I enjoyed this movie and have watched it several times. It has an interesting story line and holds the interest. I would call it a fairly mild family drama and crime drama, rather than a comedy, though it does have comic elements -- for instance:
Ted: How'd you get so smart?
Macauley: I don't know. It sure doesn't run in the family.
I like the way Glenne Headley, a rookie in the detective department, talks in that meek, mousey voice, and yet she's always right and she cracks the whole crime. And her partner demeans and disparages everything she says -- that seems true to life.
Hector Elizondo has a nice turn as the detectives' boss; he's not a martinet; he's a reasonable man and gives them leeway to explore their theories.
Somehow I couldn't quite believe Ted Danson as a career criminal. He doesn't seem mean and immoral enough. But he did a good job nevertheless. (Hated his pony tail!)
Great ending -- Macaulay, who has outsmarted the adults all the way along, does it one more time. I like the way he brings a moral element into the matter, refusing to condone theft.
I would call this a feel-good movie, with less over-the-top slapstick than the Home Alone series.
I like the way Glenne Headley, a rookie in the detective department, talks in that meek, mousey voice, and yet she's always right and she cracks the whole crime. And her partner demeans and disparages everything she says -- that seems true to life.
Hector Elizondo has a nice turn as the detectives' boss; he's not a martinet; he's a reasonable man and gives them leeway to explore their theories.
Somehow I couldn't quite believe Ted Danson as a career criminal. He doesn't seem mean and immoral enough. But he did a good job nevertheless. (Hated his pony tail!)
Great ending -- Macaulay, who has outsmarted the adults all the way along, does it one more time. I like the way he brings a moral element into the matter, refusing to condone theft.
I would call this a feel-good movie, with less over-the-top slapstick than the Home Alone series.