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Home Alone: The Holiday Heist

2012 · 90 min · Director: Peter Hewitt ★ IMDb 3.5 · 15,320 ratings

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10-year-old Finn is terrified to learn his family is relocating from sunny California to Maine in the scariest house he has ever seen! Convinced that his new house is haunted, Finn sets up a series of elaborate traps to catch the “ghost” in action. Left home alone with his sister while their parents are stranded across town, Finn’s traps catch a new target – a group of thieves who have targeted Finn’s house.

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Emotional fingerprint

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist (2012) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 35%, Excitement 25%, Fear 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

35%Humor
20%Fear
  1. Humor35%
  2. Fear20%
  3. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Excitement, Fear. Genres: Comedy, Family, TV Movie. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Excitement and Fear. Its IMDb rating of 3.5/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 55/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Humor
  • Tension
  • Joy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Relief

Dominant emotion: Joy

Humor
Tension
Joy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then dips around 28 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityHumorTensionJoy
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor43 %42 %13 %25 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor45 %40 %22 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Tension47 %35 %34 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor44 %35 %36 %9 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor41 %37 %31 %10 %
27.5 %≈ 25′Humor41 %35 %30 %11 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Humor45 %38 %27 %16 %
37.5 %≈ 34′Humor51 %47 %25 %25 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Humor52 %48 %32 %22 %
47.5 %≈ 43′Tension51 %39 %42 %14 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Tension49 %30 %45 %13 %
57.5 %≈ 52′Tension48 %29 %44 %12 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Humor50 %39 %42 %12 %
67.5 %≈ 61′Humor55 %49 %42 %14 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Tension59 %46 %51 %11 %
77.5 %≈ 70′Tension63 %46 %59 %8 %
82.5 %≈ 74′Tension67 %46 %63 %10 %
87.5 %≈ 79′Tension69 %40 %58 %24 %
92.5 %≈ 83′Relief67 %42 %37 %46 %
97.5 %≈ 88′Joy65 %47 %20 %57 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

CM
Christian Martyn

Jodelle Ferland

Alexis Baxter

Debi Mazar

Jessica

ES
Eddie Steeples

ES
Eddie Steeples

Mr. Hughes

DM
Doug Murray

DM
Doug Murray

Curtis Baxter

EH
Ellie Harvie

EH
Ellie Harvie

Catherine Baxter

PD
Peter DaCunha

Mason

BT
Bill Turnbull

BT
Bill Turnbull

Simon

AO
Adriana O'Neil

Gabby Marano

GT
Gordon Tanner

Police Captain

BT
Bryan Terrell Clark

SWAT Commander

CS
Chris Sigurdson

Clerk

PI
Pamela Iveta

Policewoman

ST
Sandy Taronno

Choir

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Karin Ens

Choir

DP
Darcie Pankratz Meighen

Choir

RH
Rebecca Harder

Choir

VP
Vic Pankratz

Choir

Details

Directed by
Peter Hewitt
Written by
Wade McIntyre, Aaron Ginsburg
Type
Movies
Released
2012
Runtime
90 min
Country
Canada
Ratings
★ IMDb 3.5 · 15,320 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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