Oh no, someone left Kevin McCallister home alone once again! But wait, that’s not all too alarming, given that actor Macaulay Culkin is now 38 years old.

In Google’s homage to and update of 1990’s Home Alone, Culkin is still enjoying his solo time—but now without the lingering dread of being accidentally ditched by parents. He’s also no longer traumatized by aftershave, though jumping on the bed is still fun (except for the resulting laundry and back pain).

“Home Alone Again With Google Voice,” created with Richmond-based agency Arts and Letters Creative Co., is sure to be a hit with fans of the original, thanks to its loving and detailed callbacks to the film and its sequel, which are delightfully integrated with Google Assistant devices like the Home Mini, Home Hub and Pixel smartphone.

In addition to the ad’s visual references, there are also some fun Easter eggs related to the ad that have been dropped into Google Assistant devices. So if you own one, trying hitting it with one of these questions or comments:

• Hey Google, how much do I owe you?

• Hey Google, did I forget something?

• Hey Google, the Wet Bandits are here.

• Hey Google, it’s me Snakes. I got the stuff.

• Hey Google, I’m the man of the house.

As you can imagine, the answer to the first one involves keeping the change, ya filthy animal. (Sadly, none of these gets your Google Home to say, “Get down on your knees and tell me you love me,” but maybe we can hope for an ad sequel that reboots the film sequel.)

The Google video is obviously reminiscent of the 2012 Honda CR-V Super Bowl ad from RPA that saw Matthew Broderick revisiting his Ferris Bueller antics, though Broderick was playing himself as a middle-age actor, while Culkin is still in character.

But there’s certainly still more room for this retro reboot approach to ads. Maybe next year, Bruce Willis climbs back into the ducts for a Die Hard ad for WeWork?

CREDITS:

Client: Google

Client Team

Director of Brand Growth, Google Assistant: Flavia Simon

Product Marketing Manager, Google Assistant: Therese Wong

Associate Product Marketing Manager, Google Assistant: Stefanie Pinsley

Social Marketing Manager, Google Social Lab: Jessica Breslin

Arts & Letters Creative Co.

Founder / Executive Creative Director: Charles Hodges

Director of Strategy: Andy Grayson

Director of Production: Letitia Jacobs

Managing Director: Rich Weinstein

Creative: NJ Placentra

Creative: Chris Stephens

Creative: Joey Ianno

Creative: Jonathan Hirsch

Business Director: Allison Oxenreiter

Business Manager: Danielle Young

Producer: Christina Cairo

Assistant Producer: Mel Calabro

Business Affairs: Karen Murillo, Lenora Cushing

Production Co: Arts & Sciences

Director: Mike Warzin

DP: Sean Porter

Managing Partner, Ep: Marc Marrie

Partner, Managing Director: Mal Ward

Head of Production: Christa Skotland

Line Producer: Alex Waite

Production Designer: Clement Price-Thomas

Still Photography Photographer: Adam Hoff

Digital Tech: Jason Robinette

Producer: Maria Bianco, Bianco Artists

BTS Producer: Cake Films BTS Camera Operator: Selene Richholt

Shot in New York

Editorial Company: Arcade Edit

Editor: Jeff Ferruzzo

Editor: Ali Mao

Asst. Editor: Jeff Lopus

Executive Producer: Sila Soyer

Producer: Fanny Cruz

VFX Production: The Mill

Executive Producer: Christina Thompson

Producer: Lauren Orban

Production Coordinator: Roberto Herrera, Kevin Liu

VFX Creative: The Mill

Chief Creative Officer: Angus Kneale

Shoot Supervisor: Kyle Cody

2-D Lead Artist: Kyle Cody

2-D Artists: Andrew Emmerson, Heather Kennedy Eck, Molly Intersimone, Dhruv Shankar, Terner Thompson

Matte Painting: Roger Kupelian

Color: CO3 NY

Colorist: Tom Poole

Color Producer: Alex Lubrano

Color Assist: Jenny Montgomery

Audio Mix: Heard City

Audio Mixer: Elizabeth McClanahan

Producer: Andi Lewis

EP: Sasha Awn

Managing Director: Gloria Pitagorsky

Tracks: “White Christmas”-The Drifters /”Rockin Around the Christmas Tree” -Brenda Lee/ “Home Alone Original Score” -John Williams

Motion Design – UI: Mixtape Club

Executive Producer: John Holt

UI Animation Lead: Avi Jacobs

Talent: Macaulay Culkin