Movie Night: Mac and Me.

Review #362: Mac and Me.

Cast
Jade Calegory (Eric), Christine Ebersole (Janet), Jonathan Ward (Michael), Katrina Caspary (Courtney), MAC (MAC), Squire Fridell, and Ronald McDonald. Directed by Stewart Raffill.

Review
It just so happens this is nearly 25 years old, but hey, who's counting? Anyway, this was made for the sole purpose of...entertainment. Yeah, nothing else, nothing at all, and with a "purpose" like that, even Ronald McDonald decided to star, for the "honor", I suppose. I think this is actually my first review with a lead actor who uses a wheelchair, and he does a fine job, not really a bad actor, not memorable, but not annoying. Then there's our alien, named MAC, which stands for "Mysterious Alien Creature". What, it sound repetive and oddly familiar to some other alien with letters that form an acronym? Never noticed. The plot is essentially an alien who crashes down to the planet, getting into hilarious hijinks, and of course he is discovered by the kids, and even though we (the audience) know he exists, we must go through sequences where the parents don't believe the kids, until finally, they do. Oh and, let's not forget the scientists who try to capture the alien, even though they cause more damage, almost eliminating the purpose of the scientists. Almost, because clearly they aren't a cliche, nope, not at all. Oh, and there's a dance sequence at McDonalds, and it totally works into a plot like this. And naturally, everything works out well, because this was the 80's, so, yeah. What a happy film.

Overall I give it "10" out of 10 stars...


...APRIL FOOLS! (actual rating: 5)