An alien child named MAC is separated from his family and befriends a boy in a wheelchair while being pursued by government agents.

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Mac and Me is a 1988 family science fiction film widely known as a low-budget, E.T.-inspired movie infamous for its heavy product placement and cult status as a so-bad-it’s-good classic.

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instanceOf American film ⓘ
family film ⓘ
film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
boxOfficePerformance box office bomb ⓘ
cinematographyBy Nick McLean ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception generally negative ⓘ
director Stewart Raffill ⓘ
distributor Orion Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Tom Walls ⓘ
featuresProductPlacementFor Coca-Cola ⓘ
McDonald’s ⓘ
Skittles ⓘ
featuresProtagonistWithDisability yes ⓘ
follows E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (inspired by) ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
family ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Eric Cruise ⓘ
MAC ⓘ
hasCultStatus yes ⓘ
hasHomeMediaRelease Blu-ray ⓘ
DVD ⓘ
VHS ⓘ
hasTagline Out of this world and into your heart. ⓘ
mpaaRating PG ⓘ
musicBy Alan Silvestri ⓘ
notableFor cult following ⓘ
heavy product placement ⓘ
so-bad-it’s-good reputation ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary An alien child named MAC is separated from his family and befriends a boy in a wheelchair while being pursued by government agents. ⓘ
producer R.J. Louis ⓘ
productionCompany Orion Pictures ⓘ
releaseDateUS 1988-08-12 ⓘ
releaseYear 1988 ⓘ
runningTimeMinutes 95 ⓘ
setting California ⓘ
stars Christine Ebersole ⓘ
Ivan J. Rado ⓘ
Jade Calegory ⓘ
Jonathan Ward ⓘ
Katrina Caspary ⓘ
Lauren Stanley ⓘ
Martin West ⓘ
title Mac and Me ⓘ
writer Stewart Raffill ⓘ

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Mac and Me → plotSummary → An alien child named MAC is separated from his family and befriends a boy in a wheelchair while being pursued by government agents. ⓘ