Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Michael J. FoxMichael Chapman
- Christina VidalAngie Vega
- Nathan LaneEd Chapman
- Victor GarberBrian Spiro
- David KrumholtzBarry Corman
- Cyndi LauperGeena Briganti
- David HuddlestonHerr Corcoran
- Frances ChaneyMrs. Cantrell
- Kathryn GrodyMrs. Corman
- Mary AliceMrs. Gordon
Recommendations
- 75
The Associated Press
Life With Mikey is spun with delightful wisecracks, a childlike charm and the exhilaration of surmounting the odds - even though the sum of these parts cloys just a bit. [1 June 1993] - 75
Boston Globe
Life with Mikey is awfully easy to take, thanks mostly to Fox's breezy charm. [4 June 1993, p.51] - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
Life With Mikey is friendly and funny and ought to renew a lot of lost affection at the movies in coming weeks -- it's solid entertainment with heart and an ever- so-gentle contemporary edge. [4 June 1993, p.C1] - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Tykey Michael J. Fox is Mikey in Life With Mikey, a charmingly scruffy story about a former child star whose career and life are rejuventated by a feisty street urchin. Impish and good-hearted, this Buena Vista release should delight elementary school kids on summer vacation and stake out a lively life at the boxoffice. [1 June 1993] - 60
The New York Times
This film's not-so-secret weapon is Michael J. Fox, who works tirelessly to keep the comedy afloat even when its sentimental side begins to show. - 60
Los Angeles Times
The role fits Fox like a glove but perhaps at this point in his career he should be scouting for something less form-fitting. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
Life with Mikey is a good-hearted retread of many other movies about friendship between a hapless adult and a wise child. - 50
Washington Post
An uneven look at the reclamation of a former child star, "Life With Mikey" has the strangely amiable feel of a cult movie for the peanut gallery. It's camp and cutesy all at the same time, like a kiddie-car ride down "Sunset Boulevard" with an aging Gary Coleman behind the wheel. Caught somewhere between a spoof and a celebration of child-powered sitcoms, it only hints at the real toll of being a has-been teen.
