33 Years Later, A Home Alone Plot Hole Still Infuriates Fans

Home Alone is a Christmastime staple, but fans are still noticing new plot holes more than three decades after its release.

The 1990 festive favorite tells the story of eight-year-old Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), who is accidentally left behind when his family jets off to France for the holidays. While home alone, the seemingly empty McCallister residence is targeted by two (pretty hopeless) burglars, and Kevin does his utmost to wreak havoc on their devious plans.

On Reddit, one user recently drew attention to a Home Alone scene toward the end of the movie in which Kevin sits down to enjoy a dinner of macaroni and cheese.

However, thief Harry (played by Joe Pesci) enters the dining room minutes later, and the Mac and Cheese plate has been replaced with what appears to be a TV dinner.

“That prop master never worked in Hollywood again,” one fan joked of the continuity error, while another added: “Somebody got fired for that blunder.”

“I don’t know how people ever notice this inconsequential stuff,” one Redditor commented, prompting another to chime in: “I basically notice a new mistake every time I watch the film.”

More Home Alone Mistakes

This isn’t the only blink-and-you-missed-it Home Alone error to have caught fans’ attention on Reddit.

As another eagle-eyed fan pointed out, one of the thieves severely burns their hands on a doorknob when trying to break into the McCallister home — but the injury miraculously disappears when he chases Kevin upstairs later in the film.

Meanwhile, fans previously pointed out another Home Alone mishap that occurs when Kevin orders a pizza.

Earlier in the film, the phone lines in the McCallister home are down when Kevin’s worried parents, played by Catherine O’Hara and the late John Heard, attempt to call their son.

However, the phone appears to be working just five minutes later when Kevin uses it to order a pizza delivery.

Despite the Home Alone plot holes and continuity errors, the film remains a Christmas go-to for many.

“Yearly reminder that you can try to poke holes in the movie Home Alone but it’s a perfectly constructed plot,” one fan recently joked on X (formerly Twitter). “Any plot hole you think you’ve discovered is, in fact, explained in the movie.”