Leonard Maltin thinks that Mac and Me ( film ) is more of a TV commercial than a film .
The contrivance of the character being called `` Mysterious Alien Creature '' to be abbreviated as `` MAC '' , a five-minute dance number in a McDonald 's restaurant featuring Ronald McDonald ( credited as `` himself '' ) , and the use of him to introduce the film 's theatrical trailer , led Leonard Maltin to call the film `` more like a TV commercial than a movie '' . (
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