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Is Home Alone a Top 5 Christmas Movie? ft. Kylie Kelce | New Heights Film Club

38 min
Dec 19, 20255 months ago
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Summary

The Kelce brothers and Kylie Kelce discuss the 1990 Christmas classic 'Home Alone,' debating its ranking among holiday films and analyzing plot holes like the parents' failure to retrieve Kevin. They rate the film across multiple categories including acting, directing, and action sequences, ultimately scoring it 94.6/100.

Insights
  • Nostalgic 90s films benefit from period-specific storytelling that makes implausible plots (like lack of communication) feel authentic to their era rather than problematic
  • Child actors with mature conversational abilities and strong facial expressions can carry entire films and elevate comedic timing in ensemble casts
  • The opening chaos of family holiday gatherings resonates more with audiences than the main plot, suggesting character-driven moments matter more than narrative logic
  • Physical comedy and slapstick violence in family films works when framed as cartoonish rather than realistic, allowing audiences to enjoy consequences without moral discomfort
  • Rewatching films as parents creates cognitive dissonance—viewers notice plot failures they overlooked as children, particularly around parental responsibility and decision-making
Trends
Nostalgia-driven content consumption: audiences accept logical inconsistencies in older media due to period authenticity and childhood memoriesChild actor casting prioritizes conversational maturity and comedic timing over traditional child-like mannerismsFamily entertainment franchises benefit from ensemble casts with distinct comedic styles (straight man vs. physical comedian dynamics)Holiday content programming drives engagement during seasonal viewing periods with established classics outperforming newer releasesPodcast film clubs create engagement through collaborative rating systems and comparative analysis frameworksGenerational media criticism: parents consume children's content differently than their original audience, focusing on plot logic and parental behaviorSlapstick comedy remains effective across decades when executed with high production value and creative choreography
Topics
Christmas movie rankings and tier listsPlot holes in 1990s family filmsChild actor performance and castingNostalgia vs. logical consistency in rewatching mediaSlapstick comedy and physical humor in family entertainmentParental responsibility narratives in children's filmsHome security and burglary prevention in cinemaSibling dynamics in family comediesHoliday entertainment programmingFilm scoring and musical composition in Christmas moviesGenerational differences in media consumptionRube Goldberg mechanisms in filmEnsemble cast chemistry and comedic timing1990s technology limitations as plot devicesRewatching childhood media as adults
People
Macaulay Culkin
Lead actor playing Kevin McCallister; praised for facial expressions, comedic timing, and mature conversational abili...
Joe Pesci
Co-star playing burglar Harry; noted for witty comedic performance and electric screen presence throughout the film
Daniel Stern
Co-star playing burglar Marv; highlighted for exceptional screaming scenes and physical comedy performance
John Candy
Supporting cast member; mentioned as part of the film's strong ensemble cast
Patrick Bacon
Referenced as comparison for child actors with mature conversational abilities similar to Macaulay Culkin
Quotes
"The only way this would have made sense is if the plane crashed upon taking off so that they never knew and everyone just died."
Travis KelcePlot discussion
"I think it's going to stand true no matter what household it is. The older siblings always have fun with picking on the younger ones."
Jason KelceCharacter analysis
"I always thought I was Kevin. I never watched it and like saw myself as Kevin."
Travis KelcePersonal connection to film
"It's so 90s and it's delightful that way. It's like a landline. It's a great. Yeah, it's crazy."
Kylie KelcePeriod authenticity discussion
"Merry Christmas, you filthy animals."
