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Home Alone 3
1997 · Film · 102 min
Part of Home Alone Collection
Directed by Raja Gosnell
9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try to break into his house to get it back.
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No Home Alone 2 is kid is lost in New York and a forced cameo with Trump.
You are thinking of Home Alone 3 which is a cynical money grabbing shadow of the original two films.
Personally small soldiers is my favorite missile chip in toy genre movie.
One thing I've always appreciated about Ebert's reviews is that he [has explicitly stated that he] rates movies from the context of the intended audience[1], rather than from the context of an aloof movie critic.
I like that he takes that approach here as well. This is the first time I read his review and his experience echoed mine, when I saw it as a kid. I remember that the movie sucked and I remember the toy/movie marketing tour that accompanied it.
I miss the guy. He was never an elitist and always willing to surprise you and engage with you on his blog.
[1]: Check out his reviews for Speed 2 and Home Alone 3. He gave both movies, panned critically, three stars. It's hard to argue with the logic he so colorfully furnishes.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/home-alone-3-1997
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/speed-2-cruise-control-1997