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what made this movie so dang popular?

posted a year ago by Iceberg88 (111)
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#1 for 12 weeks

finally lost to sleeping with the enemy

[–] Lord Rake (3840) a year ago

The real question is who the hell went to see Sleeping with the Enemy one time and why.

[–] DancingintheDark (1274) a year ago

Touché.

[–] Hans-Wilhelm (1320) 5 months ago

I did. I liked it.
That is when Roberts was super popular after Pretty Woman.

[–] Lord Rake (3840) 5 months ago

That's no excuse.

[–] Patman111196 (1246) 4 months ago

You can also blame the filmmakers for making it correlate with Roberts' image compared to the novel it was based on, which surely only helped even more. Like Home Alone, quite a few probably paid to see SWTE again.

[–] Kowalski (59462) a year ago

FAMILY APPEAL...HOLIDAY APPEAL...SOLID FILM...POWERHOUSE CHILD ACTOR PERFORMANCE...JOHN HUGHES...PESCI & STERN...THIS FILM HAD/HAS EVERYTHING GOING FOR IT.

[–] DancingintheDark (1274) a year ago

It was a sweet, charming, funny, relatable film that had a heart and was centered around the holidays, but more than anything it had a shining star in Macaulay Culkin who people just couldn’t get enough of.

[–] blue1981 (6510) 6 months ago

It was a Christmas comedy with a lot slapstick humor and a cute kid as it's selling point as the lead.

[–] Paperboy (127) 5 months ago

The theme with a kid setting up all these home made traps to stop a couple of burglars must've felt quite new and funny when it came out ..And it's a well made movie overall with a pleasant message that still holds up thirty years later.

[–] rateater (9290) 5 months ago

culkin, pesci, christmas

[–] csweetleaf2 (3538) 5 months ago

The booby traps which was very creative along with it being a Christmas movie.

[–] TommyJarvis82 (2482) 12 days ago

Plus, Culkin's charisma and the concept of being accidentally left at home.

[–] liscarkat (16625) 5 months ago

Beats me. I saw it once and was not moved. No interest in ever seeing it again, or any sequels. I never got on the Culkin hype train.