Mac and Me

A young extraterrestrial is separated from his family after they are accidentally brought to Earth and captured by NASA. Escaping from a laboratory, the small alien takes refuge with a suburban family, where he befriends Eric, a boy who uses a wheelchair. Hiding the visitor from the space agency that wants him back, Eric and the creature set out to reunite him with his lost relatives. The film is a family science-fiction adventure about an unlikely friendship and a search for home.

Stewart Raffill directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Steve Feke. By 1988 Raffill had already made the wilderness family film, The Philadelphia Experiment and The Ice Pirates; Mac and Me was his fifth feature, followed later by Mannequin Two: On the Move and Tammy and the T-Rex. The cast includes Christine Ebersole and Jonathan Ward as Eric's mother and brother, Tina Caspary, Lauren Stanley and Jade Calegory as Eric, with Vinnie Torrente among the 45 credited performers.

Made for 13 million dollars, the film returned about 6 million worldwide, well short of its cost. Audiences have been harsh: on IMDb it holds 3.4 out of 10 from roughly 16,000 votes, and on TMDB 4.5 out of 10 from close to 300 votes. The low scores from a comparatively large number of voters indicate a widely shared negative response rather than indifference.