Houdini's Magic Movie Ticket

What a great sequel. It kept all the same quality stuff from the first movie, with a few key changes.

Kevin is older, wiser, and more self-assured. He seems to be a con-man in the making, except that his heart is mostly pure. It was great to see him overtly triumphant in the eyes of his family this time.

I liked how when Kevin's parents slept in at the very beginning, they did what he did in the first movie, which is to stand in front of the camera, look right at it, and scream! That was funny.

Daniel Stern is hilarious. I noticed him add in a dance move when he was "supposed" to be slipping on slime. And I caught him singing/screaming warm-up notes when he was jolted with electricity. My favorite part of this movie that involves him is when he turns into a skeleton for a few seconds while getting zapped. That made me laugh!

In "Home Alone," Kevin saved his house, and helped an old man. In "Home Alone 2," Kevin saved a toy store, helped a children's hospital, helped an old man (the toy store owner), and helped an old woman (the pigeon lady). He's unstoppable!

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