
Chris Parnell as Uncle Stu Mercer, another uncle of Max, the brother of Mike and Blake.
Pete Holmes as Uncle Blake Mercer, the uncle of Max and the brother of Mike and Stu. Ally Maki as Mei, Hunter's wife and Jeff's sister-in-law. Tim Simons as Hunter McKenzie, Jeff's obnoxious and more successful brother. Kenan Thompson as Gavin Washington, a real estate agent. Andrew Daly as Mike Mercer, Carol's husband and Max's father. Aisling Bea as Carol Mercer, the mother of Max. Ellie Kemper as Pam McKenzie, Jeff's wife. Rob Delaney as Jeff McKenzie, an out-of-work man who plans to obtain an expensive doll from the Mercers' home. Archie Yates as Max Mercer, a boy who is left behind at home by his family. One year later, the Mercers and McKenzies have Christmas dinner together with Jeff having gotten a new job and willingly gives Max the soda he craved the year prior. Having moved into their house only two months ago, Carol finds friends in the McKenzies and thanks them for taking care of Max. They clear up the misunderstanding, but learn that Max is also home alone and agree to let him stay with them until his mother returns.Īs they explain the whole situation to their family, it turns out that Ollie stole the doll and managed to safely retrieve it, thus ensuring that the McKenzies will stay. Jeff and Pam are subjected to Max's traps, during which they discover that Max did not steal the doll, but instead stole a can of soda. Max responds by setting up traps in his house while Jeff and Pam wait for their family to fall asleep on Christmas Eve. Max overhears them once again plotting with Jeff agreeing to arrive dressed as Santa in an effort to fool him. Jeff and Pam sneak around the back of the house, but end up in the neighbor's backyard instead. They resolve to break into the house once again while the rest of their family is still at church. Jeff and Pam spot Max talking with an elder afterwards and assume that she is his grandmother. Max arrives and unknowingly converses with Jeff and Pam's son Chris who sympathetically gives him his water gun. The McKenzies head to church the next day where they run into their realtor Gavin Washington who tells them that they have a buyer, but they need to decide by the end of the year which puts extensive pressure on them. Max realizes that if Officer McCallister found out he was home alone, his parents might get arrested.Ĭarol discovers that Max has been left home alone and buys a ticket to head back. Officer Buzz McCallister arrives, but Pam manages to divert him. He attempts to scare them away by calling the police. Max overhears them talking about getting an "ugly little boy" and assumes that they are talking about kidnapping and selling him. Meanwhile, Jeff and Pam arrive at the Mercer house and get inside.
Meanwhile, Max discovers that the whole family has left and takes advantage of it by having fun, though he quickly grows bored and yearns to see them all again. He tells Pam about it and they agree to go and get the doll back at night.
#Home sweet home the movie code
During the commotion, he overhears the security code and sees where the house key is hidden. Believing that Max stole it, he manages to locate the Mercer household the next day only to find the whole family hastily leaving. Max, annoyed with the fuss, decides to hide in the garage-parked car and falls asleep.Ĭoncerned about losing their home, Jeff goes to retrieve the doll only to discover that it is missing. As Max and Carol return home, the whole family is preparing to leave for Tokyo, Japan for the holidays, with Carol leaving earlier than the rest of the family. Carol explains to Jeff that dolls with unusual deformities are rare and worth a lot of money. Max has a brief exchange with Jeff, during which the latter reveals a box of old dolls, including a malformed one with an upside down face.
To make matters worse, Jeff's obnoxious and more successful brother Hunter, his wife, Mei, and their son Ollie have decided to stay with them for Christmas.ĭuring an open house, Max Mercer and his mother Carol stop by to use the restroom. Jeff had lost his job and Pam's salary is not enough to keep their home. Jeff and Pam McKenzie are trying to sell their house, but have not told their children, Abby and Chris.