Mac and Me

    Mac and Me
    1988

    Synopsis

    A Mysterious Alien Creature (MAC) escaping from nefarious NASA agents, is befriended by a young boy in a wheelchair. Together, they try to find MAC's family from whom he has been separated.

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    Cast

    • Jade CalegoryEric Cruise
    • Lauren StanleyDebbie
    • Christine EbersoleJanet Cruise
    • Jonathan WardMichael Cruise
    • Tina CasparyCourtney
    • Vinnie TorrenteMitford
    • Martin WestWickett
    • Ivan J. RadoZimmerman
    • Danny CookseyJack Jr
    • Laura WaterburyLinda

    Recommendations

    • 50

      TV Guide Magazine

      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--the film includes a "special guest appearance" by Ronald MacDonald.
    • 50

      Miami Herald

      Mac and his gangly parents are crude special-effects jobs, with dorky ears and dippy walks. But the kids love them anyway, thanks to director Stewart Raffill (The Philadelphia Experiment), who knows how to get young moviegoers cheering. His pace is quick, and the numerous chase scenes make for good fun. For sheer thrills, Mac beats Pippi and Pee-wee, claws down. [12 Aug 1988, p.C8]
    • 40

      Los Angeles Times

      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.
    • 40

      Washington Post

      Alan Silvestri's score is the worst mix of ersatz Jerry Goldsmith and schlock pop tunes, and the acting is pretty weak, though the filmmakers get good marks for using Calegory, a real-life disabled 11-year-old who brings a healthy authenticity to his role.
    • 30

      Time Out

      Jade Calegory, who plays the boy-hero in this cuddly alien yarn, was born with spina bifida, and the film is neither sentimental nor exploitative in dealing with its wheelchair-confined star. Unfortunately, there's little else to commend.
    • 30

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      While worse films have, no doubt, touched the heart of the general public, Mac and Me is not only crass, it's boring and insulting to children's intelligence. [16 Aug 1988]
    • 25

      Chicago Tribune

      Raffill and Steve Feke take credit for the original screenplay, though Steven Spielberg might have a different opinion. [15 Aug 1988, p.2]
    • 20

      Austin Chronicle

      Shameless E.T. knockoff.