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An Iron to the Face Would Break Your Skull, and Other Home Alone Medical Opinions

HOME ALONE - Pers: STERN, DANIEL / CULKIN, MACAULAY - Year: 1990 - Dir: COLUMBUS, CHRIS
HOME ALONE - Pers: STERN, DANIEL / CULKIN, MACAULAY - Year: 1990 - Dir: COLUMBUS, CHRIS Photo: 20th Century Fox

For no other reason than that it’s Christmas, and Home Alone is now considered a Christmas classic, The Week asked a real doctor to diagnose the various injuries sustained by Marv and Harry at the hands of Kevin McAllister. His findings are both informative and delightful. An iron would probably break your skull, it turns out, and a burning doorknob should probably cost Harry his hand. There is also this sentence: “Kevin has moved from ‘defending his house’ into sheer malice, in my opinion.†Read it all here.

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