Travis KelceEpisode closing
Full Transcript
The only way this would have made sense is if the plane crashed upon taking off so that they never knew and everyone just That would have made sense that he was left alone for a little bit. What the hell? There wouldn't have been his Christmassy. Welcome back to another edition of New Heights Film Club where you're all some Travis Kelsey. This is my brother Jason Kelsey. He's the smoothest guys you know. The guys have watched movies very, very closely. They do. They do. And then give you good. Subscribe on YouTube. Once you've plus where you get to podcasts and follow the show on all social media, add new Heights show with one S Jason. Why don't you tell the people what exactly we have for this episode coming up on this film club. We are joined by Kylie Kelsey to revisit this 1990 Christmas classic home alone. It's a good one. It's a good one. Let's check it out right now. Let's hear it. That's right. We're going to do a little Christmas new Heights film club edition and the the film that you guys chose for us to review is another than the Christmas classic. Oh, hello 1990. This move came out in 1990. It was a 1990. I was surprised by that too. Wow. Yeah. Holder at that night thought. I don't I feel like I saw it when it was a brand new, but I was only three years old. I thought I did. I think it no. I think home alone too was the one that we were like, yeah, what was that? You're looking it up. No, I'm not looking at anything home alone too. It was 92. So no, we still were pretty young. Yeah, either way, definitely thought it was like more mid to late 90s because we were kids when we first were watching it. But yeah, yeah, still a still a classic though. When did you see the movie? You weren't I wasn't you weren't even born. Yeah, look at me. So young. So yeah. I probably saw it. I saw it sometime in the 90s. I know that. Okay. I mean, that was it down. So before I was eight, it's a good one for the kids. Have the kids seen it? Yeah. The kids have seen it. Ellie calls it home alone. Very, very tell killer love that. Benny does not like the slipping she does not. She freaks her out. I think I said it. Yeah. I don't know why Ellie was asking me about the zip line the other day. I took a while to figure out what the hell she was talking about. And she was asking me whether or not you can zip line on the power line. She didn't say the word zip line. No, she didn't. She said on that rope. And then we had to get to, you know, the guy in whom alone does it. I'm like, I'm in any more context in that. She's like, you've seen the movie, mom. And I'm like, yeah, a couple times, but I still don't know what the hell you're talking about. Still making no sense. Yeah. So we got to the bottom of it. She meant zip line. I will say that when I was a kid, that was one of the like parts of the movie where I was like that. I want that for sure. You can zip line out of that. That's what I want. I'm not in the dark. I'm out of my window. I don't even need, they don't even need to see me downstairs. I can go right to my tree house. I want to tree house. I mean, I was just, yeah, I'll say this when that, when the first scene hits after like the like when that music starts cramp cramp. Yeah. Yeah. So he's on the classic one. It's so magical. It's just like it like lists me and I like start floating. Yeah. The score is fantastic. It's a very well made film. I'm glad it was the first Christmas movie I watched this year because it really did make me be like, oh, wow, it is. This is Christmas. It is Christmas. Christmas is happening. And we're here. We finally made it to December. And that is the magical season is upon us. Well, let's start recapping the movie. Let's do this. Okay. How does it hold up? Oh, it's still cracked. Very well. It's still incredible. There's a few things that are starting to get dated, but because it's an nostalgic movie that takes place in a time, it's a period specific film now. I guess so. Yeah. Teach us kids. Can't trust cops. Well, can't trust anyone. Cricket cops. Yeah. You can can't trust cops, but you can trust the creepy man across the street. What's the name of the shovel? Yeah. It just looks at you awkwardly. Yeah. Do you ever wish for your family to disappear for sure? Who are you talking about when you're growing up or right now? All the above. That's great. Maybe not wish for it, but definitely like thought of a life where it wasn't the reality. And then was like, all right, whatever. That's not ever going to happen. It's not even worth wishing. It's not even worth. I only get a few wishes. The ones that I really want to come true. Did you guys ever run away from home? No. I definitely did. Yeah, me too. I definitely ran away. I might have packed a bag, but I was such a rule follower. I was like, I can't run away. I think I like grabbed a bag of chips and threw it in a backpack and like a few toys and then fucking got down the street and just like hidden the bushes. I do think that there should be a trend on social media of what was packed in a kid's runaway bag and not grownups. You're recounting it. I'm talking about when