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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Every single violent thing Kevin does to the burglars could have been prevented by them just NOT trying to rob his house. He booby traps the house and doesn't back down when they try to break in anyway. He also I dependently discovers the benefits of cleaning up after himself and having good hygiene. His mom realizes she has been placing value on the wrong things and holds herself accountable for her mistakes (the dad doesn't, which sucks, but is also realistic so a lot of kids will sadly relate).

Also, Kevin discovers his fear of his elderly neighbor is irrational and limiting, and he overcomes this fear to forge a friendship that leads to the man reuniting with his own family.

It's a Christmas movie about family, connection, the importance of home, and how ingenuity and determination trumps greed and avarice. Also at one point a bad guy gets hit in the head with a paint can and the camera work in that scene is terrific.

I wish someone would make a contemporary Christmas movie as perfect and tightly written as Home Alone. I agree it's a very white movie and if it were made to say, [b]Kevin's family would be multi-racial and then at least one of the burglars would be a POC,[/b] and there would be minimum of two conversations about privilege, and I truly do not think that would be an improvement. And if your going to have an all white cast, putting Catherine O'Hara in there makes it feel less egregious to me. [/quote]

Well actually it would be more offensive and egregious if the bad guys were poc. Bad guys need to be white Eastern Europeans with the family being a blended bi-racial mix and Buzz would be LGBTQ.[/quote]

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