Review of Mac and Me (1988) by Danielle S — 20 Mar 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 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.