Home Alone
NZ release: 16 May 1991
Violence Rated on: 16 May 1991
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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