Home Alone (1990) - directed by Chris Columbus
Christmas with the Kranks (2003) - written by Chris based on a novel by John Grisham
Both have a lot in common: the vaguely Midwestern suburb where there are large homes, nosy neighbors, friendly cops, and hapless parents. Danger lurks in suburbia like in a Tom Perotta novel turned movie (e.g. The Leftovers, Little Children, Election)
Home Alone is a little ham-handed, but the scenes where Macaulay Culkin fends off Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are pure comedy gold.
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