Plot
Alex Pruitt, a young boy of nine living in Chicago, fend off thieves who seek a top-secret chip in his toy car to support a North Korean terrorist organization's next deed.
Release Year: 1997
Rating: 3.8/10 (30,207 voted)
Director:
Raja Gosnell
Stars: Alex D. Linz, Olek Krupa, Rya Kihlstedt
Storyline Four high-tech industrial spies, Beaupre, Alice, Jernigan and Unger, steal a top-secret microchip, and, to fool customs, hide it in a remote-control toy car. Through a baggage mix-up at the airport, grumpy old Mrs.Hess gets the toy and gives it to her neighbor, 8-year-old Alex. Spies want to get the toy back before their clients get angry and decide to burglarize every house at Alex's street to find the chip. But Alex is prepared for their visit...
Cast: Alex D. Linz
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Alex Pruitt
Olek Krupa
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Petr Beaupre
Rya Kihlstedt
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Alice Ribbons
Lenny von Dohlen
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Burton Jernigan
David Thornton
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Earl Unger
Haviland Morris
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Karen Pruitt
Kevin Kilner
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Jack Pruitt
Marian Seldes
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Mrs. Hess
Seth Smith
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Stan Pruitt
Scarlett Johansson
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Molly Pruitt
Christopher Curry
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Agent Stuckey
Baxter Harris
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Police Captain
James Saito
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Chinese Mob Boss
Kevin Gudahl
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Techie
Richard Hamilton
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Cab Driver
Filming Locations: 3026 Normandy Pl., Evanston, Illinois, USA
Opening Weekend: $5,085,482
(USA)
(14 December 1997)
(2147 Screens)
Gross: $79,082,515
(Worldwide)
Technical Specs
Runtime:
Did You Know?
Trivia:
The first major role for Scarlett Johansson.
Goofs:
Continuity:
When Alex is running to Mrs. Hess's garage, the toy car is under his right arm. When he enters her garage, it is under his left arm.
Quotes: Karen Pruitt:
You get in that bed, young man. Alex:
Excuse me, but I saw a man in Karen Stephen's bedroom, a little older than Dad, and he was wearing butt inspection gloves. Karen Pruitt:
I have warned you about that telescope. You look through it long enough, you're gonna start seeing things, whether or not they're there. Alex:
Well, I guess you have to be 35 before anyone around here listens to you. Karen Pruitt:
Don't get smart with me, Alex. Sick or not, I am very angry with you. You caused a lot of trouble today. Dad and I have to replace a door at the Stephens'. Do you think we're happy about that?
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User Review
This movie is not so bad
Rating:
Everybody says this movie sucks...i don't think that at
all.
We can't have kevin forever...he's gotta grow up at some
point.
That's why it was good to go with a new family that would keep the spirit of
home alone alive...remember it's for the kids.
plus the bad guys were more advanced then marv & harry (not saying that i
didn't like marv & harry) but these guys had high-tec equitment that was
pretty cool. This movie was new,fresh,well acted & had good direction.
(RAJA GOSNEL)
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