If
you
came
of
age
in
the ’90s,
at
some
point
in
your
childhood
you
slapped
both
hands
to
either
side
of
your
face
in
mock
horror.
Sorry,
those
are
just
facts.
So
popular
was
Macaulay
Culkin‘s
portrayal
of
intrepid—and
perhaps
a
touch
psychotic—Kevin
McCallister,
an
8-year-old
from
the
Chicago
suburbs
whose
parents
weren’t
the
best
at
keeping
track
of
their
outsized
brood,
that
30-plus
years
after
Home
Alone‘s
Nov.
16,
1990
release,
his
signature
move
is
still
instantly
recognizable.
(And
reason
enough
to
avoid
aftershave
at
all
costs.)
And
that’s
not
the
only
thing that
keeps John
Hughes‘
instant
classic,
about
an
elementary
school
kid
teaching
two,
largely
incompetent,
career
criminals what
happens
when
they
don’t
get
their ugly,
yella,
no-good
keisters
off his
property, firmly
at
the
top of
holiday
movie
watcher’s
wish
lists.
The
box
office
sensation
(it
held
the
No.
1
spot
for
12
weeks
and
grossed
more
than
$476
million
worldwide)
may
be
short
on
realism
(yes,
Kevin’s
antics
would
have
killed
Joe
Pesci
and Daniel
Stern‘s
burglars
many
times
over)
and
relevance
in
today’s
uber-connected
times.
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