a grownup gets a picture of a kid's runaway bag. I think that that would be because you know it's going to be. It's going to be three Legos, right? Juice box. A stuffy, a single juice box probably already drank and maybe a half a snack. Done. Yeah, you guys are ahead of me. I never, I'm even packing bag. I just want to fuck you guys. I walked out the door and I started walking. He ran away the same way he goes to Vegas. Just, I know where I'm going. I had everything I need. You know, I got to the stop sign and I said, I don't know where I'm going. And I don't know how to go. You know, friends house. He doesn't want to get there, Travis. It was not as good of that. Hey, listen, Jason. Yeah, everyone was terrified of Jason leaving because he never making a home. We would really have to search for him. I'll let you answer this trap. Who was the Kevin and who was the buzz in the Kelsey household? I think it's, I think it's going to stand true no matter what household it is. The older siblings versus the younger siblings. Because it's just, I mean, it is what it is. The older siblings always, you know, have fun with picking on the younger ones and the younger ones always wish that they were older and like had more responsibilities so they would stop getting treated like they were irresponsible. So you, you identify as Kevin. Yes, 100%. I always watch the movie thinking I was Kevin. I never watched it and I like saw myself as Kevin. I liked Kevin. I liked the movie, but I never was. Jay, I don't know that you're a planner like Kevin. The honestly, the Ruben Goldberg system that he implemented is the map, the, the entire map that he had that he was like, I mean, second off, it's a coordinate. He should be an off it's a boy who is fucking brilliant. I was like, Holy shit. I didn't know. I didn't even remember that from like the first like 30 times I watched the movie. I saw that map and I was like, whoa. Wow. This kid Kevin is going to be something. Dial. Yeah, exactly. Kevin's going somewhere. He's going somewhere for sure. Thank you, George Spotcher, American Express. There's nothing like going from a relaxing airport lounge to an even more relaxing hotel followed by dinner, a concert and then doing it all over again with the newly enhanced American Express Platinum Card up in your travel game and eating your pre-game meal. Just got a whole lot better. You unlock access to the largest global airport lounge network and global hotel program with the suite of benefits as compared to other credit card programs. 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And as they are getting ready, there is also a group of burglars. This is a very well off area who have decided to try and stake out a neighborhood to find out which families are leaving for the holidays and which homes might be good ones to rob. And when the family is getting ready to leave the night before power outage. So there are alarm clocks don't go off on time. The family has to rush out the door in the morning because they're running late to the airport. And in this rush, they forget one of their sons. They forget Kevin McAllister. He's in the attic up in the attic, asleep. They get to the airport. They think they got everybody. They take off for France and mom doesn't realize till she's halfway over the ocean that poor old Kevin is still in the mean streets of Chicago. Kevin wakes up. Where's my family? He has no idea. All of a sudden? Well, he wished for his family to never. Right. I didn't want to, I guess that is an important part. He did wish. So he at first he thinks that he actually wished them away. And Santa Claus said, granted him his Christmas wish. And then he realizes the predicament he's in and that he's a child and he can't fend for himself and he starts to panic and all of these things happen where he's fearful and whatnot. And I guess in order to say the plot, these burglars that have been casing out the neighborhood know that the McAllister are leaving. So they go back to this neighborhood to burglarize a bunch of different homes. They call themselves the wet bandits. And it's our thing. And the process of burglarizing these homes, Kevin notices one of the burglars who was in his house and perhaps the worst idea ever for a burglar to go expose your face to a bunch of people before you're out there home before you've done it. It just seems like a very bad. The wet bandits were too good. Hey, let's go rob all these homes. Hey, first let's go show up at their house and show our face. And then when they come back like, hey, the cops were coming around the neighborhood earlier this week. No, we weren't. We didn't know no cop was in that name on that night. Yeah, it's a cop of the gold tooth. Anyways, yeah. Anyways, Kevin notices this burglar and he realizes that he's in trouble. So instead of having a security system like you would expect a very wealthy family of the McAllister's 90s. 1990s. 1990s. Okay. He's still in security systems. 