Life with Mikey

Plot

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

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

Paula Garcés as Janice

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

In popular culture

An episode of Spin City, "Life with 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.

Reception

The movie received generally negative reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 22% of the 9 critics gave the film a positive review, with 2 fresh and 7 rotten review, with a rating average of 3.9 out of 10 and 39% of the audience liked it based on more than 8500 ratings.

Box office

The movie debuted at No. 7.