SCREENWRITERS: Stewart Raffill and Steve FekeĬAST: Christine Ebersole, Jonathan Ward, Tina Caspary, Lauren Stanley, and introducing Jade Calegory Orion Pictures released Mac and Me in theaters on August 12, 1988. Who knows, maybe Chris Evans will also want to join in on the fun? MAKE MAC AND ME 2 HAPPEN! If you’re Paul Rudd’s agent, please get in touch with Stewart Raffill because I want to see this sequel happen. Stop what you’re doing and turn on Prime Video (or wherever Mac and Me is streaming when you read this) and just enjoy the ride. Well, whatever proceeds were actually made from this forgotten classic. A portion of proceeds went to the Ronald McDonald’s Childrens Charities. Behind the scenes, the film is not all that bad. knockoff but at some point, this film just becomes its own thing. Listen, it might have originally been an E.T. Mac and Me is the type of film that is so bad that it’s good.
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“I would love to sit down with him and write a sequel to that movie with him starring in it with this creature.”Īre you listening, Paul Rudd? Stewart Raffill wants to make a sequel with you! Please do not let this opportunity pass you by! “He has singlehandedly kept that movie alive,” Stewart Raffill says in the documentary. Jennifer Aniston is also in the film as an uncredited background dancer!
Ironically, Rudd’s first appearance promoting the film is when he’s on to promote the Friends finale. And yet, the scene where Jade loses control is a classic because of Paul Rudd. But for the filmmaker, he found it “a whole different world in writing for kids.” It destroyed Jade Calegory according to the filmmaker even though the film meant well. However, Mac being a puppet is what made the film time-consuming. The director comments that Jade Calegory is exactly what they wanted for the film. Stewart Raffill got a phone call from a producer and was given instructions on what was wanted for the script. It was rushed into production with the script needing to be rewritten. On the surface, Mac and Me is a family-centered spoof of E.T. Falling off a cliff and later dying before being resuscitated. Obviously, you can’t help but feel for his character with everything that happens to him. Say what you will about the film but Jade Calegory does a solid job in his feature film debut. Right after this, the film promises viewers a sequel. The film becomes truly absurd when we see the father driving a car. One cannot help but drop their jaw after the earlier events of the film. It’s just…I do not even know what to say. In the most ridiculous ending possible, the U.S. Soon, their mother, Janet (Christine Ebersole) will believe them, too.Īt the end of the film, the aliens–now reunited–save Eric when he dies during the chaos outside of the grocery store.
It’s only after Eric and Debbie (Lauren Stanley) trap MAC in a vacuum in which older brother Michael (Jonathan Ward) believes him. All sorts of chaos ensues including the now-classic scene of Eric losing control of his wheelchair and falling into a lake. Next thing you know, Eric (Jade Calegory) starts suspects MAC’s presence. Instead of being left behind, one of their children is separated and jumps into the Cruise family car. The product placement is unforgiveable! There are aliens who get sucked into a ship and arrive on Earth and immediately escape. except it’s Coca-Cola and McDonald’s instead of Reese’s Pieces. It’s not unfair to say that this film is like the off-brand E.T. Wheaton certainly is not wrong in his comparison. If not for Paul Rudd, chances are also likely that nobody would remember it. There are far better movies to watch if you ask me. Nor should it be on anyone’s priority list. It’s certainly not a film that one generally thinks about when they think of movies. Lo and behold, it is currently streaming on Prime Video. It wasn’t until after watching In Search of Tomorrow this week that I finally decided to check the film out. I’ll be honest in that I’ve been curious about this film for many years. Mac and Me is a cult sci-fi comedy classic thanks to the genius of Paul Rudd showing it every time he was on Conan O’Brien’s show.
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