Life with Mikey

1993 film by James Lapine

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 (1993-06-04)

Running time

| 91 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English
Box office| $12.4 million[1]

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

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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

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* 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

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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

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The film debuted at number 7 at the US box office.[7][8][9][10]

## References

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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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Films directed by James Lapine

* Impromptu (1991)
* Life with Mikey (1993)
* Earthly Possessions (1999)
* Six by Sondheim (2013)
* Custody (2016)

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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)

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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)

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