MAC and Me (1988)
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Critic Consensus: 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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Cast
as Eric Cruise
as Janet Cruise
as Courtney
as Debbie
as Michael Cruise
as Mitford
as Wickett
as Zimmerman
as Jack Jr.
as Linda
as Splatter Car Driver
as Scientist
as Checkout Girl
as Control Room Chief
as Sears Store Manager
as Gardner
as Security Guard
as Mr. Ryan
as Store Manager
as Mars Sister
as Water & Power Man
as Kid
as Air Force Major
as Mars Mother
as Highway Man
as Judge
as Counter Man
as Sheriff's Deputy
as Police Captain
as Mars Father
as Elrod
as Himself
as Dancing Double for Mac
as Zimmerman
as Mover #1
as Mover #2
as Doctor #2
as Doctor
as Girl #2 in Car
as Girl #1 in Car
as Policeman #2
as Police Officer #1
as Technician #3
as Technician #2
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Critic Reviews for MAC and Me
All Critics (23) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (23)
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.
If 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.
Audience Reviews for MAC and Me
"Mac and Me," although it is pretty much an exact rip-off of E.T, is now one of my biggest guilty pleasures of all time. It is so terribly scripted and acted that you almost feel like you are constantly being slapped in the face, but due to that reason, this film will make you laugh so damn much. It truly is a 99 cent version of E.T.. I can see myself watching this over and over again. As an alien race accidentally lands on earth, a boy finds one of them, befriends him, and helps him find his lost family. The product placement is absurd, the dark tonal shift is off-putting, and the overall execution is so sloppy. Sure it does everything well with it's budget but that is about it. I really enjoyed how bad this movie was, so I will not say it is terrible, solely for that reason, but it is pretty lame. "Mac and Me" is so ridiculous.
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Wow, this is bad movie! You can tell from the poster there that it's basically an E.T. copycat.
Super Reviewer
Once upon a time, a marketing exec at McDonald's was watching a VHS tape of E.T. eating Reese's Pieces and thought to himself, "What if we get our own cute little alien, but have him eat french fries instead?!?!?" The rest, ladies and gentlemen, is cinematic history.
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