US healthcare debate sick to the heart

By Julian Delasantellis

Whether the late John Hughes will go down as one of the greatest directors of all times in terms of artistic proficiency will be a matter of debate among movie critics; what won't be in question was his ability to spin the box office numbers to amazingly elevated heights. Most prominent among them was 1990's Home Alone, at the time the third highest, and number one comedy, grossing film of all time.

The story begins as an extended American family is marshalling in Chicago for a trip to Paris. The adults, Peter, (John Heard) and Kate (Catherine O'Hara) run through a checklist to make sure they have made all the preparations for the trip, dealing with the house's utilities, their luggage, and, especially, all their nieces, nephews and their own children. To their horror, at the airport they realize that they have forgotten just one thing, their youngest child, 8-year-old Kevin (Macauley Caulkin).