The first trailer for Home Sweet Home Alone has dropped, giving a look into the modern reboot of the classic Christmas franchise. While showing off the new cast of characters, there are a number of references and nods to previous movies, such as Buzz McCallister appearing as a police officer. One scene in the trailer, however, bizarrely references the 1983 gangster crime-drama Scarface.
Around thirty seconds into the trailer, the franchise's new child star, Max, is left home alone. Much like the original Home Alone star, Kevin McCallister, Max takes his life alone in stride and makes the most of having no rules. In a brief scene, Max sits at a table with a mountain of candy in the middle. Wearing a black suit with a buttoned-down shirt, Max plants his face into the candy mountain for a feast. Strangely enough, everything shown in this scene is a clear reference to a well-known Scarface moment.
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Being rather different from Home Alone, Scarface is frequently considered to be one of the best gangster movies out there. The movie stars Al Pacino as Tony Montana, an ex-convict in Miami taking over a drug cartel and becoming a drug lord. Toward the end of the movie, when Tony is at his lowest point, he sits at his office desk with a mountain of cocaine in front of him. Wearing a black suit and white buttoned-down shirt, Tony buries his face in the cocaine and snorts it.
The scene seen in Home Sweet Home Alone is almost a shot for shot recreation. It's a bizarre reference for a Disney+ children's movie and even more bizarre that it made it into the trailer. It's a nod only adults will understand, and even then, a lot of young adults who grew up with Home Alone in the '90s might not get the reference.
To Home Sweet Home Alone's credit, however, it's not completely abnormal for more adult references to be made in a Home Alone movie. In the first movie, Kevin enjoys his time alone watching more mature movies, including a cassette tape called Angels with Filthy Souls. While this movie and scene were created just for Home Alone, it parodies a classic black and white gangster movie, ending with a man being shot to death and the classic line, "Keep the change, you filthy animal." So perhaps the latest Scarface reference is more a nod to the new film's Home Alone roots.
Whichever way it's taken, it's clear that Home Sweet Home Alone wants to keep older audiences who grew up with the original in mind while still being very much aimed at children. Only time will tell if the movie earns a place among the Home Alone classics, as the official trailer currently sits with a vast amount of dislikes on YouTube.
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