personally i love this film and enjoy it more than ET it never fails to make me cry.

I feel a little silly, a man of my age writing a review for this movie. Especially since I’ve seen so many movies, and should really know better than to like this. “Mac and Me” has been lost in the sands of time, relegated to the back shelves of video stores where it is destined to be misunderstood as an E.T. knockoff.

But it’s so much more. In an age where we are over-quick to over-praise cold-hearted films like “Godfather”, “Pulp Fiction” and “The Lion King”, “Mac and Me” stands out as a movie with a heart, something sadly missing in today’s filmgoing world.

“Mac and Me” was where I first understood that aliens did not have to be the bloodthirsty monsters of “Alien”, “Spaced Invaders” and “Invaders from Mars” – they could be our friends. “E.T.” may have had a similar message, but that flying-bike scene was just too reckless. . .kids could hurt themselves trying to copy it. “Mac and Me” was wholesome and friendly.

Perhaps I am the only member of the population who feels this movie is more than ready for a DVD roll-out, or possible theatrical rerelease. Perhaps I am the only one who cries, even today, on what must be my thirtieth viewing on a cassette that has long since passed the point of audio/visual clarity. Perhaps I am the only one who still feels that movies need a heart.

I hope not.

I thought it was a good movie. Did you know that the kid in the wheel chair wasn’t just acting in the wheel chair, that was actualy his. He has spinabifida and he did all of his own stunts like the water scene where he falls of the cliff.