Mac and Me (1988)

August 17, 2022 8:13 AM

A Mysterious Alien Creature (MAC) escaping from nefarious NASA agents, is befriended by a young boy in a wheelchair (Jade Calegory). Together, they try to find MAC's family from whom he has been separated. Famously terribad, from the lousy creature design to the egregiously over-the-top product placement, to the laugh out loud awful "kid goes over a cliff" scene that Paul Rudd pranked Conan O'Brien with over and over and over again for years.

Directed by Stewart Raffill (Tammy & The T-Rex).

7% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. "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"

Currently streaming in the US on Hoopla, Tubi, and RedBox. JustWatch listing.

posted by DirtyOldTown (5 comments total)

Cut from all of the US versions, there is a scene in the Japanese release in which Eric is seen getting shot to death.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:14 AM on August 17, 2022 [2 favorites]

Also on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend.
posted by Quonab at 8:42 AM on August 17, 2022 [1 favorite]

Previously on MST3K FanFare
posted by CheesesOfBrazil at 10:55 AM on August 17, 2022 [2 favorites]

The MST3K version is still streaming on Netflix, I think.
posted by Servo5678 at 7:47 AM on August 18, 2022

One of the earliest films to feature wind turbines.
posted by biffa at 7:49 AM on August 18, 2022