Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
9-year-old Alex Pruitt is home alone with the chicken pox. Turns out, due to a mix-up among nefarious spies, Alex was given a toy car concealing a top-secret microchip. Now Alex must fend off the spies as they try to break into his house to get it back.
Home Alone 3 is a largely derivative entry that recycles the core premise of the original franchise — precocious child alone at home, setting booby traps for bumbling intruders — without the charm, chemistry, or comedic timing that made the originals work. The spy-chip MacGuffin feels contrived and adds little freshness. Acting is serviceable but unremarkable with no standout performances, the cinematography is flat and functional, and the ending resolves predictably. Novelty is low given how closely it mirrors its predecessors without meaningfully distinguishing itself. Across the board it lands solidly below average.