Macaulay Culkin’s Sons Make First Public Appearance
If you come of age in the ’90s, at some point in your childhood you slapped both hands to either side of your face in mock horror.
Sorry, those are just facts.
Who can forget Macaulay Culkin’s portrayal of the intrepid and perhaps a touch psychotic Kevin McCallister from Home Alone, released on Nov. 16, 1990? His signature move is still instantly recognizable after 30 years. And who could forget the iconic aftershave moment?
But Home Alone’s appeal goes beyond its iconic moments. John Hughes’ instant classic, about an elementary school kid teaching two largely incompetent career criminals a lesson, remains at the top of holiday movie watcher’s wish lists.
The 1990 box office sensation continues to be a holiday tradition for many because of its timeless humor and laugh-out-loud moments. Catherine O’Hara is also amazed by the enduring popularity of the movie, which is now considered a treasured part of the Christmas movie canon.
To think that a movie has become a tradition for other people and their families?” O’Hara told E! News. “That’s great.”
Let’s celebrate the holiday classic that you’re probably watching right now by diving deep into all its private stuff. If you need us, we’ll be eating junk food and watching rubbish until the end of 2023.
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1. John Hughes’ creation was born from his own parental anxiety. In an oral history compiled for Chicago Magazine in 2015, his son, James Hughes, revealed the legendary filmmaker jotted the idea down in a notebook on Aug. 8, 1989 just ahead of the family’s first trip to Europe. “Two weeks later, after returning home,” James wrote, “he revisited the premise: What if one of the kids had been accidentally left behind?”
