Michael J. Fox is ideally cast as former child star who now runs a talent agency for thespian tots; brother Nathan Lane and Cyndi Lauper are his assistants. This all sounds as if it can't miss; unfortunately, too much of the scenario is given over to strident Christina Vidal as a streetwise tyke whom Fox believes will be the next big thing. The two quickly lock horns, while their bantering dialogue courtesy screenwriter Marc Lawrence takes the characters and the picture to an uninteresting, formulaic finish. Most of the cast (especially Lane) is appealing, but the energy of the early scenes gives way to treacle. Slickly-produced but ultimately sitcom-stale. *1/2 from ****