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Mac & Me

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1 star:		(10)

 

 

I thought it was a good movie. Did you know that the kid in the wheel chair wasn't just acting in the wheel chair, that was actualy his. He has spinabifida and he did all of his own stunts like the water scene where he falls of the cliff.

An E.T. clone that doesn't come close to the wonder, awe, surprise, emotion, or production values of Spielberg's classic film. The movie is really space junk(food) as it has obvious endorsements running through the course of the film. E.T. might have used "one" certain candy as part of the storyline and at least it was subtle and somewhat integral to the plot. However, it is rampant and blatant in this film. MAC AND ME has characters that we really don't care about and the aliens are annoying and hilariously bad looking. Another one of those movies that has the movie going public asking, "Why and for what reason was this movie produced?!".

This is one of the worst movies that I ever seen. It was copyed from the movie E.T. The Extra Terrestral. I am glad that it bombed at the box office. I almost got up and walked out of the show during the movie. I would give this movie only a half a star but Amazom.com will only let me give it at least one star. It was a waste putting it on tape. I am glad that it was not put on dvd. This is one movie that I am glad that I don't own it and I never will.

This is one of the worst movies that I ever seen. It was copyed from the movie E.T. The Extra Terrestral. I am glad that it bombed at the box office. I almost got up and walked out of the show during the movie. I would give this movie only a half a star but Amazom.com will only let me give it at least one star. It was a waste putting it on tape. I am glad that it was not put on dvd. This is one movie that I am glad that I don't own it and I never will.

well well. i first saw this movie when i was 10 and i got to say i own the film now and for a direct to video movie it has all the fantasy and magical stuff that will bring any child to the television. the movie is about a handicapped boy named eric and his brother and mother. they are movieng to california for a better life after his father passed away. he feels really down untill he meets mac. Mac brings the love and joy out of eric. but the only thing mac wants is to get reunited with his family.
so buy the film and take the journey to help eric find macs family. you want regret it

I saw this when it first came out and knew then that this could be the worse movie ever made. When everyone in a Mcdonalds broke out in song and dance I got a little sick. The product placements is way overwhelming. It's almost worth watching just because you don't really believe something like this could be made. Watch it if you like train wrecks.

I know it's a little silly to write a review of a film 15 years after its release. But this poorly done film made its way onto one of my cable movie channels last night, and I feel the need to have a violent, outward reaction outside of the projectile vomiting I experienced.

People, this film is bad. Really bad. Bad like "Showgirls" bad, where it's so bad, it's both insulting and laughable simultaneously. And forgive me, but anybody who finds this 95-minute commercial for McDonalds and Coca-Cola to be warm-hearted or well done in any way knows not a thing about what makes a movie good, and needs a great deal of emotional counseling.

First, let's reiterate that point about this being an extended commercial. Folks, it is. The product placement in this film is shameless.

Next, there are basic things that make a film "good," like strong acting, a well-written script, superior camerawork or quality special effects. "Mac and Me" has none of these. Wooden posts would have made for better actors. The script clunks and thuds with every ridiculous, uninspired line. And the alien creatures of the film, with their bug-eyes and protruding bellies, look about a life-like as melted candles.

I also have to make a point of just how much of a rip-off of "E.T." this film was. Not only is the plot just a poor carbon copy, but even the title of this attrocity becomes an act of thievery when it's revealed that "Mac" stands for "Mysterious Alien Creature." I'm not even the biggest fan of uber-cutesy "E.T." either, but at least there the attempts at manipulation are somewhat subtle. Here, the filmmakers fell just short of subtitles at the bottom of the screen that said "LAUGH HERE" and/or "CRY NOW."

Saps only will buy into laughable hunk of junk... for the rest of you out there, I recommend this movie only if you're looking for new additions to your Ten Worst List.

Steven Spielberg could learn a few lessons from "Mac and Me". While someone felt the need to re-release "E.T." as a 20th anniversary edition, one can only stop to think - where is our theatrical re-release of "Mac and Me"?

Next year marks the 15th anniversary of Stewart Raffill's ode to a boy and his alien, and this reviewer hopes that "Mac and Me" receives the special edition DVD treatment and theatrical re-release it so richly deserves.

"Mac and Me" picks up where the movie "E.T." left off. After a tragic accident, Elliott is now confined to wheelchair and E.T. has changed his name to Mac (magical and cool?). Don't expect to see the cute and cuddly E.T. in this movie, not only has he changed his name, but now he has taken on a new appearance... now he's even MORE adorable.

The relationship between Mac and Elliott is genuine and touching. The story consists of numerous trips to McDonald's, an on-the-edge-of-your-seat skateboarding chase, and a truly delightful group break-dancing scene. Stewart Raffill and Steve Feke's screenplay is whitty, emotional and leaves you wanting more.

Shortly after the release of "Mac and Me", Raffill received bad reviews for this film. Some critics called Raffill a "hack" and an "overly-commercial filmmaker". Those same critics called his movie, "a 90-minute McDonald's commercial", "absurd film-making" and "an 'E.T.' rip-off".

Fortunately, for all of us fans of "Mac and Me", Stewart Raffill got the last laugh, when just three years later, he directed the successful sequel, "Mannequin 2: On the Move".

Way to show 'em, Stewart!

Now that "E.T." has been remastered, maybe it's time to give this movie a CGI makeover as well. Great strides in product placements have been made since "Mac and Me" originally came out. Guns could be digitally replaced with Happy Meals and Coke cans. Corporate logos can be blanketed over every available surface, as "Josie and the Pussycats" taught us. Well, at least that movie was meant to be ironic.

Seeing ads for this as a kid, I was slightly intrigued, because only fleeting glimpses were shown of "Mac." If memory serves, the same kind of secretive, "less is more" technique had been previously employed by "Harry and the Hendersons." Except Harry was believable, and lovable, while Mac and his family turn out to kind of resemble the rubbery, nightmarish cartoon creatures from "Twilight Zone: The Movie." As disturbing as these knobby, pot bellied aliens were naked, when they get stuffed into some Earth clothes at the end, (probably from Sears) it's just pathetic, like a monkey forced to wear a cowboy outfit, only about twenty times worse.

In '89 or so, a group of us caught this movie on video, and even at our young ages, we were painfully aware of what a crassly commercialized "E.T." rip-off we were seeing. Still, a good time was had laughing at how stupid it was, and it's the same today. There's lots to make fun of, like the out of place musical interludes. "Mac gets chased up a tree by some dogs who think he smells like bacon: Time for a touching love song." The most ludicrous scene is the notorious one at McDonald's where the alien gets passed off as the most creepily articulate teddy bear in existence, and then an entire "spontaneous," highly choreographed dance sequence breaks out of nowhere. Mac's parents seem to have powers over life and death; it's too bad they can't heal the lame also, because "Mac and Me" is super lame.

This is it. Oh my God, is this bad. Beyond description awful. This Coke and McDonald's commercial, I mean, "movie", rips off E.T., has atrocious acting, panders to an audience's sympathy for the handicapped, assuming you have the emotional depth of a Lilliputian puddle, and, most importantly, will make you laugh beyond belief. The dance scene in McDonald's has to be seen to be believed. Buy it now.