Christine Ebersole, Danny Cooksey, Ivan J. Rado

The relationship between a young disabled boy and a homesick alien who has been separated from his family.

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PG, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Stewart Raffill

Release Date: January 1, 1988

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DVD Release Date: April 12, 2005

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  • March 20, 2008
    The main character in the movie is Eric, a wheelchair-bound boy who moves with his family from Illinois to California so his mom can work at Sears and somehow afford a 3 bedroom house. The family is so oblivious to what goes on around them that they fail to see the Mac wandering ...( read more)around the house, standing behind them and reading the newspaper in front of their house. Not even driving a mini car down the street being chased by a pack of dogs is enough to divert their attention. After being lured down a steep hill by the ever-whistling Mac and surviving a 500 foot drop into the water, Eric vows to catch the creature. After a scene involving a dummy attached to a vacuum cleaner being spun around and pulled on a track, the Eric and Mac meet face to face. They become fast friends and eventually they attend the infamous party at McDonalds. This party includes a dance contest that seems to take place both inside and outside of McDonalds and a rare appearance by Ronald McDonald himself. Carefully trying to avoid detection by advancing federal agents, Mac does a solo dance routine on the McDonalds sales counter wearing a teddy bear outfit. The agents do eventually catch on and chase Eric down a hill and for ,what it seemed like, 10 miles on foot to Sears.
  • October 23, 2007
    I think i saw this as a kid.
  • July 1, 2007
    A hilarious low-budget movie "inspired by" E.T. and McDonald's restaurants. I laughed for how bad and cheap it was. The makers had good intentions, but the family of whistling aliens hanging out with the McDonald's consuming family was a laughter-inducing mix.
  • June 8, 2007
    ahhh omg, this movie, choregraphed dancing in front of a Burger King, aliens getting visas in court, why Why, WHY?
  • September 8, 2006
    Oh my god, this just brought back some hidden painful memories! Bargain basement ET, avoid it
  • August 10, 2009
    This movie is mindblowingly horrible. The only fun I had with this piece of shit movie was making fun of the kid in the wheelchair. Don't you DARE watch this. I watched this movie, knowing pre-hand that it was going to be bad, but I didn't know it was going to be painful. More pa...( read more)inful than being a parapalegic? I would imagine.
  • July 14, 2009
    ok....this looks like a lame attempt to copy ET
  • July 4, 2009
    A beautiful family movie.. one of my favourites!
  • June 29, 2009
    I watched this the other night to remind myself of it. Yea it wasn't a great story, it didn't have great effects, it did seem to be advertising Coca Cola and Mcdonalds way too much. But still it was kinda fun.....
  • June 14, 2009
    A stupid ripoff of E.T., I can't believe they made this movie.

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