Continuity mistake: When Eric is about to wake up from his coma his jacket swaps from very open to slightly open between shots.
Sacha
30th Apr 2020
Mac and Me (1988)
29th Apr 2020
Mac and Me (1988)
Revealing mistake: After the vacuum cleaner scene, Eric tilts the Coke can completely to give some to Mac but no liquid falls out, revealing it's empty.
29th Apr 2020
Mac and Me (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Eric wakes up and follows the remote controlled car his hair is messy but in a close-up it's perfectly brushed.
10th Apr 2020
Mac and Me (1988)
Revealing mistake: Wires lowering the alien spaceship are perfectly visible. In the following close-up they're gone.
2nd Sep 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Continuity mistake: When the kids dance in the parking lot, they swap positions 180ยบ just as the family car arrives.
5th Apr 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Mac is dancing on the counter, disguised as a bear, he is twice as tall as he is for the rest of the film.
31st Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Continuity mistake: Mac jumps into the water feet first to save Eric, but when the angle cuts he is diving head first.
30th Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Continuity mistake: Before the wheelchair wipes out, while Eric is zooming down the hill, his hair is alternately still or moving wildly depending on the shot.
30th Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Revealing mistake: When Mac exits the vacuum cleaner, he is supposed to drink soda from a straw, but no liquid is seen going through it.
30th Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Continuity mistake: After the vacuum cleaner scene, Mac is drinking from a Coke can held by Eric. The can changes positions between shots.
30th Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Continuity mistake: The cops chase Mac down a hill and then follow Eric and Mac through a private garden. Cut to a close-up of the cops and they're back on the hill.
30th Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Revealing mistake: When Eric exits McDonald's, Mac's eyes are two big bulky motionless balls, revealing it's been changed for a puppet.
30th Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Continuity mistake: After the McDonald's scene, the cops chase Mac and are about to be run over by a white car. A frame later the car has turned to blue colour.
25th Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Continuity mistake: In McDonald's, when Mac is about to grab the cup, in the close-ups his eyes are white, big like a ping pong ball, and occupy the whole cut-out space in the disguise. In the wide angles, the eyes are smaller and big bags underneath show.
25th Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Continuity mistake: When Eric gets out of the water, his hairstyle swaps from parted to sideways.
25th Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Continuity mistake: When the family arrives at their new home, a mover employee is walking forward holding a blanket. When the angle changes he keeps walking but empty handed, blanket now on the floor, 5 meters ahead.
25th Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Revealing mistake: When Mac dances with Debbie at McDonald's, disguised as a bear, he turns his head backwards and his neck is visible, revealing a human coloured skin.
25th Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Continuity mistake: In the van, when Mac is watching the road, Eric disappears from the seat.
25th Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Continuity mistake: After the wheelchair scene, while the cops attend the family, a group of kids pass by the house. When the angle changes they've moved several meters back and pass by again.
25th Mar 2011
Mac and Me (1988)
Visible crew/equipment: When Eric's brother says that the traffic jam was caused by a drunken alien, the shadow of the moving camera is visible on the outside of the van.
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