Demoted from prototype to copycat, the classic comic strip comes to the screen in the dust of Problem Child and (thanks to a robber on the prowl) Home Alone. The small-town setting, however, apart from the automobiles, seems to belong to an earlier day: no skateboard? no Nintendo? Director Nick Castle reveals a well-developed sense of humor in his camera placements; and Walter Matthau, as the beleaguered Mr. Wilson, ably demonstrates the art of the slow burn. Written and co-produced by John Hughes; with Mason Gamble, Lea Thompson, Joan Plowright, Christopher Lloyd. (1993) — Duncan Shepherd
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