It's not a terrible Home Alone movie, but definitely the worst among the bunch. The plot is nowhere near as good as the previous three movies; in fact, the script for this movie is rubbish. This is probably a Home Alone movie which you can't really take seriously. Not much thought was given into Home Alone 4 it seems. However, I still think it's watchable since it can entertain you if you put your mind to it, and see it for what it is. Just don't expect it to be anywhere near as good as the other Home Alone movies because it's simply not!

This movie gets 1 star because that's the lowest you can give a film on IMDb. This is honestly the worst film I have ever seen in my whole life and possibly the worst film I will ever see. The acting is goddamn terrible no question about it, especially the lead child who plays Kevin. The character portrayals as a whole are completely disrespectful to John Hughes' original 2 films in the franchise. The films setting is terrible, the action and comedy is cheap, the plot is lazy. Most of the films made by the Disney Channel are at least 10 times better than this. This is one of the reasons that the Home Alone franchise is considered as a cash-grabbing trash hole.

This is quite possibly one of the worst sequels I've ever seen. For starters, it was a made-for-TV movie. Kevin is still somehow 8 years old, they don't live in the same house, none of the other family members from the first two films are mentioned, and Kevin's parents are randomly getting divorced. A bratty annoying technology obsessed kid named Mike Weinberg plays Kevin this time, and he's awful. There was no way in heck he could ever try and replace Macaulay Culkin. To make things worse, they cast squinty-eyed French Stewart to play Marv. Kevin's dad is now dating a spoiled rich girl named Natalie. Kevin wants his family back together, so he sneaks to Natalie's house and they just let him stay around for awhile and play with cool technical toys. Because Natalie is rich, she has to throw a party for some Prince from another country. While Natalie and Peter are out, Marv and his new wife, Vera show up at the house to rob it, so Kevin has to play 'Jigsaw' again and stop them. (The traps in this film are terrible, lame, and generic.) My only advice is avoid this 'sequel' like the plague. It makes Home Alone 3 look like a masterpiece. I definitely would not recommend HOME ALONE 4: TAKING BACK THE HOUSE!!!

Mockery of Home alone 1 and 2. They put the same characters of Home alone 1 and 2 into this one, but they hired different actors. The Kevin from Home alone 1 and 2 had yellow hair, but the new Kevin has brown hair and is shorter than the Kevin from 1 and 2. Plus, this Kevin is still 9 after Home alone 2! The acting was horrible. The idiotic thieve from the first two, Marv, is no longer with Harry. He's with some Lady, but the thing is, Marv is now smart even though he was dumb in the first two. Home alone 3 was alright, but this movie makes Home alone 3 look like the best movie ever. This takes place at Kevin's Dad's new girlfriends house, and the booby traps are lame. If you want to see how bad this movie is, don't buy or rent it, watch you-tube to see how bad it is instead of wasting your money. I wasted 1 dollar to rent this movie, so don't do the same.I give this a 0.5 out of 10