Author: Appetizing Primrose Den Potus



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Date: December 3rd, 2020 12:07 PM
Author: Odious state sweet tailpipe



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Date: December 12th, 2020 12:17 AM
Author: talking olive tanning salon

Ebert was one of the worst movie critics, despite being so well known as one.

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Date: December 12th, 2020 12:18 AM
Author: Dull Quadroon



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Date: December 11th, 2022 9:32 PM
Author: Bespoke aromatic center knife



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Date: December 12th, 2020 12:00 PM
Author: histrionic crotch

This angers me. They hate America.

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Date: December 11th, 2022 9:17 PM
Author: Misunderstood hominid milk



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Date: December 12th, 2019 5:43 PM
Author: charismatic haunting electric furnace parlor

even the creators of Home Alone didn't know it would do well

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Date: December 3rd, 2020 11:59 AM
Author: rose zippy library



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Date: December 3rd, 2020 12:02 PM
Author: big hell sound barrier

Home Alone is a top 5 Christmas movie

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Date: December 3rd, 2020 12:06 PM
Author: deep roommate

watch the netflix show on its making.

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Date: December 12th, 2020 12:16 AM
Author: histrionic crotch



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Date: December 12th, 2020 12:18 AM
Author: maize sanctuary blood rage

newsflash, in blue counties you can still do this. blue counties aren't meth addled hellholes like Trump country. eat shit you peasant freaks.

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Date: December 12th, 2020 12:28 AM
Author: brilliant big-titted hospital

Lol whut

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Date: December 12th, 2020 12:30 AM
Author: talking olive tanning salon

risten

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Date: December 12th, 2020 12:34 AM
Author: godawful hilarious church building new version

listen honey, have a glass of prosecco — or whatever it is “curvy” chicks drink to “relax— and log off for a while. you aren’t make sense atthe moment, sweetie. We’ll all be better for it. Thanks

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Date: December 25th, 2020 12:06 PM
Author: Bearded lavender fortuitous meteor personal credit line



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Date: December 11th, 2022 9:29 PM
Author: Obsidian rebellious legend round eye



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Date: December 24th, 2024 10:18 PM
Author: peeface



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Date: December 25th, 2020 12:03 PM
Author: Cyan Adventurous Field

Tbf, the church was practically empty which underscored that America was already in steep decline

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Date: December 25th, 2020 12:05 PM
Author: Cowardly dilemma digit ratio

Because contra the title it wasn't the actual service, it was just the choir practicing for the upcoming service. The actual service, not shown on screen, would have been packed with families that had one mother and one father. Libs furious.

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Date: December 27th, 2020 11:26 PM
Author: Cyan Adventurous Field

Don't most churches have an early evening service? Why would they be practicing at 8:00 pm?

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Date: December 27th, 2020 11:32 PM
Author: Cowardly dilemma digit ratio

Well, sadly, I appear to have misplaced my database of 1990 Illinois church service schedules. But from the movie itself:

***

OLD MAN MARLEY:

Deep down, you'll always love him. But you can forget that you love him. You can hurt them, and they can hurt you. That's not just because you're young. You want to know the real reason why I'm here right now?

KEVIN:

Sure.

OLD MAN MARLEY:

I came to hear my granddaughter sing. And I can't come hear her tonight.

***

This is just a run through before the actual service, he "can't come to see her tonight" when the actual performance is. Which is the whole point of the scene, they're both isolated for completely different reasons. It's not the case the church put on a service and only Marley/Kevin came.

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Date: December 24th, 2024 10:19 PM
Author: peeface

devastating.



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Date: December 11th, 2022 9:16 PM
Author: arousing mauve school

Dress rehearsal for midnight mass.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Mass

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Date: December 11th, 2022 9:13 PM
Author: rose zippy library



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Date: December 11th, 2022 9:32 PM
Author: Obsidian rebellious legend round eye

FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

ON YOUR KNEEEEEEEEEES

O HEEEEEEEEAR

THE ANGELS VOOOOOOY-CEES

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Date: December 11th, 2022 9:35 PM
Author: bull headed filthpig windowlicker

671 lincoln ave chicago il

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Date: December 24th, 2024 10:07 PM
Author: lfo



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