Mac and Me (1988)
Average Rating: 2.7/10
Reviews Counted: 21
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 21
Mac and Me is duly infamous: not only is it a pale imitation of E.T., it's also a thinly-veiled feature length commercial for McDonalds and Coca-Cola.
Average Rating: 3.2/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 6
Mac and Me is duly infamous: not only is it a pale imitation of E.T., it's also a thinly-veiled feature length commercial for McDonalds and Coca-Cola.
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Movie Info
A wheelchair-bound boy helps to reunite an earthbound alien with its extraterrestrial family in this shameless rip-off of Steven Spielberg's E.T.. Separated from his parents shortly after arriving on planet Earth, a Mysterious Alien Creature (MAC) quickly strikes up a friendship with lonely Eric Cruise (former Easter Seals spokesman Jade Calegory). New to town and in need of a pal after losing his father, Eric discovers just how amazing the universe can be when mischievous MAC takes him on the
Jan 1, 1988 Wide
Apr 12, 2005
MGM Home Entertainment
Cast
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Jade Calegory
Eric Cruise -
Christine Ebersole
Janet Cruise -
Jonathan Ward
Michael Cruise -
Tina Caspary
Courtney -
Lauren Stanley
Debbie -
Gary Brockette
Doctor -
Danny Cooksey
Jack Jr. -
Andrew Divoff
Policeman -
Barbara Allyne Benne...
Scientist -
Buckley Norris
Highway Man -
Jack Ong
Technician -
Ivan Jorge Rado
Zimmerman -
J. Jay Saunders
Judge -
Jack David Walker
Mars Father -
Laura Waterbury
Linda -
Martin West
Wickett -
George 'Buck' Flower
Security Guard -
Richard Bravo
Mover -
Richard Wright
Elrod -
Sterling Swanson
Police Captain -
Vinnie Torrente
Mitford -
Sherri Stone Butler
Checkout Girl -
Sheila Chambers
Girl in Car -
Joseph Chapman
Doctor -
Alyce Coleman
Girl in Car -
John Curtin
Control Room Chief -
James C. Duke
Sears Store Manager -
Jack Eiseman
Splatter Car Driver -
Tom Fuccello
Mr. Ryan -
Ernie Fuentes
Store Manager -
Michael Geary
Technician -
Heather Green
Mars Sister -
J.D. Hall
Mover -
Roger Hampton
Water & Power Man -
Dixon Harding
Kid -
Christopher Law
Air Force Major -
Mayah McCoy
Dancing Double for M... -
Ronald McDonald
Himself -
Elena Moure
Mars Mother -
Lowell Sexton
Counter Man -
Sean Simmons
Sheriff's Deputy -
Bud Ekins
Gardner -
Ray Forchion
Police Officer #1 -
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All Critics (21) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (21) | DVD (2)
It's an amazingly bald-faced copy of E. T. even though this is E. T. in a sticky wrapper, left under the heater two hours too long.
Everything about MAC and Me -- not least the fact that it's fairly well-made and involving -- smacks of crass calculation. The filmmakers even have the gall, in the movie's parting shot, to announce a sequel.
Mac and Me is a 99-minute commercial occasionally interrupted by a not-so-good children`s movie.
Give the kids a break; take them to something else.
Top CriticIf you made a film about a homesick extraterrestrial befriended by a little boy, would you dare to have the creature look like E. T.'s cousin?
So why is it so hard to like this film? Having seen it done so much better by Spielberg doesn't help, of course.
A mercenary display of product placement and a bad advertisment for filmmaking.
Possibly aware that they have something less than a classic on their hands, the makers of MAC and Me have cut their losses by making the film into a kind of cinematic billboard: all space is for sale.
Mac and Me simply is an uninspired, fast-food version of E.T., The Extraterrestrial.
So-bad-it's-good "E.T." rip-off; lots of product placement.
In addition to its lack of originality, Mac and Me is also blatantly commercial, selling everything from candy to soft drinks to fast-food restaurants.
Watching it's made me a little stupider, buying it would have also dropped me a few social classes.
Then there's Mac himself, a puppet which couldn't possibly look more like a puppet (a bad, shoddy puppet at that).
E.T. rip-off and commercial placement-packed kid movie
This shameless E.T. knockoff features a wrinkly alien and a kid in a wheelchair.
A product placement for McDonald's. Hook them kids in quick, and they'll be eating junk for life.
Quite possibly one of the worst movies of the past 435 years.
I'm not sure I've ever seen a movie that is as crass a 90-minute commercial as Mac and Me.
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