In 2018, after nearly thirty years, our favorite character moved back into the huge McCallister house.
This time he is not outsmarting the burglars alone, but has also received a useful assistant in the form of Google Assistant. Google, taking advantage of the film's popularity, invited Macaulay Culkin to once again be his „childhood self” for a commercial and reenact the legendary scenes – only now in a smart home!
The 38-year-old actor is once again left alone during Christmas time – but this is already communicated to him by the Google product on December 20. The Google Assistantt however, helps our hero in everything. It keeps track of and reminds him of daily tasks, prepares the shopping list, and even communicates with the pizza delivery person with the legendary response:
Google Assistant: the useful assistant
Our protagonist can even control the apartment's temperature with voice commands: he just has to say, “Google, turn down the heating by 2 degrees!” At the end of the commercial, he even scares off the burglars again with one of the legendary „Kevin operations.” With the help of Google Assistant, the front door closes, the lights turn on, and the smart vacuum cleaner even sets the mannequin in motion, once again convincing the evil bandits that the house is not empty after all.
The commercial brilliantly presents everything that a gadget equipped with artificial intelligence and advanced voice technology is capable of. Who wouldn't be happy (especially during Christmas) with a virtual assistant that helps with every step if needed? We can adjust the room temperature with a single sentence, and we don't even have to leave our comfortable couch. We just start the sentence with a polite ”Hey Google!" greeting, and we can complete our tasks effortlessly.
Interestingly, for a limited time, the film's legendary quotes were actually available in the Home Assistant system:
- In response to the question “How much do I owe you?” the answer was “Keep the change, you filthy animal!”
- In response to the question “Did I forget something?” the scream “KEVINNNNNNNNNN!” played.
- After the phrase “I'm the man of the house” was spoken, there was an opportunity to relive Kevin's post-shaving scene.
Overall, we can talk about an extremely creative, entertaining, and informative commercial: thanks to Google in 2018, we could once again experience the Christmas atmosphere of Home Alone, plus we received a practical gift idea. One thing is for sure, we won't forget this commercial anytime soon, just like the movie!
