![]() At Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 4% rating, with the consensus saying that " Mac and Me is duly infamous: not only is it a pale imitation of E.T., it's also a thinly-veiled feature length commercial for McDonalds and Coca-Cola." The film ends with a freeze frame and the words "We'll be back!" superimposed, but after bad reviews and disappointing box office returns, the planned sequel was shelved. The distinguishing feature of the protagonist using a wheelchair – without that being the focus of the story – received backlash. The contrivance of the character being called "Mysterious Alien Creature" to be abbreviated as "MAC", a five-minute dance number in a McDonald's franchise featuring Ronald McDonald, and the use of the restaurant mascot to introduce the film's theatrical trailer, led Leonard Maltin to call the film "more like a TV commercial than a movie". ![]() ![]() It was further berated for its numerous and blatant product placements, including Coca-Cola and Skittles (the only food the alien eats), Sears (where the boy's mother works), and pervasive promotion of McDonald's. The film was heavily panned for the similarity of its plot, characters, and even the design of the alien, to E.T. Mac and Me had a profit-sharing arrangement with Ronald McDonald Children's Charities. Mac and Me grossed $6,424,112 in the United States against a budget of $13,000,000. Ronald is seen one last time when the kids and teens start dancing, and even puts his hand on a little boy's shoulder. The mother, of course, doesnt believe a word of it, so they all go to sleep and dream about the time they were held hostage by fat men. When Eric arrives, Ronald points at the teddy bear (Mac) he holds in his hand before wandering off in another part of the restaurant. The kids try to explain that there is a Mysterious Alien Creature afoot that looks as though it was in a terrible industrial accident involving gasoline and Fritos. Ronald McDonald appears at a little girl's birthday party, entertaining the guests showing magic tricks by pulling a set of colored hankies out of a hat. One quick part of the film takes place at a McDonald's (located in Industry, California, a restaurant used for background sets only) where Eric and Mac, disguised as a teddy bear, hide from the NASA agents.
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