It might be customary for things to come in threes, but in this case I would have made an exception. Home Alone 3 (dir. Raja Gosnell) is the first in the series not to be directed by Chris Columbus or scored by John Williams, and their absence is sorely felt. None of the magic of the first two is really here. It's also debatable whether it's actually a holiday movie, since it's set well into January, but I didn't know that going in.
This movie does apparently have its fans, and there are admittedly a few parts I thought were fun, such as the RC car jousting with the mini-van and some parts of the obligatory booby trap sequences. It just all feels more repetitive and poorly paced than the original, and trying to hit all the same beats as the first two movies just makes it more tiresome.
4/10
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