BELOW AVERAGE

This one makes the third film look pretty good. It’s a TV movie that takes us back to Kevin, with a new kid replacing Mac Culkin, who once again runs into Marv the burglar (French Stewart) who has set his sights on a fancy house where Kevin’s dad’s new girlfriend lives.

Not for a minute is young Mike Weinberg allowed to behave like something other than a Hollywood brat; not once is Stewart as funny as Daniel Stern. The story is much too long, drowning in sugar.

2002-U.S. 90 min. Color. Directed by Rod Daniel. Cast: French Stewart (Marv), Mike Weinberg (Kevin McCallister), Barbara Babcock (Molly), Erick Avari, Jason Beghe, Joanna Going. 

Trivia: Alternative title: Home Alone: Taking Back the House. Originally aired as part of the anthology series The Wonderful World of Disney. Daniel Stern was asked to return as Marv, but declined. Followed by another TV movie, Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012).