1000% they did. 1000%. But nice neighborhoods. Yeah. McAllister's they're all gone. Kevin's by himself. Wet bandits are coming in. Kevin has to try and figure out a way to deter them. He does a great job of utilizing light systems and all this typical things. But eventually the wet band has realized he's on his own. He knows that they know that he's on his own. So he's got to think smart. So he decides to set up a series of Roob Goldberg events throughout his entire house to inflict damage harm and slow these burglar down. He's not calling the cops what because the power line, the kind of phone lines don't work in this ridiculous made up scenario. Is that what's happening? Get. I don't think he ever thought to call the cops. I think he just like took it upon himself to defend himself. This whole fucking okay. So yeah, I want to get to the end of this so we can get to the absurdity of this plot. Anyways, in epic fashion, Kevin gets the better of the wet band. It's time and time again. Joe Pesci and god damn it. What's the other act you remember? It's not Randy Quay. What's the fuck? He's very good. Daniel Stern. Daniel Stern. One of the two names in the... Fuck. Harry and Marv. Harry and Marv, thank you. Marv is a Daniel Stern. Hey, Harry and Marv, they try to get into the McAllister's house. Kevin McAllister does a great job of setting up all these booby traps. They can't get in. They're trying to get in. Eventually they get in. Then they get up to the attic. Then he ziplines out of the attic. It's a whole thing. No point in robbing them. They're just trying to apparently get Kevin and kidnap him or something. They just say fuck this. His kid is ruining our day. We're about to get after this motherfucker. It all ends with the neighbor down the street saving the day. The wet band is being caught and Kevin being reunited with his family, safe and sound. Where do we want to start off with this? I want to start off with, we've kind of mentioned earlier that I always thought I was Kevin. Do you guys now watch that movie as if you're the parents? I don't think this is for yourself. This might be the most unremountable parents I've ever seen in a Christmas movie. It's blatantly... Listen, everybody goes to... You leave without one of your kids at some point. That's a very standard thing. You should not feel shame for that necessarily. Maybe you forget about it long enough to take off an airplane. Yeah, probably should feel some shame there. But who the fuck? I just don't understand how you can't call somebody to go get this fucking kid. There wasn't cell phones back then, Jason. Yeah, my knees are hurt. I'm not sure. The ridiculous premise that this one neighborhood is out of phone activity. You could call the cops. They have ways. They did. They call the cops. No, they... She did call the cops. She called the cops in that area. No, she called the cops in her neighborhood. Why are we calling... If they aren't helping, I'm calling other cops. I'm calling family members that are still there. They're holding... I'm calling friends. I'm calling family. That's when they went through in the plot of the movie. There is precisely zero percent chance that I am just waiting a couple days before I can fly back to Chicago to see what happens with Kevin. There was... She got back in there like a day and a half. I know there's no scenario where you wouldn't be able to get somebody... I was thinking... Anybody who got that call, anybody who got that call said, hey, I'm in the airport. I'm on an airplane going to France. I'm in France. I left my kid. Could you go do that? If it was like two hours away, I would drive to go get a kid out from being by them. Like this is just... It's the dumbest thing I've ever read. You only get so many calls at the airport, Jason. It's like jail. Everybody knows that. That's the nostalgia of the 90s though, is that there is like that... It sounds so easy to just pick up your cell phone right now and just call everyone in that area and find it. I'm not letting that happen. I am not letting you know. I am not letting you know. If it was that easy. If it was that easy. If it was that easy. It was that easy. Everybody had landlines and anybody in the 90s could have received a phone call. This isn't the fucking 30s where you had to go to an operator and do a... I had it. People knew people's numbers. Yeah. I could have called it Judy who would have drove 40 minutes across town. Jason, to every wall of their family went with them to France. I could have called Steve Bogus to come pick you up. I could have called a fucking like this. I would say this. The dad in this movie was very disinterested. That's the kid. It was like, my sweetie, you're going to try. I mean, it says there's no flights for another three days. I'm going to keep... It's so true. Fighting uphill. That. All right now, John. He's lost. Yeah. Give it up. He's done. It's over. You forgot. We got the whole other family to be... We can't ruin anyone. We can't ruin anyone. We can't ruin anyone. We can't ruin anyone. We can't ruin anyone. We can't ruin anyone. We can't ruin anyone. We can't ruin anyone. We can't ruin anyone. I was like, I was like, I'm not going to be a kid on a plane with like... A ticket. Like, what... You didn't eat like this. She just handed this entire pile of