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Criticisms

• Joe Pesci is not in this movie. Daniel Stern was originally supposed to reprise his role as Marv; however, he turned down the role because he felt that it was "too insulting." Instead the character was played by French Stewart. His partner is not Harry, but his wife Vera. However, Marv mentions his former partner Harry (Joe Pesci) once or twice during the movie. Marv also seems more intelligent in this movie

• Fans ^{[citation needed]} of the series were outraged by the fact that the boy playing Kevin McCallister looked nothing like the original. This also led many to think he was Alex Pruitt, the main character of Home Alone 3.

• The character Marv confused fans due to the fact that he looked more like Harry from the original first two Home Alone movies.

• Fans ^{[citation needed]} were also upset of the fact that two of Kevin's siblings, Linnie and Jeff, were not present in this film for some unknown reason. In addition, Uncle Frank, Aunt Leslie, Heather, Tracy, Rod, Sondra, and Fuller are not mentioned or shown. However, the original script included all of them. Gerry Bamman, the original Uncle Frank, was offered a chance to reprise his role as the grouchy, hateful uncle, but he turned the part down. Due to a limited budget and shooting schedule, the producers eliminated the characters and chose not to include Kevin's cousins, as it would be pointless to include them without Uncle Frank.

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Alone_4#Criticisms