Life with Mikey

June. 04,1993      PG
Rating:
5.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child acts. When a young girl off the street puts on a real performance after he catches her picking his pocket, he may have just found the next big thing.

Michael J. Fox as  Michael Chapman
Christina Vidal as  Angie Vega
Nathan Lane as  Ed Chapman
Victor Garber as  Brian Spiro
David Krumholtz as  Barry Corman
Cyndi Lauper as  Geena Briganti
David Huddleston as  Herr Corcoran
Frances Chaney as  Mrs. Cantrell
Kathryn Grody as  Mrs. Corman
Mary Alice as  Mrs. Gordon

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Reviews

GazerRise
1993/06/04

Fantastic!

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Aubrey Hackett
1993/06/05

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

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Adeel Hail
1993/06/06

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

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Kimball
1993/06/07

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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OlivieLo
1993/06/08

Give me a break is a very great movie that it may contain boring elements or adult things (condom) but this movie is actually a very great movie describing Christmas and being a MJF fan I have to watch this one to support Michael. Michael Chapman (Mikey) is a star agent. the story that he discovered a girl Angie Vega and brought her to cast (Casting) that she stole things ...... that they later found that she stole the manager/boss things and afterwords the 2 main cast also voiced in Stuart Little as Stuart little and cat snow-bell. without this movie, nobody would know that Michael J Fox can also play brilliantly in Disney movies. I like this movie. I rarely watch Disney movies due to they are for kids. but this one.This one I watch for Michael J Fox. and yes this movie is a great movie that I had finally got more than what I expected from this movie. my friend calls Mikey due to this movie.

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johnstonjames
1993/06/09

very good film. don't let the light touch and the cute humor fool you. this film is actually about something more relevant than it appears at first, and especially in the wake (not a pun) of child star Gary Coleman's unfortunate passing. very timely.i've always thought Michael j Fox was an excellent actor who is capable of both humorous and serious performances. whichever the case he is always good. and despite his small stature, we know in real life he is a great man fighting a really big battle and doing big things. love the actor and the real life man.getting back to the movie. 'Mikey' on a superficial level seems like overly light family entertainment made to appeal to the crowd that likes "celebrity family films". you know the kind of family fare that features big name stars in modest kid friendly films. movies like Sandler's 'Big Daddy' or Eddie Murphy in something like 'Daddy Day Care'. 'Mikey' is deeper and has more thoughtful subject matter than these films usually have although it doesn't try to be overt or pretentious about it.the film covers all the bases about child actors in the media. Mikey himself is a former child actor in the film, it shows how the situation can corrupt the kid and make him greedy,it spoofs stage parents and overly precocious kids, it even makes fun of the whole "catch phrase" thing that is often popular in child star sitcoms. and it manages to do it all without becoming too preachy or depressing and cynical.it's also great to see Cyndi Lauper in a movie role (just about her only one as far as i know). Cyndi looks great and is very likable, cute and charming. it would have been nice to see her offered more roles like Madonna was (Lauper, i always thought, was the more talented musician).this was a fun movie and it offered genuine insights into kids (and adults for that matter), and it was a film that tells us in it's message to introspect our experiences rather than simply letting them just happen to us or control us. nice film.

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moonspinner55
1993/06/10

Disappointing comedy-drama with a sentimental coating has Michael J. Fox ideally cast as a former child star who now runs a talent agency for thespian tots; brother Nathan Lane and Cyndi Lauper are his assistants. This all sounds as if it can't miss, however too much of the scenario is given over to strident Christina Vidal as a streetwise tyke whom Fox believes will be the next big thing. They quickly lock horns, and the bantering, back-and-forth dialogue takes them to an uninteresting, formulaic finish. Fox and Lane are both appealing, but the energy of the early scenes gives way to treacle. Slickly-produced, but ultimately stale. *1/2 from ****

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Fyyona
1993/06/11

Ahh yes, "Life With Mikey".It's a cutesy little film about a former child star, Michael Chapman, who is now working in a talent agency alongside his brother, Ed Chapman. However, Michael has been neglecting the agency and piles pretty much all of the work on poor Ed. He also lives in a messy apartment, appears to be a heavy smoker and has missed out on a lot of education from his childhood due to his stardom. His adult life is a wreck.One day Michael is pick-pocketed by a young girl, Angie. He sees her again later and she appears to have been caught attempting to pick-pocket somebody else. At this point she bursts into tears and blurts out some dramatic dribble about her family, winning the sympathy of passers-by. Michael witnesses her performance and tells her that she could use her acting skills to become wealthy.Later we discover that Angie does, in fact, have domestic problems. Her mother is dead and her father is at a rehabilitation centre. She has to live with her older sister and her boyfriend who push her aside, and do not take good care of her at all. Angie decides to go and live with Michael, giving him the responsibility of taking care of her.This film has its high points and low points. It appealed to me because Michael J. Fox, Nathan Lane and Cyndi Lauper are in it. It was lovely to see these familiar faces, and they each gave a good performance. However, the plot itself was a bit all-over-the-place. It is difficult to give the full summary of what happens but I think that Michael's responsibility for Angie is where the majority of the plot lies. I also found some scenes in this film painfully cheesy. The "happy birthday" scenes, the auditions and the wrestling scene in particular were a bit of a let-down for me.Overall, I think this film is alright. It's not exactly a must-see film but, hey, you might enjoy some of it.

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