tickets to the flight attendant. I was like, yeah, this is all of us. She's like, all right, cool. Go on up. Good luck. Didn't even count the... How many tickets they had and how many people they had. Yeah. I was like, oh, nice. We were looking for you. It's not good. I do think they did their best to explain a way as much as they possibly could by saying that they were going to be home alone. No, by saying that all of their extended family, like every single person in their family was going on the show. But why are we acting like we don't have phone numbers to people that aren't immediately on our fan? This guy worked at some fucking business. Like, you got to call the coworker. Like, there's no way there's nobody. You actually didn't give a shit. Yeah, he really is like, yeah. That's that. He's like, are we going to cry songs? The only way this would have made sense is if the plane crashed upon taking off. Just so that they never knew and everyone just died. That would have made sense that he was left alone for a little bit. What the hell? There wouldn't have been his Christmassy. That's so messed up. All right. So, yep. Poor, poor banditying to go and show your face to the place you're about to rob before you go in there. Just have like somebody else that's not going to rob it. Just pay somebody else that's going there and scope it out. Yes, then you're adding another person to the knowledge you're doing it. But, I'm just waiting for everybody to leave. You got to split it. Yeah. I'm not a professional bandit. I just felt like that wasn't the wisest of choices. What was your favorite part of the movie? I like the opening the most, to be honest with you. I was like, chaos of the Christmas. And there's like so many family there. It feels very relatable, like running around, getting pissed off about really stupid things that only like siblings would be pissed off about. Like the one, like family member that what's the bad, there's this. They're not being an pizza. Yeah. It's just, and it also like the two-liter juggernaut and like the paper plate, all of it is just like very reminiscent of my childhood, I feel like other than the enormously expensive house. Yeah. And the big family. And the big family. But we already, we were around a lot of people around the holidays, even though it wasn't family, it was friends and we'd go to holiday parties. Yeah. The halls and their holiday party, their New Year's Eve party was always so much fun. That was great. Yeah. Shout-out to the halls. What was your favorite part? I just, I love the, I love the, mayhem, I love the mayhem of him planning how to fuck with him. Yeah. So good. So you're more about the planning than the actual execution? No, I think the execution, but I do just, you have to appreciate how much thought and effort went into it and the fact that it went off without a hitch. I mean, for things that happened precisely off of like a door opening. Like or distributed. Yes. Yes, very well illustrated. I like it. Very good. Traveled about you. I'm going to go with the scene where he steals the toothbrush and he runs away from the cops. He's an exciting scene. I think it was a very fun, yes, he flanked. And I think the funny part of that whole thing is that a scene right after that, he immediately feels terrible for stealing. And he, I'm pretty sure he goes to church. Well, I thought we go to the church to run away from the wet bandits. When he, by the way, very perceptive by Kevin in that moment to see Harry and realize that the cop that was in my house and that this is not an actual cop and to like start walking away and then he runs to the church. The sea. He goes into the church before that or after that. He's in the church twice, isn't he? Yeah. Into the church the night before, but then there is a scene where he runs to the church. I just thought it was so funny that he stole something and then like as he's walking home immediately tried to what he's immediately like, and I didn't steal this. I didn't have any other choice. Yeah. I do go to say I think it's probably I didn't want to run from the cops. I think it's, it's got to be the best cast. Christmas movie of all time. Could you think of anybody other than McColley Colcombeen Kevin? Like the facial expressions. Yeah, he crushes it. He just did such a great job. Like I don't know. Like the way he talks, he like feels more grown up than what his age is. But he still looks like a child and innocent, but he's got like this great driving humor. The only one that I know that talk to grownups at that age, like as if they were a grownup was Patrick Bacon. What was your concern at the exact same thing? We talked about the difference. He has literally had the same demeanor and like ability to have conversations with grown ups since we were like fucking three. He would like bargain with our our East Side Kickers coach on like how many laps like it was like a discussion like everybody like conditioning yet to do five laps. I don't know. What do you think about three? Three is good enough, right? I'm running. I mean, we're getting it done, right? We're going to be running during practice