Another 80s movie I've somehow never watched until now. As far as John Candy's body of work goes, this is one of the films he's still better remembered for. This is also a John Hughes film. Since I'm a fan of both men, I had to go ahead and finally watch it, hoping I would be pleasantly surprised. Perhaps the "breakout star" of the film is Macaulay Culkin as 6-year-old Miles. Of the three kids, 15-year-old Tia (Jean Louisa Kelly) receives most of the story's focus, but I love the "Dragnet" sequence when Miles is asking Buck (Candy) questions about his life (with Miles record for number of consecutive questions asked being 38). In a way, this movie is "Home Alone"-lite, as the parents need to leave home quickly for the wife's dad's death. Tell me why, though, in all these various movies about parents going away (this one, Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter Is Dead, etc.), once they leave the house to do whatever, they never contac...
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