This movie is seems to be described as an E.T. rip off however there are some plot holes in comparison.The movie kicks off with Nasa extracting matter from planet IpediusEric cruise (jade calegory) and is Mother (christin ebersole) and brother move from Illinois to their new exiting home to discover that a baby alien is stalking jade calegoryThe product placement in this movie is truly insane (coca cola and MacDonald's)Tina caspary was stunning in the film It was a good movie when i was 7 but wouldn't watch this again The soundtrack in this was not terrible with some good artists (debbie lytton, marcy levy)watch the MacDonald's dance scene and you will die of laughter

This movie Mac & Me looks like rotten Mac & Cheese. It's really gross-looking. This movie alienated me, because of that. It took me, multiply sittings to finally finish, watching this film. Directed by Stewart Raffill, the movie tells the story of a "Mysterious Alien Creature" AKA MAC who is befriended by a paraplegia boy, Eric Cruise (Jade Calegory), after escaping a NASA space probe facility. Together, they hope to try to find MAC's family, from whom the alien has been separated and reunited them. Without spoiling the movie too much, it's clear that this movie was made to capitalize on the success of 1982's Steven Spielberg's E.T. There are a lot of similarities to E.T, such as nefarious NASA agents chase scenes, the use of product placement candy to lure the creature out, and most of all, the look of the alien, which looks very similar to the design for E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. In my opinion, all these similarities make it felt like the movie is just an E.T knockoff. The movie is really dumb. The look of the aliens is really bad. They look and move like drunk idiots, with their goofy open mouth expression. I found the way, they got on Earth in the first place, kinda jarring. Honestly, how in the hell, did they get the suck up by an unmanned space probe? They look like they couldn't have fit. Also, how did they survive the trip back to Earth? Wouldn't the cold of space, killed them!? How would Eric know that sucking MAC into a vacuum cleaner would work unless he saw what happened at the beginning of the film? The movie never does explain, any of these plot-holes, as the movie rushed over that to get to the more common, boy meeting the alien plot thread. I like how the movie feature, a disabled kid as the main character. It's rarely used, even today. It's just nice, seeing real disabled people, getting big roles. I kinda like how character is using a wheelchair, but I kinda wish, they explain his backstory, a little more, on why they were moving to California from Illinois, and why he was in the wheelchair in the first place. I really hate Eric's mother, Janet (Christine Ebersole). She come across as really mean. It was bit, a stretch to blame your wheelchair bound, son for redesigning your living room into a desert. It's not like, he was able to do that, on his own, in one night. This woman is horrible. I really didn't mind, the supporting kid actors. Most of them, played their roles, as they were told. I just wish, they had more of reaction to the aliens, that what they were giving. This film also marks the film debut of a then-unknown Jennifer Aniston, who features as an uncredited extra. So look for that. The dialogue is pretty bland. Nothing, really clever. I didn't care too much on Eric's older brother, Michael (Jonathan Ward)'s romantic sub-plot, falling in love, with neighbor, Courtney (Tina Caspary). The jokes were mostly a miss than a hit. It wasn't really funny. Unlike it was accidentally funny, like the supposed, serious scene, where Eric in a wheelchair loses control and rolls downhill off a cliff and into water where he nearly drowns. I know, it's not supposed to be funny, but I nearly laugh myself to death, on how random slapstick, the scene looks. You gotta admit the wheelchair stunts are pretty impressive. Yes, this scene be a bit much for younger viewers, especially any who know kids in wheelchairs, but come on, anybody who see this clip on Conan O'Brien's shows or internet channels, knows how 'so bad-it's good' funny it was. It was probably the highlight of the film. Most the action scenes are alright, but badly done. I did find it, a bit weird for the absurdity of the grocery store, blowing up, due to a minor gun-shot, and Eric turning to a cutout, that was added in post. The special effect failures are so clear, as many of the special effects look so dated, even at the time, and fake-looking. The vacuum, sucking scenes are probably the worst. One of the worst things about the film, is how it feels more like a commercial, than a film. There are tons of blatant product placements shown in the film, including Coca-Cola, Skittles, Sears, but the most had to be the pervasive promotion of McDonalds. The contrivance of the "Mysterious Alien Creature" being referred to by the acronym "MAC", the aliens coming from the planet of "Quartus Poundus", the five-minute dance number in a McDonald's restaurant featuring Ronald McDonald, and the use of Ronald McDonald to introduce the film's theatrical trailer, really oversteps the boundaries. I know that the movie was there to promote good causes like Ronald McDonald's house, but, they really didn't market it, like that, when it came out. It comes across, more like greedy, obnoxious and shameless, plugging of how good, their product was. The music, that the movie used, weren't that great. "Take Me, I'll Follow You" by Bobby Caldwell, Flint River Band's "Wait And Break My Heart Tomorrow" & Jara Lane, "You're Not a Stranger Anymore" don't really match the film, that well. Composer, Alan Silvestri's score is way better than the movie deserves. In my opinion, it's the only thing, in the film, that it's too good for this mess of a movie. The ending to the film is really bad. The film ends with a freeze frame and the words "We'll be back!" superimposed, but after egregious reviews and box office returns, the planned sequel was cancelled permanently. Thank Goodness. Overall: fans of the so-bad-it's-good school of movie watching will find much to enjoy in the cheese and the awfulness, but other than that. This movie is not worth it. Don't recommended. Wish, I was watching, Steven Spielberg's E.T, instead.

That's right folks! That's why our cute little alien buddy is spelled "Mac" instead of "Mack." There's even have a scene where we get to see a crowd of young adults singing & dancing in a McDonald's restaurant while Mac is attempting to escape some men-in-black! Mac and Me is the ultimate product placement movie! Sheer evil genius! I lost track of how many times they mentioned something about McDonald's in this film. It's so pervasive Mac and Me should be considered one long commercial and it should have been free to watch when the film was released! On a more somber note. This could have been a great movie. Sure it's an E.T. carbon copy. But so what! You could tell somebody was trying hard to write a meaningful story. What a shame! Too bad corporate backed insanity won the day!

I remember when I saw that movie in elementary school & I thought Mac is so adorable & It's a good family film about a boy in a wheelchair helping the little alien to find his family.Even though it got very bad reviews & It's a rip-off of E.T.,I don't care & I love Mac & me,it's a gr8 cult classic that got Mac in a bear costume doing a dance number @ a party @ McDonald's,Mac driving a toy car while being chased by the neighborhood dogs & it was very touching that Mac reunited with his family.I would be watching that movie when it's on YouTube or that I'll be getting the DVD over & over again when I feel like it & The ending have really touched my heart when Mac and his family use their powers to bring the boy back from the dead & they became citizens in the U.S.,when mac blew a bubble from the gum that said "we'll be back",I don't think there's a sequel coming but,I wish they'll be 1 so I can see it