Life with Mikey (also known as Give Me a Break) is a 1993 American comedy-drama 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.
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| Directed by | James Lapine |
| Written by | Marc Lawrence |
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| Cinematography | Rob Hahn |
| Edited by | Robert Leighton |
| Music by | Alan Menken |
Production company | Touchstone Pictures |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $12.4 million[1] |
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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, Mickey 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.
The movie 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]
The movie debuted at No. 7.[7][8][9][10]
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