But the part we always forget is that the robber was the “cop” that had come to the house the night before the trip.
So this kid was like the cops are so corrupt I have to deal with this on my own.
That's a really good point I never thought of.
Is it realistic that he didn't have any other friends / trusted adults in the community?
As a movie though the suspension of disbelief is pretty good. Phone lines are down, neighbors are on vacation too, ...
The McAllister's are rich as hell. All their friends are too. The whole neighborhood went on vacation except that one old guy.
Didn’t even think of that. You’re right.
and that's what we should all learn from him
Didn’t the storm knock the phone lines out? That’s why Moira didn’t call the house and called the cops to try and get them to do a wellness check.
Yes.
This movie is nearly bulletproof. John Hughes thought of every plausible hole and plugged it. He was a genius.
Kevin also didn’t want his parents to get in trouble so he didn’t call the cops
"One call and he would've been safe"
By calling the cops? Lol, good joke.
CSP would be all over this. He'd be in foster care before his family got back.
"Safe"
*CPS
Kevin is a shop lifter after he panics with the tooth brush. Since he learned never to trust cops, he assumes he'd get thrown in jail like the hardened criminal he is... And then there's the cop who's trying to break into his house. Yeah, can't blame him for not making that call.
Yeah, the first movie pretty clearly lays out why he didn’t want to call the cops. Also, IIRC, the snow storm knocked out the phone lines. His parents mention that they can’t get ahold of him because the lines are down. So he couldn’t have called them even if he tried.
The second movie though? He was a predator stalking his prey. He wasn’t just a victim of a break-in. He actively lured them to his twisted funhouse, and didn’t call the cops until the very end when he wanted them to get caught red-handed.
The McAllisters are the family he gets sent to live with after the good son.
He learned what he was good at... And what he enjoyed.
Nah, it's because he knows one fundamental truth: ACAB. Especially the sleezy one with the gold tooth.
While 911 as an emergency number in the US began in 1968, it wasn't universal until 1999. Home Alone came out in 1990. It was completely normal in my youth (earlier, yes, but still) to just not know what the number to call the police was.
that guys middle name? Macaulay Culkin.
Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin is his name.
also, don't call the cops unless you have literally no other options.
HA1 was in Chicago. CPD is half as corrupt as NYPD
HA2 was in New York. NYPD is half as corrupt as LAPD.
LAPD is corruption incarnate.
Kevin had no other choice. besides he was staying in a hotel with a human trafficker and pedophile, things were already dangerous enough as it was.
Prepping for the Good Son movie role
America, Police, Safe. Hmmm.
Kevin was smart enough to know you don't call the police.
one call [to the police] and he would have been safe
just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's fantasy
Well, he is a white kid in an affluent neighborhood (whole huge family affording vacation, large house), so he probably would have been treated better.
And also he couldn't have called anyone, the phone line was out.
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