A movie that surely needs no introduction, Home Alone 2 (dir. Chris Columbus) is the first of several 90s Christmas films... hey wait, haven't we been here before?
Produced about a year after the original, this sequel inherits a lot more than just its cast and production crew from the first, repeating many parts of the first movie's story beat for beat. It just about earns them, as they're played as wink-at-the-camera callbacks to the last movie; it isn't really pretending to do anything original.
The thing about imitating perfection is that you still land on "pretty good". Columbus and John Williams are geniuses at what they do, and the cast remains perfect, this time with the edition of Tim Curry, who is always a delight.
Nothing to complain about here. Gee, I sure hope some other sequels don't drive this IP into the ground one day...
7/10
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