Mac and Me

The alien Mac tends to cause car accidents wherever he appears. Cars crash, flip, and spin out of control. While exploring a hilly area past his backyard, a boy in a wheelchair starts rolling downhill, unable to stop, and rolls off a cliff into water below, where he nearly drowns. A gun fight between aliens and police culminates in a massive explosion that sets a mall parking lot on fire. Police on foot chase after a boy in a wheelchair who holds an alien in his lap as they go down hilly roads and through department stores.

Rare language, like "hell."

A boy is given a mild sedative by a doctor after the boy tells him about the alien he's been seeing around his house.

Parents need to know that Mac and Me is a wonderfully bad slice of 1980s kitsch. It's an obvious E.T. rip-off; the acting is bad across the board; and there are plenty of scenes that will leave everyone scratching their heads. Oh, and the product placement is as obnoxious and tacky as you can get. That said, fans of the so-bad-it's-good school of movie watching will find much to enjoy in the cheese and the awfulness. On a serious note: In the film, a boy in a wheelchair loses control and rolls downhill off a cliff and into water where he nearly drowns. This might be a bit much for younger viewers, especially any who know kids in wheelchairs.

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