Life with Mikey
Life with Mikey | |
---|---|
Directed by | James Lapine |
Written by | Marc Lawrence |
Produced by | Scott Rudin Marc Lawrence |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Rob Hahn |
Edited by | Robert Leighton |
Music by | Alan Menken |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
Release date |
|
Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $12,440,858[1] |
Life with Mikey (also known as Give Me a Break) is a 1993 American comedy-drama film starring Michael J. Fox, Christina Vidal, Nathan Lane, Cyndi Lauper and David Krumholtz.
Plot[]
This article needs an improved plot summary. (September 2015) |
In the 1970s, Mikey Chapman (Michael J. Fox), a former child star and now a talent agent for child stars, discovers Angie Vega (Christina Vidal, in her first movie), a girl who pick-pockets for money and lives with her teenage sister and her boyfriend. Together, they try to hit it big and earn her a role on a series of television commercials.
Cast[]
- Michael J. Fox as Michael "Mikey" Chapman
- Christina Vidal as Angie Vega
Paula Garcés as an adult Angie Vega
- Cyndi Lauper as Geena Briganti
- Nathan Lane as Ed Chapman
- David Krumholtz as Barry Corman
- David Huddleston as Mr. Corcoran
- Tim Progosh as Lawyer Norman Feller
- Victor Garber as Brian Spiro
- Mary Alice as Mrs. Gordon
- Kathryn Grody as Mrs. Corman
- Sean Power as Lenny
- Heather MacRae as Mrs. Tobin
- Blake McGrath as Acrobat
- Phoebe Lapine as Andrews Sister #1
- Anna Rose Menken as Andrews Sister #2
- Ali Caplan as Andrews Sister #3
- Rubén Blades as Angie's dad
- Aida Turturro as Officer Moran
- Christine Baranski as Carol
- Kevin Zegers as Little Mikey
- Mandy Patinkin as Irate Man
In popular culture[]
An episode of Spin City, "Wife of Mikey", is titled with a nod to this film. It is the last episode in which Fox appears, having left the regular cast at the end of the 4th season due to his worsening Parkinson's disease.[citation needed]
Reception[]
The movie received generally negative reviews.[2][3][4][5] Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 25% of the 12 critics gave the film a positive review, with 3 fresh and 9 rotten review, with a rating average of 4.05 out of 10 and 40% of the audience liked it based on more than 8830 ratings.[6]
Box office[]
The movie debuted at No. 7.[7][8][9][10]
References[]
- ^ Life with Mikey at Box Office Mojo
- ^ Rainer, Peter (1993-06-04). "MOVIE REVIEWS : A Fox Steals the Show in Too-Cute 'Life' - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
- ^ "Life With Mikey :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. 1993-06-04. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (1993-06-04). "Life with Mikey". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
- ^ "'Life With Mikey' (PG)". Washingtonpost.com. 1993-06-04. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
- ^ https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/life_with_mikey/
- ^ DAVID J. FOX (1993-06-08). "Weekend Box Office : 'Cliffhanger,' 'America' Hold On". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
- ^ DAVID J. FOX (1993-06-15). "Weekend Box Office : Universal's Monster Smash". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
- ^ Fox, David J. (1993-06-21). "'Hero': When $15 Million Isn't Quite Enough : Movie box office: By Hollywood standards, the Arnold Schwarzenegger vehicle opens poorly. But Columbia is 'very, very, very happy with it.' - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
- ^ DAVID J. FOX (1993-06-22). "Weekend Box Office : 'Proposal' Joins the $100-Million Club". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
External links[]
Wikiquote has quotations related to: Life with Mikey |
- 1993 films
- English-language films
- 1993 comedy films
- American comedy films
- American films
- Films about actors
- Touchstone Pictures films
- Films directed by James Lapine
- Films with screenplays by Marc Lawrence
- Films produced by Scott Rudin
- Films scored by Alan Menken
- Films set in New York City
- Films shot in New York City
- American children's comedy films