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HOME ALONE. First you have to get past the preposterous premise and spurious sentiment. Then you can enjoy the comic spectacle of an eight-year-old (Macaulay Culkin) fighting off a pair of inept burglars (Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern) with the kind of sadistic inventiveness that used to enliven old Bugs Bunny cartoons. The final 20 minutes revive the almost lost art of fall-down- funny physical comedy...
...movie family is the McCallisters, preparing to leave for a Christmas reunion in Paris. Their youngest son Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) is sent to bed without supper for spilling milk on the passports. "I don't want to see you ever again for the rest of my whole life," he sulkily informs his mother. When he wakes up the next morning, he has got his wish: the family has vanished. In the confusion of a rushed departure for the airport, a sleeping Kevin has been forgotten, and his absence is not noticed until the rest of the clan is halfway over...
...wide-eyed belief of Culkin, 10, in the script's improbabilities is what makes them believable to the audience. A Manhattan native, he has been acting since he was four and has been around actors -- his own family -- all his life. His father Christopher has appeared in off-Broadway plays; his aunt is Bonnie Bedelia, who played Harrison Ford's wife in Presumed Innocent; and three of his five siblings are actors (the other two are too young). Culkin's biggest previous role was as John Candy's nephew in 1989's Uncle Buck...
FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON (79): Culkin 2-8 0-0 4; Clark 0-3 0-0 0; Ricketts 2-9 0-0 4; Griffin 5-11 2-4 12; Schules 3-10 3-4 9; Loughney 0-0 0-0 0; Conroy 1-7 0-0 2; Bernert 6-12 0-0 15; Shabazz 2-9 1-7 5; Steele...
Three-pointers: Bernert 3, Steele 2; Maher 4, Kosh, Wambach. Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Fairleigh Dickinson 36 (Ricketts 9); Harvard 48 (Flandermeyer, Mazanec 9). Assists: Fairleigh Dickinson 9 (Culkin); Harvard 19 (Kosh 7). Steals: Fairleigh Dickinson 13 (Griffin 4); Harvard 5 (Kosh, Harris 2). Blocks: Fairleigh Dickinson 2 (Ricketts); Harvard 2 (Wambach, Flandermeyer). Total Fouls: Fairleigh Dickinson 14; Harvard 13. Turnovers: Fairleigh Dickinson 18; Harvard...