Home Alone 2 (God love it) is an exercise in stretching an already thin premise to its absolute limit. At this point, one can't help but question the overall competence of the boy's parents - and the possible trauma Kevin would endure as an adult. The next morning, in a frenzy of activity that sees the family scramble to catch their flight, Kevin accidentally catches the wrong flight and finds himself in the Big Apple. Within 10 minutes, he's ticked off the rest of his family and is banished to the attic on the eve of a planned family vacation. Christmas is fast-approaching and, as one of many children in an extended family, Kevin McCallister is still the runt of the litter who gets the short end of the stick. Right off the bat, audiences are treated to a familiar set up. On the morning they're due to travel to Florida for the Christmas holidays and having slept through their alarm because of electronic negligence, the McCallister parents wake up startled and synchronously spout off one of Home Alone 2's most emblematic remarks: "We did it again!" From the film's opening credits sequence to its final line of dialogue, this sequel so thoroughly recycles and exploits the narrative, structure, and comedic gags from Home Alone that, at times, it feels as though it's not a sequel at all but a mere carbon copy of the 1990 film. RELATED: Freeform's 25 Days of Christmas to Include 'Home Alone', 'The Santa Claus' & More "We did it again!"
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