“Mac and Me” – Best of Dare Daniel Podcast

By Daniel Barnes on May 3, 2023

Mac and Me (1988; Stewart Raffill) – Best of Dare Daniel Rerun 17

“Nice teddy bear!”

Daniel and Corky courageously revisit the waking nightmare of product placement and alien body horror known as Mac and Me.

MAC AND ME FACTS AND FIGURES

U.S. theatrical release date: August 12, 1988

Domestic box office: $6.4 million (production budget: $13 million)

Critic scores: 7 on Rotten Tomatoes

This week’s Darer: Liam

Why did Liam dare Daniel and Corky to watch Mac and Me? “Actor Paul Rudd has a running bit on Conan O’Brien where he plays a scene from Mac and Me instead of one from the film he’s there to promote. Being a lover of bad movies, the clip definitely spoke to me, but unfortunately, it is the one and only highlight of the film.”

IMDB synopsis: “An alien trying to escape from NASA is befriended by a wheelchair-bound boy.”

This week’s referenced movies: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; Mannequin 2: On the Move; Young Guns; Can’t Buy Me Love; the Star Wars movie franchise; Nosferatu; Pan’s Labyrinth; The Green Mile; Lord of the Rings movie franchise; In the Mouth of Madness; The Blues Brothers; Ferris Bueller’s Day Off; They Live; Paper Moon; The Piano; Duel; The Shining; Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; Screwball; Ishtar; Ghostbusters; Exorcist II: The Heretic; The Curious Case of Benjamin Button; Men in Black; The Silence of the Lambs; Better Off Dead; Grease; Sleepaway Camp; JFK; Rawhead Rex; China Salesman; Amadeus