Home Alone 3

There's a new kid on the block.

1997 • 102 min • Comedy · Family

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Synopsis

9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try to break into his house to get it back.

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A 9-year-old boy, home sick with chicken pox, accidentally comes into possession of a top-secret computer chip. He must then use his wits and an array of booby traps to defend his home from a quartet of international spies determined to retrieve it.

Violence & peril: 4/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 0/10
Romance & sensuality: 0/10
Scary moments: 3/10

Heads up

Slapstick violence with pratfalls and cartoonish injuries
Minor peril from spies trying to enter the home
Some crude humor and potty jokes

What it models well

Bravery and resourcefulness
Protecting your home
Quick thinking under pressure

Talk about it after

How to react to strangers
The dangers of home invasion
Consequences of pranks

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Top billed cast

Director: Raja Gosnell • Crew: John Hughes

Trailers & clips

Home Alone 3 (1997) Trailer

Reviewer notes

Recommended
Good watch, probably won't watch again, but can recommend. This kid definitely isn't Macaulay Culkin, but Alex D. Linz was able to carry this movie, and he did it again in "Max Keeble's Big Move". I'll be honest I re-watched this because "Hot Ones" mentioned Scarlett Johansson was in it, and I couldn't remember that. She has a bit role, but even back then (possibly unrefined, the role didn't have a lot to w...
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