If you're of legal age in the 90s, at some point in your childhood you slapped both hands on either side of your face in mock horror.
Sorry, these are just facts.
So popular was Macaulay Culkinthe fearless - and perhaps a little psychotic - portrayal of Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old from the Chicago suburbs whose parents weren't the best at keeping track of their oversized offspring, 30 years later Alone at home On November 16, 1990, his signature stroke is still immediately recognizable. (And reason enough to avoid aftershave at all costs.)
And that's not the only thing that keeps John hughes " instant classic, about an elementary school kid teaching two career criminals, largely incompetent, what happens when they don't take their villains out, yella, no-good keisters off his property, firmly at the top of holiday movie watchers' wishlists.
The box office sensation (he held # 1 for 12 weeks and grossed over $ 476 million worldwide) may lack realism (yes, Kevin's antics would have killed Joe pesci and Daniel stern burglars repeatedly) and relevance in today's ultra-connected times. But it's filled with one-liners that all millennials worth their highly nutritious microwaved macaroni and cheese dinner can still recite today. And the moments of bursting laughter are still as strong as a grown man having his face smashed with a spray paint.
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