This was also the golden age of the golden arches complete with tasty food and the cutest collectible toys. all presented a youthfully energetic escapism that made intergalactic friendships a really attractive plotline. Films like Flight of the Navigator, The Last Starfighter, and E.T. However, the more innocent and child-friendly movies served a therapeutic reminder that aliens could be amiable creatures that for some reason would want to go on adventures with us unremarkable humans. All of these alien movies provided ample nightmare fuel for kids, yet we couldn’t stop watching. The horror/sci-fi genre lit up screens with John Carpenter’s The Thing, Sigourney Weaver fiercely fighting off extraterrestrials in Aliens, and the ever-so-traumatic abductions courtesy of Fire in the Sky. If you grew up in the ‘80s and early ‘90s, there were two pop culture components that invaded your life: aliens and McDonald’s. Director Stewart Raffill’s 1988 Mac and Me is one of these movies - endlessly flawed but to an endearing fault.

Everyone has their guilty pleasures and sometimes the most outlandish songs, fashion trends, and of course films, are ultimately the best because of their apparent shortcomings.

Regardless, films that you watched sitting cross-legged on the floor as a kid tend to take on a starkly fresh perspective when viewed through the eyes of a more cultured adult lense. Anything from costume decisions, music choices, and plot lines can all be reminisced with various layers of nostalgia that range from horror to comedy. Lots of questions can arise when you revisit older films.

Mac and me review 1988