Life with Mikey

Starring:Michael J. Fox, Christina Vidal, Nathan Lane, Cyndi Lauper, David Krumholtz, David Huddleston, Victor Garber, Frances Chaney, Kathryn Grody, Mary Alice, Annabelle Gurwitch, Kathleen McNenny, Jonathan Charles Kaplan, Tony Hendra, Mario Todisco, Michael Rupert, Christine Baranski, Sean Power, Laura Bell Bundy, Christopher Durang
Director: James Lapine
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Product Type: DVD

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Michael J. Fox's Mikey is the Broadway Danny Rose of child actors. A former child sitcom star turned half-hearted agent to a stable of overeager adolescents, he finds a natural talent when he watches a 12-year-old pickpocket (Christina Vidal) work a crowd to tears. Of course, nothing comes without a price, and the self-involved bachelor soon becomes the unlikely big brother to street-smart Vidal, who soon gives way to sunny cheer. Fox is such an inspired casting choice that most critics missed the undercurrent of self-loathing and loneliness in his impulsive irresponsibility and glib, effortless charm, and Nathan Lane is hilarious as his overworked brother and business partner. They don't get much help from the script, which bounces between smarmy showbiz satire and warm, fuzzy family comedy and winds up as neither, but they manage to make it funny nonetheless.--Sean Axmaker

Description

Hollywood favorite Michael J. Fox (BACK TO THE FUTURE Trilogy) is at his best in this hilarious comedy about show biz. Fox stars as Mikey, a former child star having a little trouble with his new role as a kids' talent agent. He's desperate to find a way to keep his third-rate talent agency from going under when he meets Angie, a young con artist. With her streetwise smarts and irresistible charm, she's a natural for TV commercials and could be their ticket to the big time -- if they don't drive each other crazy first! Count on big laughs with LIFE WITH MIKEY, a fun-filled comedy treat that's sure to entertain everyone!

Customer Reviews:

great movie.......2006-11-14

my kids love this movie and were glad to be able to find it on video on Amazon

Life With Mikey................A mediocre existence........2006-10-30

This is not a really bad film, but lacked in a lot of areas to me. The concept was very good, as was much of the acting. The part Cyndi Lauper played could have been better cast to an animal actor like Lassie. Her performance was mediocre at best. Michael J. Fox and Nathan Lane stand out with their performances. The child actors were cast fairly well, video and audio was good, but the plot just wasn't that well written. It's an "ok" movie, and worth adding to a collection for Fox fans, but not something I would ever want to view a second time. I would have liked this film much better with a major re-write to stay with the initial concept it started off with. I thought it was somewhat boring all in all. If your expectations are low before viewing this film, maybe it won't be a tremendous disappointment to you. I didn't hate it, but I wouldn't recommend it.

really really good movie.......2005-10-28

I saw this movie after hearing about it for so long and I'm so glad I finally did. It's about a girl named angie who makes a commerical and she's really really funny and sassy. It's one of those success stories

@ Brian L Perkins: .......2005-02-27

@ Brian L Perkins: if you really dislike this, you can choose not to write here, coz write critical things like "i hate that movie" is not being liked by others. I hope that you really respect yourself.

This movie is the best one among all adult-content movie but China still rate it M-18. anyways, this movie is the reason of my christian name...Mikey. yeah coz i think that it's really brilliant.

to brian Perkins, you can choose not to write here if you really not like. Nobody wish to read negative comments. also, if I were u, I wouldn;t degrade myself by writing sth like u.

I loved this movie.......2005-02-14

Dude I loved this this movie.It`s got a great diologe.See it with your family or friends.

Average customer rating:

great movie
Life With Mikey................A mediocre existence.
really really good movie
@ Brian L Perkins:
I loved this movie

Life with Mikey [Region 2]
Starring: Michael J. Fox , Christina Vidal , Nathan Lane , Cyndi Lauper , and David Krumholtz
Director: James Lapine
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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