Home Alone

NZ release: 16 May 1991

Violence Rated on: 16 May 1991

Home Alone

What’s it about?

A young troublemaker is mistakenly left home alone on Christmas Eve. Things take a sudden turn when he must defend his home against a pair of troublesome burglars.

The facts

  • Directed by Chris Columbus (Harry Potter Series, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief)
  • English language
  • Runtime: 103 minutes
  • Starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Kieran Culkin, and Daniel Stern

Why did it get this rating?

This film was cross-rated by the Film and Video Labelling Body. You can find out more about cross-rating here.

Violence

Characters are injured by dangerous traps throughout the film. For example, characters fall over, are severely burned, shot by a BB gun, a spider jumping on their face and a nail to the foot. Although most of this sound violent, the violence is mainly presented as comedic making it less impactful.

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