Home Alone 4K Blu-ray Movie

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4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Disney / Buena Vista | 1990 | 103 min | Rated PG | Sep 15, 2020

Home Alone 4K (Blu-ray Movie)

Price

Movie rating

7.9
 / 10

Blu-ray rating

Users0.0 of 50.0
Reviewer4.0 of 54.0
Overall4.0 of 54.0

Overview

Home Alone 4K (1990)

Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. But when a pair of bungling burglars set their sights on Kevin’s house, the plucky kid stands ready to defend his territory. By planting booby traps galore, adorably mischievous Kevin stands his ground as his frantic mother attempts to race home before Christmas Day.

Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Roberts Blossom
Director: Chris Columbus

Family100%
Comedy85%
Holiday44%

Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: HEVC / H.265
    Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
    Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
    Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

  • Audio

    English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
    French: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Japanese: DTS-HD HR 5.1

  • Subtitles

    English SDH, French, Japanese, Spanish

  • Discs

    Blu-ray Disc
    Two-disc set (2 BDs)
    Digital copy
    4K Ultra HD

  • Playback

    Region free 

Review

Rating summary

Movie3.5 of 53.5
Video4.0 of 54.0
Audio4.0 of 54.0
Extras3.0 of 53.0
Overall4.0 of 54.0

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  4.0 of 5

For a full UHD video review, please click here.


Home Alone 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  4.0 of 5

For a full UHD audio review, please click here.


Home Alone 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  3.0 of 5

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.

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Home Alone 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  4.0 of 5

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.