Home Alone 25th Anniversary Collection Blu-ray Review

Reviewed by Kidzworld on Oct 13, 2015

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What can one kid do when hes been forgotten at Christmas and hes up against two bumbling crooks? Home Alone 25th Anniversary Collection comes to blu-ray.

The franchise begins as eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) has become the man of the house, overnight! Accidentally left behind when his family rushes off on a Christmas vacation, Kevin gets busy decorating the house for the holidays. But he's not decking the halls with tinsel and holly. Two bumbling burglars are trying to break in, and Kevin's rigging a bewildering battery of booby traps to welcome them!

Thieves Harry and MarvCourtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

Dust off that Talkboy and get ready to ring in the holiday season and celebrate the 25^th anniversary of the biggest live-action comedy of all time with HOME ALONE: ULTIMATE COLLECTOR’S EDITION now available on Blu-ray and DVD. This must have gift set features all five films packaged together for the first time in a collectible paint can full of limited edition movie memorabilia that will keep the whole family laughing including a McCallister Christmas ornament, Kevin’s battle plan for the Wet Bandits, his tarantula and a wanted poster of the thieves – Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) – and more. Additionally, a gift set featuring HOME ALONE and HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK will be available exclusively at Target and features both films on Blu-ray along with a warm and wearable reproduction of Kevin’s famous winter knit hat from the films.

Home Alone Clip "After Shave"

HOME ALONE: ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION

Home Alone – 4K Blu-ray™ Restoration, DVD and Digital HD^™
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York –Blu-ray^™, DVD and Digital HD^™
Home Alone 3 – DVD
Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House – DVD
Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist – DVD

Home Alone 25th Anniversary CollectionCourtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

The Bottom Line

Home Alone and it's sequels managed to playfully capture the imagination of audiences everywhere. What can one kid do when he's been forgotten and he's up against two bumbling crooks? A lot, if the Home Alone movies are anything to go by! It's great comedic series that makes us laugh while reminding us, not everything at Christmas is as fun and easy as it seems. Sometimes it's downright stressful, and it's not the worst thing if you get left out of it - you may even have your own adventure!

Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister Courtesy of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

The first thing that's bound to grab you about the 25th Anniversary release is it's cool and unusual packaging. All five films are together in a collectible paint can, along with tons of Home Alone memorabilia - like a McCallister family christmas ornament, a wanted poster for HA burglars, a tarantula and a battle plan for the Wet Bandits. That paint can is packed! The paint can isn't the best reason to get the Anniversary collection, the biggest reason to take it home is having all five adventures together, in crisp blu-ray. If you really need to pass the time this holiday season, this collection will keep the whole family occupied.