Like Mike

Name: Like Mike
Released: 2002-7-3
Cast: Lil Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Robert Forster, Crispin Glover

Like Mike

PG
1h 39m
2002

57%

age 7+

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A fourteen-year-old orphan and basketball fanatic becomes a star NBA player and finds a new dad with the help of Michael Jordan's magical shoes.

Director:

John Schultz

Producer:

Barry Josephson, Peter Heller

Writer:

Michael Elliot, Jordan Moffet

Cast:

Lil Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Robert Forster, Crispin Glover, Eugene Levy

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

57%

Critics Consensus: A pleasant and innocuous diversion for kids, but adults may have trouble sitting through the movie's predictable plotlines and schmaltz.

Reviews

Common Sense Media

Nell Minow

Lil Bow Wow in family friendly fantasy.

[A] summer-weight but winsome basketball fantasy.

August 16, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Associated Press

Christy Lemire

Director John Schultz's movie is as lame and predictable as you'd imagine, and it's chock full of orphanage cliches.

June 21, 2017

Empire Magazine

It's formulaic stuff but done with enough gusto to entertain.

June 21, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Time Out

Bow Wow makes an impressive film debut; parents and children will love Calv's plucky can-do attitude; and the action sequences are given a little more oomph due to the presence of real life basketball pros.

June 21, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 7+

Common Sense Says

Lil Bow Wow in family-friendly fantasy.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that there is a surprising amount of abuse and cruelty by adults in this movie. Bittleman lies, cheats, calls Ox an idiot, and forces the children to sell candy outdoors late at night. He burns Murph's only photo of his mother. Some kids may be upset by the orphanage and by Tracey's estrangement from his father. Make sure kids know that they must stay away from power lines and lightning. And make sure that kids know that room service is not free!