Life with Mikey

Life with Mikey
Life with Mikey
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James Lapine
Written by	Marc Lawrence
Produced by	Teri Schwartz; Scott Rudin;
Starring	Michael J. Fox; Nathan Lane; Cyndi Lauper; Christina Vidal;
Cinematography	Rob Hahn
Edited by	Robert Leighton
Music by	Alan Menken
Production; company	Touchstone Pictures
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	June 4, 1993;
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$12.4 million

Life with Mikey (also known as Give Me a Break) is a 1993 American comedy film directed by James Lapine and written by Marc Lawrence. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Nathan Lane, Cyndi Lauper and Christina Vidal in her film acting debut.

Plot

Mikey Chapman (Michael J. Fox) is a former child star from a 1970s sitcom. Now a talent agent for child stars, Mikey discovers Angie Vega (Christina Vidal), 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
Nathan Lane as Ed Chapman
Cyndi Lauper as Geena Briganti
Christina Vidal as Angie Vega
David Krumholtz as Barry Corman
David Huddleston as Mr. Corcoran
Tim Progosh as Lawyer Norman Feller
Victor Garber as Brian Spiro
Paula Garcés as Janice Vega
Mary Alice as Mrs. Gordon
Kathryn Grody as Mrs. Corman
Sean Power as Lenny
Heather MacRae as Mrs. Tobin
Blake McGrath as Acrobat
Rubén Blades as Richard Vega
Aida Turturro as Officer Moran
Christine Baranski as Carol
Kevin Zegers as Little Mikey
Mandy Patinkin as Irate Man

Reception

The film received generally negative reviews.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Review aggregator RottenTomatoes 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.^[6]

Box office

The film debuted at number 7 at the US box office.^[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.
^ "Life with Mikey". Rotten Tomatoes.
^ 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

Life with Mikey at IMDb
Life with Mikey at AllMovie

[1] Life with Mikey at Box Office Mojo

[2] 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.

[3] "Life With Mikey :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. 1993-06-04. Retrieved 2012-07-24.

[4] Maslin, Janet (1993-06-04). "Life with Mikey". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-07-23.

[5] "'Life With Mikey' (PG)". Washingtonpost.com. 1993-06-04. Retrieved 2012-07-24.

[6] "Life with Mikey". Rotten Tomatoes.

[7] DAVID J. FOX (1993-06-08). "Weekend Box Office: 'Cliffhanger', 'America' Hold On". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-07-24.

[8] DAVID J. FOX (1993-06-15). "Weekend Box Office: Universal's Monster Smash". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-07-24.

[9] 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.

[10] DAVID J. FOX (1993-06-22). "Weekend Box Office: 'Proposal' Joins the $100-Million Club". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-07-24.

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v t e Marc Lawrence
Films written and directed	Two Weeks Notice (2002) Music and Lyrics (2007) Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009) The Rewrite (2014) Noelle (2019)
Films written	Life with Mikey (1993) Forces of Nature (1999) The Out-of-Towners (1999) Miss Congeniality (2000) Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
TV series created	Monty (1994) Pride & Joy (1995)

v t e Alan Menken
Awards and nominations
Musicals	Dear Worthy Editor (1974) God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1979) Little Shop of Horrors (1982) Diamonds (1984) Personals (1985) A Christmas Carol (1994) Beauty and the Beast (1994) King David (1997) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1999) Sister Act (2006) The Little Mermaid (2007) Leap of Faith (2010) Newsies (2011) Aladdin (2014) The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (2015) A Bronx Tale (2016) Hercules (2019)
Musical films	Little Shop of Horrors (1986) The Little Mermaid (1989) Rocky V (1990) Beauty and the Beast (1991) Newsies (1992) Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Aladdin (1992) Life with Mikey (1993) Pocahontas (1995) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Hercules (1997) Home on the Range (2004) Noel (2004) The Shaggy Dog (2006) Enchanted (2007) Tangled (2010) Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Jock the Hero Dog (2011) Mirror Mirror (2012) Sausage Party (2016) Beauty and the Beast (2017) Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) Holmes & Watson (2018) Aladdin (2019) Disenchanted (2022) The Little Mermaid (2023) Spellbound (2024) Aladdin: The Broadway Musical (TBA)
Television	Sesame Street (1989–1990) Polly (1989) Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) A Christmas Carol: The Musical (2004) The Neighbors (2013) Galavant (2015–2016) Tangled: Before Ever After (2017) Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017–2020) The Little Mermaid Live! (2019) Central Park The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021) Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (2022)
Documentary	A Dancer's Life (1972) Howard (2018)
Soundtracks	The Little Mermaid (1989) Beauty and the Beast (1991) Aladdin (1992) Beauty and the Beast (1994) Pocahontas (1995) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) Hercules (1997) Enchanted (2007) Tangled (2010) Beauty and the Beast (2017) Aladdin (2019) Disenchanted (2022) Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (2022) The Little Mermaid (2023)

v t e Stephen Schwartz
Awards and nominations
Music and lyrics	Godspell (1971) Pippin (1972) The Magic Show (1974) The Baker's Wife (1976) Working (1978) Personals (1985) The Trip (1986) Children of Eden (1991) Wicked (2003) Captain Louie (2005) Séance on a Wet Afternoon (2009) The Prince of Egypt (2017) The Queen of Versailles (2024)
Lyrics	MASS (1971) Rags (1986) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1999) Thiruvasagam (2005)
Musical films	Butterflies Are Free (1969) (title song) Godspell (1973) (songs) Life with Mikey (1993) (lyrics) Pocahontas (1995) (lyrics) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) (lyrics) The Prince of Egypt (1998) (songs) Noel (2004) (lyrics) Enchanted (2007) (lyrics) Disenchanted (2022) (lyrics) Wicked (2024) (songs) Wicked Part Two (2025) (songs)
Television	Working (1982) (songs and director) Geppetto (2000) (songs) Johnny and the Sprites (2005) (theme song)
Soundtracks	Godspell (1971) Pocahontas (1995) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) The Prince of Egypt (1998) Wicked (2003) Thiruvasagam (2005) Enchanted (2007) Disenchanted (2022) Wicked (2024)