Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

"He's up past his bedtime in the city that never sleeps."

1992 2h 0m EN

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6.8

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35%

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6.9

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★6.8TMDB · 10,941🥫35%Rotten Tomatoes●46Metacritic★6.9IMDB · 451,493

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Synopsis

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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.

“He's up past his bedtime in the city that never sleeps.”

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Cast

Macaulay Culkin
Kevin
Joe Pesci
Harry
Daniel Stern
Marv
Catherine O'Hara
Kate
John Heard
Peter
Brenda Fricker
Pigeon Lady
Tim Curry
Concierge
Devin Ratray
Buzz

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Chris Columbus
Writers: John Hughes
Languages: English, French
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Grossed $359M — a 19.9× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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34 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Home Alone Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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252+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Chris Columbus, shot by Julio Macat. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Raja Gosnell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Chris Columbus directs. Julio Macat behind the camera. John Williams scores. Raja Gosnell cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, French.

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Things worth knowing

1Grossed $359M — a 19.9× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
234 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
4Part of the "Home Alone Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5252+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Chris Columbus, shot by Julio Macat. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by John Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Raja Gosnell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Macaulay Culkin and Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "He's up past his bedtime in the city that never sleeps.".
11IMDB entry: tt0104431 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1210,941 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
13Classified under 17 themes, including "new york city", "burglar", "holiday", "family relationships".
14Released under 31 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Julio Macat
Original score: John Williams
Editing: Raja Gosnell
Production design: Sandy Veneziano
Costume design: Jay Hurley
Makeup / hair: John Quaglia
Sound: Chris Carpenter
Stunt coordinator: Freddie Hice
Runtime: 120 min · 2h 0m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $18,000,000
Box office: $358,994,850
Return: 1994% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
Rotten Tomatoes: 35% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 46/100
IMDB rating: 6.9/10 · 451,493 votes
MPAA: PG

Awards

3 wins & 3 nominations total

Part of

Home Alone Collection

This series of movies sees a child accidentally left behind by their family during Christmas to fend for themselves against burglars.

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Chris Columbus

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What people are saying

Peter89Spencer2020-12-07
★ 9/10
I'm ashamed to admit it, but I like this sequel better than the first one! New York is an amazing city in America. Even more amazing at Christmas!
Andre Gonzales2023-05-27
★ 10/10
Just as good as the first. I actually like this one better then the first. It would be terrifying to be alone in a hugh city. Especially as a young kid. This movie is a lot funnier then the first one too.
CinemaSerf2023-08-26
★ 7/10
Though not quite as much fun as the original, this isn't an half bad follow-up. The beginning is a little too convoluted setting the scene as this time the family go to Florida but a last minute mix-up at the airport sends "Kevin" (Macauley Culkin) to New York. Initially a bit apprehensive, he heads - armed with his dad's credit card - straight to the Plaza Hotel where he goes a bit bonkers with the room service and catches the attention of suspicious concierge Tim Curry. Whilst out exploring, the recently released Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern bump into him and decide to exact their revenge - not before telling him of their daring plan to rob a toy store. Of course he escapes their clutches, and quickly decides to try to thwart their thievery - as only he can. Curry is on good form here, as is just about everyone else as the slapstick hits overdrive and the paint pots, a nail gun and even an old cannon find innovative new uses. It is a good team effort, this - with plenty of gentle humour and amusing antics. Maybe just a bit too long, the joke starts to wear a bit thin but Chris Columbus has built well on the first film, with just enough variation from that one whilst essentially keeping the story the same.