“Feel Old Yet?”: Viral Then-And-Now Home Alone Video Gives Millennials An ‘Existential Crisis’

A new video of the beloved holiday classic Home Alone, posted on December 22, garnered more than 37 million views and went viral for depicting how its cast members have aged. After more than three decades, fans found it surreal to see just how much the cast had grown and changed.  

While the clip was created using AI technology, that did not stop Millennials from having a brief existential crisis on social media. One fan felt the cast was “aging like fine wine,” while another commented, “Well, none of us get younger…that’s for sure.”

A Home Alone video comparing the cast’s then-and-now looks went viral

Young boy from Home Alone movie with a shocked expression holding his face, symbolizing viral millennials existential crisis.

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During the Christmas season, fans had wondered how the Home Alone cast, which includes Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, and Catherine O’Hara, would look in 2025, and the video satiated their curiosity. Culkin, who played Kevin, was actually ten when the movie was released. 

Two men sitting on a couch side by side, depicting then and now with Home Alone theme showing aging transition.

Image credits: Just reviving history

In the video shared by Just Reviving History, an Instagram page dedicated to posting AI videos of celebrities at different ages, the 45-year-old actor appears alongside his younger self. Fans were in disbelief that Culkin, who is the father of two children, is the same person who portrayed the iconic eight-year-old character.

Two men sitting on a couch showing then and now ages with one wearing a flaming hat, illustrating a Home Alone viral video.

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“It would be fun to see a second-generation Home Alone with Culkin playing Dad this time,” a fan suggested. 

Similarly, other cast members are also depicted in the video, such as Pesci (82) and Stern (64), who famously played the thieves who targeted the McCallister family’s home.

Fans were also touched by John Heard’s appearance, who was depicted with wings as a reminder of his passing in 2017, at the age of 71.

Man with shocked expression during a chaotic scene in Home Alone, highlighting viral then-and-now moments for millennials.

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Beyond the surprising comparisons, one thing sent the fans’ “existential crisis” into overdrive: learning that Catherine O’Hara was only 36 years old when she appeared as Kevin’s mother. 

“She was 36!?” one viewer asked, suggesting her dress/style made O’Hara appear older than her actual age. “I’m 36, and I’m going to be 37 in 5 days,” they added.

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Millennials admitted to feeling old after watching the viral Home Alone video

Two women sitting on a couch in a then-and-now Home Alone video showing age progression from 36 to 71 years old.

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Most Millennials shared similar sentiments, admitting they suddenly felt old after watching the clip. One fan said, “Me unfortunately doing the math in my head and instantly aging myself as well lol.”

A second viewer commented, “The first Home Alone came out 35 years ago… Feel old yet??”

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“The ladies haven’t aged!” another fan added. 

Some fans were pleasantly surprised to find actress Brenda Fricker, who played the Pigeon Lady in the 1992 sequel, included in the video, but were confused by a supposed miscalculation, noting the difference between her then-and-now age was only 33 years.

Two women sitting on a couch in a then-and-now Home Alone video showing aging from 47 to 80 for millennials.

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One person asked, “The math on the pigeon lady doesn’t add up.”

On the other hand, the other cast members had aged 35 years since the first installment was released. However, Fricker appeared in the sequel and was 47 when it was released, proving the calculation was correct.

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The video came 5 days after an anatomy professor revealed the truth about the Home Alone robbers’ injuries

Two men sitting on a couch representing then and now in a viral Home Alone video causing millennials an existential crisis.

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Earlier this month, Adam Taylor, an anatomy professor at Lancaster University, shared an analysis of the injuries suffered by the robbers, Marv and Harry, in the 1992 sequel. He claimed most of the traps Kevin constructs in the movie “involve levels of force that would be catastrophic in real life.”

Scene from Home Alone movie showing a woman and young boy holding hands in a warmly lit home setting.

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Taylor explained that a gag featuring the robbers getting hit with a cement bag would generate a force of approximately 1,000 newtons, which would ‘exceed thresholds for a catastrophic neck injury.’

Two men seated side by side showing then-and-now Home Alone ages 44 and 71 with angel wings on older man.

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Such an accident would also pose a high risk of brain herniation. He concluded that surviving such extreme injuries made Marv and Harry “walking medical impossibilities.”

Two elderly men seated on a couch, one labeled then age 66, the other deceased age 87 with angel wings, Home Alone theme.

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Fans were also treated to an alternate ending of the original movie after it was parodied in a sketch on Saturday Night Live during its December 20 episode. However, some viewers were stunned by its graphic and dark twist.

Fans were also treated to an alternate ending of the original movie after it was parodied in a sketch on Saturday Night Live during its December 20 episode. However, some viewers were stunned by its graphic and dark twist.

Side-by-side then and now Home Alone comparison showing a boy at age 10 and a man at age 45 on a couch.

Image credits: Just reviving history

Fans were also treated to an alternate ending of the original movie after it was parodied in a sketch on Saturday Night Live during its December 20 episode. However, some viewers were stunned by its graphic and dark twist.

In a recent interview with Postmedia‘s Mark Daniell, Culkin was asked which of the two thieves “got it worse.” He jokingly responded Uh, yes. I think the answer to that is yes.” 

Culkin also addressed the mystery surrounding the profession of Kevin’s parents, revealing his theory that the father was likely a “corporate lawyer” and the mother possibly was an “interior decorator,” explaining why the family could afford such a luxurious house in the first installment.

“If that don’t make you feel old…” Home Alone fans were baffled by the viral AI video

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