Rating summary
| Movie |  | 3.5 |
| Video |  | 4.0 |
| Audio | | 4.0 |
| Extras |  | 3.0 |
| Overall | | 4.0 |
Home Alone 4K Blu-ray Movie Review
Reviewed by Martin Liebman September 16, 2020
Disney and Best Buy have collaborated on a store exclusive SteelBook release for Chris Columbus' 1990 family film 'Home Alone.' The disc and
digital content is identical to that found in the wide release. See the 'Special Features and Extras' section of the review below
for more on the SteelBook's look and feel.
For a full film review, please click
here.
Home Alone 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality
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Home Alone 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality
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Home Alone 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras
The SteelBook is smooth and a bit glossy. The darker areas (the green on the back in particular) will show some handling fingerprints. The front panel is
primarily comprised of a slightly worn white background with a hodgepodge of elements scattered around. The film's title, debossed and in red with the
yellow house
in the middle, is center. It's accompanied by black "From John Hughes" text above, which is not debossed. Other elements include Kevin, presumably,
on the left. His face is nowhere to be found, but the left arm is holding a hairdryer with a cord dangling down and reaching to the bottom. A bag strap is
wrapped around his torso, and the bag is slightly visible at the very bottom. The character is wearing a red sweater and gray pants. A spider is dangling
from a line in the top right quadrant. At the very top right is a splotch of dripping red paint. A paint bucket holding red paint, with some drops on the
ground around it, appears bottom right. The rear panel is green with some wear points all around, particularly at the corners. Inside is the
hand drawn, crayon crafted battle plan/map Kevin creates in the movie, showing the locations of all the traps he's set. The spine is a red color with the
film's title,
center, in familiar script in white, again with the yellow house in the middle. An UltraHD logo has been placed at the top and while a 20th Century Fox
logo can be found at
the bottom.
Inside, the digital copy code is tucked underneath the left-hand-side tabs. The two discs, one UHD and one Blu-ray, are situated on the right in
staggered-stacked formation. The inner print is a two-panel spread that features a trio of bland basic publicity stills -- Pesci's Harry and Stern's Marv on
the left and Culkin's Kevin on the right (making the "painful aftershave" gesture) -- showing the characters in front of a basic white backdrop. Green
paint borders the full spread with some drips here and there, including one that completely hides the seam separating Harry and Marv on the left.
For full coverage of the on-disc supplemental content, please click here.
Home Alone 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation
Home Alone's SteelBook is not overly busy but it's not particularly focused, either. The front is a small smorgasbord of odds and ends that
don't exactly scream Home Alone, the back
displays a map (OK), and the inside is just a few generic portraits (perhaps one of those exterior shots of the McCallister home could have proven a
little
more
interesting, maybe a scene from Angels with Filthy Souls, or a shot of the family running through the airport). At least the UHD looks terrific.
Highly Recommended.
