Life with Mikey Page #2

Synopsis: Michael Chapman was once a child TV star. But when he grew up, he couldn't get work. So he and his brother, Ed start their own talent agency that specializes in child acts. They can't seem to find the next big thing and they have to deal with another agency who's not above bribery to get the kids to sign with them. One day Michael meets a girl named Angie and she's a real spitfire. Michael thinks she could be what they are looking for. Problem is that she has a big chip on her shoulder.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Director(s): James Lapine
Production: Buena Vista
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.5
Rotten Tomatoes:
20%
PG
Year:
1993
91 min
246 Views


JUST BEHAVE YOURSELF, OKAY?

MRS. CORMAN! HOW ARE YOU?

OH, MRS. C. YOU LOOK RAVISHING.

REALLY DO. ABSOLUTELY. DO I?

OH, I AM USING

THIS NEW MOISTURIZER.

YOU LOOK VERY MOIST.

VERY.

HEY, MOM, THIS IS A BUSINESS

MEETING, NOT A BLOCK PARTY.

DO ME A FAVOR. GO DOWN TO

THE CORNER AND GET ME

A COUPLE OF BIG MACS.

AND, UH, GET YOURSELF

A LITTLE SOMETHING.

WOULD YOU BOYS LIKE ANYTHING?

THEY'RE FINE.

YEAH, WE'LL JUST GET BY...

ON WHATEVER FALLS OU OF BARRY'S MOUTH.

[Chuckling]

I'LL SEE YOU ALL LATER.

HEY, MOM, GET A LIFE.

ALL RIGHT, I'M READY

FOR YOUR APOLOGY.

WA... WAIT A MINUTE.

WH... WHAT IS HE TALKIN' ABOUT?

MICHAEL, UM, BARRY

FEELS THAT YOU'RE

NOT QUITE SUPPORTIVE ENOUGH.

THAT YOU'RE OCCASIONALLY

RUDE AND DISMISSIVE...

AND YOU DON'T TAKE

HIS CAREER SERIOUSLY.

YOU'VE BROUGHT ME DOWN HERE

TO APOLOGIZE TO HIM?

WHAT, ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR

MIND? FOR WHAT?

FOR DISCOVERING HIM WITH

HIS ENTIRE HEAD STUFFED

IN A BOX OF COCOA PUFFS?

I MADE THIS KID:

THE CEREAL KING.

YEAH, WELL, I'M SICK OF DOING

CEREAL COMMERCIALS.

I WANNA DO NEW STUFF.

I WANNA GROW ARTISTICALLY.

I WANNA WORK WITH

MICHELLE PFEIFFER.

HOW COME I WASN'T PU UP FOR HER LAST MOVIE?

TOTALLY OUR FAULT, BARRY.

BARRY, THEY NEED YOU IN MAKEUP.

WE HAD NO IDEA...

YOU WERE INTERESTED

IN THE PART.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SHAMELESS.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST GET ON

YOUR KNEES AND SACRIFICE

A GOAT TO THIS KID?

LET'S HOPE IT DOESN' COME TO THAT.

BARRY, IF YOU HAD ONLY

MENTIONED THIS SOONER.

ALL RIGHT, YOU TWO CLOWNS,

WE'LL TALK LATER.

I GOTTA GET INTO CHARACTER.

WHAT CHARACTER?

ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS SWALLOW.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE GONNA BE LAUGHING

YOURSELF RIGHT OUT OF A CLIENT,

MR. FUNNY MAN,

BECAUSE BRIAN SPIRO

FROM UNITED TALENT...

HAS BEEN TAKIN' ME OU TO A LOTTA LUNCHES RECENTLY.

GREAT! HE'LL BE OUTTA BUSINESS

SOON, THE WAY YOU EAT.

[Nervous Chuckling]

HE'S KIDDING, BARRY!

MICHAEL LIKES TO KID AROUND.

TELL HIM YOU WERE

KIDDING, MICHAEL.

ALL RIGHT, I...

[Clears Throat]

I WAS KIDDING, BARRY.

I WAS KIDDING.

COME ON.

YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.

[Cracking]

VERY MUCH.

[Gulping]

MMM!

WHEN I PUT BARRY

IN THAT HEADLOCK,

I GOT VITALIS:

ALL OVER MY SHIRT.

LISTEN, MICHAEL, I'VE GO TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING.

YES, ED?

[Sighs]

I'M THINKING OF,

EH, GETTING OUT.

GIVING UP THE BUSINESS.

YOU'RE NOT SERIOUS.

YES, I AM SERIOUS.

ONE DAY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO

SEND THE GIRLS TO COLLEGE,

MARILYN WANTS TO GO TO EUROPE.

WE'VE GOT THE MORTGAGE

ON THE HOUSE, I'M UP

TO MY EARS IN CREDIT...

ED, YOU'RE NOT GONNA LEAVE

ME. YA CAN'T LEAVE ME.

THIS IS THE ONLY THING

I KNOW HOW TO DO.

YOU GOTTA MAKE A

DECISION, MICHAEL.

YOU WANNA DO THIS

JOB OR YOU DON'T.

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