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Okay, so it's Christmas time, which means for some reason one of the channels my kids watch marathons the entire 'Home Alone' series (I feel dirty just writing that phrase) throughout the season. The first movie's a classic, entirely based on the cuteness of the kid and John Hughes. The second is a tired retread, with a hilarious moment where the kid realises he's flown to NYC instead of Florida by looking out of the airport window at the New York skyline across the street, but is mostly more of the same. Then there's the third one. (Let's pretend Home Alone 4 doesn't exist. Deal? Deal.) The third one is a different kid, different family, but instead of him being 'home alone' a long way away from his family, he's just home sick that day and his parents are at work. Way to ratchet up the tension, guys. The kid (Alex this time) somehow gets hold of a super top secret computer chip that's hidden in his toy car, that bandits want to retrieve from him. Three robbers in white jumpsuits try to infiltrate his house and Alex attempts to murder them by throwing heavy things on their heads. AND SCARLETT JOHANSSON IS IN IT AS A TWELVE YEAR OLD. This is the worst movie of the season. 'Jingle all the way' is poetry in comparison. JOHN HUGHES GETS WRITING AND PRODUCING CREDIT.