We re-watched this holiday classic. How did we miss the suicide joke?!
Home Alone hit theaters in 1990, when we — Erin and Leonora — were just five years old. It starred Macaulay Culkin as the "Ahhh!"-faced Kevin McCallister, an eight-year-old boy who's left alone on Christmas when his parents (Catherine O'Hara and John Heard) and extended family forget him at home when they head to Paris for the holidays... Whoops!
Since it's Christmas time, and we were feeling nostalgic before our company holiday party, we decided to re-watch the film. It's really quite violent.
Leo: As a child, I had a fear of being left alone places. It never occurred to me that it could be because of Home Alone, but now... I think... maybe? I always like to blame Hollywood whenever possible. What do you remember?
Erin: I remember all of the food scenes. Like, I was a fat kid, so every time a pizza was ordered, and that scene where he eats all of the ice cream... those were really important to me.
Leo: Awww, you were a fat kid?!
Erin: Yeah.
Leo: Like... how fat?
Erin: I was fat enough that my pediatrician had to have to have a diabetes talk with me. So, ya know, pretty fat!
Leo: On that note... Home Alone time.
