Home Alone 2: Lost in New York The Rewatchables
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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York

Picking Nits

Concert laughter; escape and geography; pigeon-lady story; pristine city; TV gunfire; unsecured store

In the discussion (9)
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  • The concert crowd laughing is reiterated; the inept burglars escaping a prison riot and reaching New York in a fish truck seems unlikely.
  • The airport’s immediate picturesque skyline view is questioned without identifying the exact airport.
  • The pigeon lady’s social isolation seems more substantial than her stated fear of heartbreak.
  • Nighttime New York and the empty renovation site look implausibly clean, safe and deserted.
  • A small hotel television should not convincingly simulate machine-gun fire, unlike the first film’s added firecrackers.
  • The toy store lacks a guard, cameras or an alarm despite cash on site; an incapacitated watchman would have improved the sequence.
  • Kevin’s supply of traps and tools is questioned, with the renovation crew’s Christmas break offered as the explanation.
  • Kevin descending a high rope without safety equipment demands implausible athletic ability for this child.
  • Giving the woman who saved him only an ornament seems inadequate compared with inviting her for food, a shower and Christmas company; Planes, Trains and Automobiles provides a more generous contrast.