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Mac and Me (1988)

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Reviews Counted: 8

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Average Rating: 1.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 41 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Family film about a cute, charming alien who's stranded on Earth, but becomes friends with a boy confined to a wheelchair. The two enjoy adventures with each other (including a song-and-dance... Family film about a cute, charming alien who's stranded on Earth, but becomes friends with a boy confined to a wheelchair. The two enjoy adventures with each other (including a song-and-dance number at McDonald's!), but eventually the being from another planet is reunited with his parents. [More]

Starring: Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, Jade Calegory, Katrina Caspary

Starring: Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, Jade Calegory, Katrina Caspary

Director: Stewart Raffill

Director: Stewart Raffill

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Emanuel Levy
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Watching it's made me a little stupider, buying it would have also dropped me a few social classes.

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05/30/05
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

Then there's Mac himself, a puppet which couldn't possibly look more like a puppet (a bad, shoddy puppet at that).

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04/14/05
David Nusair
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E.T. rip-off and commercial placement-packed kid movie

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Marjorie Baumgarten
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A product placement for McDonald's. Hook them kids in quick, and they'll be eating junk for life.

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Alex Sandell
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Quite possibly one of the worst movies of the past 435 years.

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