too, so it might as well, you know. That's an interesting skill to have. Shout out to the Bacon's. It's time to think our partner. Who's that? Reese's. Oh, Reese's however you like to call it. I'm pretty sure they would like us to say Reese's. So we're going to say Reese's and their perfect holiday companion, their Reese's trees. Oh, they are so good. Nothing says the holiday like Reese's perfect peanut butter stuff chocolate trees. They might be the best holiday candy ever. All right. It's up for debate. Every holiday tradition is better when you add Reese's trees holiday movies. Yeah. I mean, those go definitely better with Reese's trees ugly sweater parties. I mean, who doesn't like chocolate stains all over their ugly sweater? I do. Skipping the ugly sweater party to watch football in your sweats instead. I mean, that's a no brainer of course. Yes. I mean, you throw on that ugly sweater anyways. Yeah. So celebrate the season with peanut butter perfection and be sure to grab Reese's trees today. Jason, once you tell him where to get them from, what's found wherever candy is sold? Literally. You can find it everywhere. I think I called you Jason. Jason. Jason. Thank you to a partner, Juliet. All right. Now Jason, you've been retired for a full year. Let's talk pregame rituals. Do you miss them? Still have them. I kind of have one, I guess, for money and I count down like I kind of, I go do the production meeting. Then I kind of iron out what's happening in the rundown. Then I go to the makeup lady. Then I go to the hair and then I go on set. Just curious to see if you were putting that same game day energy into your new broadcasting routine. Well, first and foremost, it includes making sure that this beard is looking real nice, which is starting to show some of my grades again after dying yet. I'm getting those natural colors back. Thank you. Thanks so much. But yeah, I have some grooming individuals that make sure it's looking nice and tidy. If you were looking for a tool to help wrangle it in a little bit, look no further than Gillette Labs NFL license razor. Special edition razors have those long lasting Gillette Labs blades and the precision trimmer on the back. It's perfect for cleaning up this guy. Nice. I would say must have for NFL fans this season and clearly you too sold available now 12 teams, including the Eagles of Chiefs. Get it while you can at Gillette.com slash NFL Gillette the best of fan can get. But I think that the cast just because McColle and Colton, Joe Pesci and one is again Daniel Stern, Marvin Harry, Catherine or Harris, the mom. John Candy. Yeah, he's just the both of them. Yeah, leaving out the band is a. He was more investment in her own husband was fine. Yeah. Yeah. Who's better? Marv or Harry? When you brought up best scenes, my favorite scene is really any scene where Marv is screaming. He is. He's got an electric screen. He's fantastic. Like his. He has an electric screen. That's you for his head. John fire is one of the greatest like he's set off the baby monitor. Or I guess he gets electrocuted. Harry's the one that has the head on fire. When he's getting electrocuted and no like so good. He also steps on the ornaments. I do think that well, they both do right? Or is it just him? I think it's him because I think Harry's at the door handle. Oh, yeah. The burning door handle. Joe Pesci kills it to their both so good. There's good in different ways. So great. It's got a whole like Lenny and like of Mice and Menfield with like Marv being the dummy and Joe Pesci being the witty one, but he's really not that smart. Where are you guys ranking home alone as a Christmas movie? Well, we're doing PFF grades, right? But where does home alone rank? Wait, I just know why does no one want to ask who would who would nail this? Who would know what? It's go who would handle a home alone scenario the best out of all of us? Travis, not a question. Are you kidding me? I was fucking thrive. I've always thought Kevin McCallister was in Travis Keltz and Lenny. You don't even think I have a shot? I mean, it just... Wow. No. You would have been more planned out, for sure. My instincts would have been fantastic since it's like this. Guys, they fucked around. I really think I could help them find out. Nice. Nice. Nice. Well done. Yeah. Where's the ranking and everybody's rankings? I'll go top five. I can't rank like... That's all you got. I'll be like one, two, three, four. Exactly. And I actually, I think I'd like home alone two more. Really? I don't... I'm going to have to go back and watch home alone two now. I like home alone one definitely the most. Home alone two is good though. Next door has the great same cast. Yeah. I like the pigeon lady in home alone two. Yeah. She was great. Top hot. She's trying to think I like... Okay, which movies do I like more than home alone? Love actually. Christmas vacation. Christmas story. The Santa Claus. The Grinch. Oh, great one. I'm not putting the Santa Claus above, but I do like the Santa Claus. It's a good movie. I think I like home alone one that. You know which one I really like, which is a newer one, but I watch it