February 13, 2011
Wow, this is bad movie! You can tell from the poster there that it's basically an E.T. copycat.
Jade Calegory,
Christine Ebersole,
Jonathan Ward,
Tina Caspary,
Lauren Stanley
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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 ... read more
DVD Release Date: April 12, 2005
Stats: 842 reviews
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January 1, 2011Once 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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September 14, 2009How can a great movie like this just average 3 stars, with mostly 1 star reviews?
A group of aliens get stranded on Earth, and one of them (the youngest one, named Mac) then gets separated from his family, just to end up at the house of a family who just moved into a new neighb... read more -
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September 9, 2007A really cheap wannabe ET. The kids will like it but the adults will have a hard time getting past the bad acting and poor story.
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July 1, 2007A hilarious low-budget movie "inspired by" E.T. and McDonald's restaurants. I laughed for how bad and cheap it was. The makers had good intentions, but the family of whistling aliens hanging out with the McDonald's consuming family was a laughter-inducing mix.
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July 14, 2011"mac and me" is a good family alien movie like an movie in "E.T." from the 1980's also. there some of the funniest moment with an mac (mysterious alien creature) the alien and mcdonald scene is hilarious. eric (jade calegory) face look like twins from "suite life of zack and cody... read more
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March 15, 2011If you seen E.T then you have seen this one. Family gets attached to alien, alien wants to go back to family. Why cant these aliens be smart for once?
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May 3, 2010Hilariously bad. While the main family acted realistically IMO, the alien designs are horrible, and the film is one big McDonalds commercial.
Critic Reviews
August 30, 2004
Caryn James, New York Times
January 1, 2000
Richard Harrington, Washington Post
So why is it so hard to like this film? Having seen it done so much better by Spielberg doesn't help, of course. Full Review
August 3, 2009
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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. Full Review
May 30, 2005
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Watching it's made me a little stupider, buying it would have also dropped me a few social classes. Full Review
April 14, 2005
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
Then there's Mac himself, a puppet which couldn't possibly look more like a puppet (a bad, shoddy puppet at that). Full Review
October 19, 2004
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
E.T. rip-off and commercial placement-packed kid movie
March 10, 2003
Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
This shameless E.T. knockoff features a wrinkly alien and a kid in a wheelchair. Full Review
March 5, 2003
Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum
A product placement for McDonald's. Hook them kids in quick, and they'll be eating junk for life.
July 27, 2002
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Quite possibly one of the worst movies of the past 435 years.
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