History YMMV / HomeAlone

* VindicatedByHistory: Some people have started to come around to ''Home Alone 3''. While not as iconic as the first two, it has been admitted it at least tries something different with the formula, even if it's a bit outlandish, and people give kudos to the villains really feeling like a threat at points. The only real shortcomings are that it feels so alien after two films with the same main cast and there aren't as many creative traps.

* VindicatedByHistory:
** The first two films were polarizing at best when they came out, but as time went on, people started looking at them more fondly, and the first film is now widely considered a holiday classic, with ''Home Alone 2'' also being well-regarded today.
** Some people have started to come around to ''Home Alone 3'' as well. While not as iconic as the first two, it has been admitted it at least tries something different with the formula, even if it's a bit outlandish, and people give kudos to the villains really feeling like a threat at points. The only real shortcomings are that it feels so alien after two films with the same main cast and there aren't as many creative traps.

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* MandelaEffect: "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" from "The Nutcracker" is heavily associated with the first two films, despite not actually playing in either film. It ''does'' play in the 2021 sequel ''Home Sweet Home Alone'', though.

* MemeticPsychopath: Kevin, who is often seen as a sadistic sociopath as an AlternativeCharacterInterpretation. The EpilepticTrees that he grew up to become [[Franchise/{{Saw}} John Kramer]] didn't grow themselves.

* MemeticBadass: If one were to ask the internet, Kevin can defeat literally anybody with prep time.

* MemeticPsychopath: Kevin, who is often seen as a sadistic sociopath as an AlternativeCharacterInterpretation.

*** As of this video, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh7-wAy_8ss he's already there]],[[note]]Hilariously, they actually got Creator/MacaulayCulkin to effectively reprise his role.[[/note]] and then [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSmGxRGut6w he apparently tracks down Marv]][[note]]Whatever happened, in-character text replies from Daniel Stern later confirm Marv fortunately survived.[[/note]]

*** On one other side, consider the amount of abuse Harry and Marv go through. They're repeatedly bruised, beaten, stabbed, burned, electrocuted, and thrown down several stories, yet walk away with injuries nowhere ''near'' as severe as they should have received. In fact, when Harry's gold tooth is knocked out, he doesn't even seem to be bleeding. Are Kevin's traps in the sequel overkill, or does he recognize they should ''not'' be able to shrug off such injuries as they do and ups the stakes to try and hold them off? There's also factoring in Kevin's justified outrage in knowing the two are trying to rob money that was specifically collected for the sake of giving sick and needy children a good Christmas. Alongside the fact that they already tried to murder him way earlier in the film and long before he'd devised any traps.

* {{Sequelitis}}: The first movie is widely considered a classic Christmas movie. ''Lost in New York'', while it has a very similar plot to the original, is still beloved. However, the third film got a lot of criticism for changing the setup too much. Creator/MacaulayCulkin's Kevin was replaced (he had retired from acting at the time), and the villains were changed from burglars to secret agents. Then, the two sequels after that were low quality {{TV Movie}}s, with fewer and less interesting traps and no actors from the previous movies appearing. The Creator/DisneyPlus movie ''Film/HomeSweetHomeAlone'' earned even more vitriol for questionable choices in characterization - the burglars were sympathetic {{Anti Villain}}s, the kid snobbish and borderline sadistic - that made the movie not only uninspired but mean-spirited.

* {{Sequelitis}}: While the third film was relatively decent, the fourth and, to an extent, fifth were just plain bad, and the sixth was held in worse regard. The second is an aversion, considered to be [[EvenBetterSequel just as good or even better]] than the original in spite of largely copying the first movie's plot note-for-note.

** The first two films were polarizing at best when they came out, but as time went on, people started looking at it more fondly, and the first film is now widely considered a holiday classic, with ''Home Alone 2'' also being well-regarded today.

* LoveToHate: Harry and Marv. Yes, they are bad guys, but they completely steal the show.

*** If [[https://www.reddit.com/r/saw/comments/uyynvg/feel_old_yet/ this Reddit post]] is anything to go by, some have taken the theory further (though likely in a joking manner) by comparing the faces of the other ''Home Alone'' protagonists with those of other Jigsaw killers/copycats.

* DracoInLeatherPants: While the traps that Kevin subjected Harry and Marv to may've been KarmicOverkill, some people tend to overlook the fact that the two of are guilty of burglary (Not just the [=McAllisters=] house but the other houses in the neighborhood) as well as the fact that they attempted to bite Kevin's fingers off at the end of the first movie and flat out [[MoralEventHorizon tried to kill him at the end of the second one.]]

** In the second film, Kevin is able to get onto a flight that wasn't his -- a feat that was already difficult at the beginning TheNineties, but nigh impossible by the end of the decade.

** The first two movies also have a sizable and loyal fanbase in Latin America, to the point that the translated title of the first movie, "Mi Pobre Angelito", became trending topic in several countries in 2015 after the release of Macaulay Culkin's viral video in which he reprised the role of Kevin. It became a Christmas tradition in the region, too.

** Some people have started to come around to ''Home Alone 3'' as well. While not as iconic as the first two, it has been admitted it at least tries something different with the formula, even if it's a bit outlandish, and give kudos to the villains really feeling like a threat at points. The only real shortcomings are that it feels so alien after two films with the same main cast and there aren't as many creative traps.

** In the second film, Kevin is able to get onto a flight that wasn't his -- a feat that was already difficult in TheNineties, but nigh impossible by the end of the decade.
** The second film's scene where Kevin escapes from the Plaza plays the "You’ve been smooching with everybody!" quote for laughs, but the GayPanic makes it very hard to imagine any film trying that these days. The employees are also forced out of the room when they mistake Johnny shooting a tommy gun for being real. Hector's precautions and warnings for the guests to remain in their rooms would be taken much more seriously today.

* DracoInLeatherPants: While the traps that Kevin subjected Harry and Marv to may've been KarmicOverkill, some people tend to overlook the fact that the two of are guilty of burglary (Not just the McCallister house but the other houses in the neighborhood) as well as the fact that they attempted to bite Kevin's fingers off at the end of the first movie and flat out [[MoralEventHorizon tried to kill him at the end of the second one.]]