every Christmas. That was Claus. You do look at that. Clothes from Netflix. Yeah. Great. Christmas movie. Kind of like a sucker for the claymation Rudolph. Oh. Oh, Jay. I think I like Elf better than home alone. It's not top five. I think it's just out of the top five for me. I'm going... I'm putting it in the top five with Grinch, but home alone two and Elf. I'll probably say those three are probably the only ones I'm taking over it. I think it's either top five. Maybe it's six, but I'm saying like the Santa Claus is up there, the original Grinch, not the original. I'm sorry, the Jim Carrey Grinch. Yeah. I mean, love actually. That's not a surprise to anyone. Don't say anything. Nobody was asking. Yeah. I'd say it's probably top five, but I think it's like the number five slot. All right. P.F. Grinch. Christmasness. I think this is high in Christmasness. It's all throughout the film. The whole reason this is happening is Christmas. It has... It also has like the soundtrack, the setting, all of it. Like it's just very Christmasy. Yeah. Ten. I don't know if it can get more Christmasy. Other than the Grinch. Yeah. I mean, it doesn't have like Santa Claus, I guess, or like the year it does. It has a reference to him. It does. I don't know. It literally has to go into the church. It's not as... It has like the Jesus, like what is it called in front of the church every church? It's not like the Grinch or Rudolph or Frosty. Like it's not like a story that is like a story that is like a story that is like a story that is like a story that is like a story that is... Directly associated with the concept of Christmas. Yeah, I'm trying to like think of it. It's not like 10 out of 10 to me, but it's definitely very Christmasy. All right. 100. I can't do that. I can do that. I can do that. I'm actually like 98. I'll go 98. You go 98. You go 100. You want to go 98? Boom. 98. Acting. Acting. I'll go 100 on this. So what? One piece of bad acting and all filming. Directing. Ooh. I'm going to go another 100. Wow. Just given hundreds away. Just given hundreds out. I think... I'm waiting for... Listen. You... You said yourself in this movie wasn't... Is that more plot? I'd like it. It's more plot. Yeah. That's more plot. I think that's more plot. He's going to have a lot of questions. He's going to take... It's going to take a hit on the plot. All right. Okay. If, yeah, 100 fine plot, where are we going? Plot, I will go. It's not a believable plot, but is it a fun plot? It's a fun plot. It's not believable. It's not based on a true story. So I guess it doesn't have to be that believable, but it does have some holes. So I'll go, I'll go 70. I'm gonna 65. 65. I was gonna say 80 or 85. I think the plot is so 90s. It's so 90s. I'm sorry. It's so 90s and it's delightful that way. What do you mean that it's delightful in that way that it's so 90s? It's making it so. It's like a landline. It's a great. Yeah, it's crazy. Like, yeah. That's like a small. I'm going. Travel to your number. Hmm. That's 80. 85, nice. Violence. Violence? What? Why? Because I know. You guys really enjoy violence that much. We just needed. We needed a pot. We needed a category of decent amount of violence. What is the other category? When it's usually not violence, what is it? We don't do Christmas action. What is it? Hacking, directing plot. All right. And it has. I mean, the violence is high. That's not violent. It's not violent. It's it's physical harm. Yeah, but it's not like on violent. It's like a jokey. It's like a three-star kiss. Yeah, but like, I mean, everybody knows the iron print on the forehead. How am I going to go? I mean, I just don't know. It's low on violence. High on violence for a Christmas movie, low on violence. This is going to ruin his piano ever great. It really is. What do we, I don't, yeah. Can we do a different category of violence? You should do. You should do. You should do. If you're leading towards like the action part of it, you should do more of like the finding out. Action? Yeah, like the action of it. Like when they, what the action, like the meat of it. It's a high action. It's him doing that right? Entertain me. Entertain me, miss. The action it is, is I give it a 90. Yeah, sounds good. Yeah, that feels good. There you go. Who's doing the math, Brennan? Yeah, the, did the math force. Yeah. Did they put it in an excelsion? To be somewhere and get a 90-minute. Great. It's a rounding here. It's a little bit bigger. Yeah, they definitely rounded that. Yeah. No chance. We got a 80, a 90. We're going to need to take more. Look at them. Yep, here we go. 94.6. That was one of my favorite radio stations going up. All right now. Well, that does it for our home alone, New Heights Holiday Film Club. Recap right there. Jason, you did a great job on recapping the movie, as always. Merry Christmas, you filthy animals. That was great. You guys go and have the creepiest Christmas ever. Oh, God. And that wraps up another episode of New Heights Film Club. Thank you, Duke Kylie, for joining us. Thank you so much. We know that that is a lot for you sometimes. 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