Home Alone 4

The fourth installment in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Mike Weinberg, French Stewart, Missi Pyle, Jason Beghe, Erick Avari, Barbara Babcock, Joanna Going, and Clare Carey.

[3] Peter McCallister, finalizing a divorce from his soon to be ex-wife Kate, announces to their children, Buzz, Megan, and Kevin that he and his wealthy girlfriend, Natalie Kalban, are hosting the visit of a royal family at her mansion, and invites them to spend Christmas there.

As the mansion is prepared for a party for the royal family's arrival, Peter and Natalie leave to pick them up, while Kevin notices Marv and Vera disguised as caterers.

He traps Mr. Prescott in the freezer, overhears Marv and Vera's plan to kidnap the prince for ransom, and forces them out of a 2nd story window.

Angered, Peter sends Kevin to his room, refusing to believe his story and accusing him of trying to sabotage his relationship with Natalie, who threatens to evict him if he misbehaves again.

After several failed attempts to call Kate back, Kevin escapes via the house's dumbwaiter and temporarily traps Marv underneath it.

Meanwhile Kate, Buzz, and Megan also drive to the mansion due to the suspicious nature of the calls made by both Peter and Molly about Kevin’s whereabouts.

Realizing that their relationship was built on infatuation rather than love and was affecting his responsibilities as a husband and father, Peter breaks up with Natalie, and reconciles with Kate and their children.

[7] Joly Herman of Common Sense Media also rated the film one out of five stars and wrote, "recycled gags with none of the original's charm".

Culkin was amused by the film's subpar quality and lack of continuity from the previous movies but was ultimately unimpressed and destroyed a VHS copy of it at the end of the episode.