Like Mike isn't going to make box office money that makes Michael Jordan jealous, but it has some cute moments, funny scenes, and hits the target audience (young Bow Wow fans) - with nothing but net.
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07/07/02
Like Mike (2002)
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Reviews Counted:96
Fresh:54
Rotten:42
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: A pleasant and innocuous diversion for kids, but adults may have trouble sitting through the movie's predictable plotlines and schmaltz.
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Fourteen-year-old Calvin Cambridge (Lil' Bow Wow) spends his days at the orphanage waiting to be adopted and shooting hoops with his best friend, Murph (Jonathan Lipnicki). When he starts to wear a... [More]
Starring: Lil Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Brenda Song
Director: John Schultz
Reviews for Like Mike
...a low rate Annie featuring some kid who can't act, only echoes of Jordan, and weirdo actor Crispin Glover screwing things up old school.
07/05/02
Amiable enough, but far too cliched and steadfastly generic to be worth recommending.
07/05/02
It helps that Lil Bow Wow ... tones down his pint-sized gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid.
07/05/02
Regrettably, Like Mike is more reminiscent of Michael Jordan’s short lived baseball career than his legendary basketball one.
07/05/02
If you'd like a sweet and simple story where the final score is never in doubt, lace 'em up and head to the theater.
07/05/02
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07/05/02
I've seen some bad singer-turned actors, but Lil Bow Wow takes the cake.
07/05/02
While most of the film delights in its outrageousness (Crispin Glover seems incapable of playing anything but a caricature), the Tracey-Calvin relationship forms a sentimental center.
07/05/02
a wonderful family movie overflowing with something lacking in most family films today: heart.
07/04/02
Like Mike is essentially a Disney family programmer from the late 60s, early 70s. Do your kid a favor and rent the Kurt Russell version of The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes… it’s a better flavor of cheese.
07/04/02
Offers a gentle summer fantasy for both grown-ups and little ones.
07/03/02
Slick piece of cross-promotion.
07/03/02
Pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle.
07/03/02
A harmless, if ultimately inane, fantasy-comedy vehicle for youngsta-rapper Lil' Bow Wow.
07/03/02
A squeaky-clean, warmhearted movie parents can send kids to without worries.
07/03/02
It should manage to work its own form of magic over young (and even some older) viewers enough times to earn a passing grade.
07/03/02
One of the summer's pleasant surprises.
07/03/02
An efficient, exceedingly likable family film about orphans and sports that comes with equal doses of sentimentality, corny jokes and life lessons.
07/03/02
An agreeable summertime crowd-pleaser, especially if the crowd includes a lot of 5-to 15-year-olds who enjoy sports.
07/03/02
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