Like Mike
After lacing up a mysterious pair of old sneakers inscribed with the faded initials MJ, a 4-year-old orphaned boy becomes a superstar of the American Basketball Association.
23 March 1973, San Francisco, California, USA
1989
13 July 1941, Rochester, New York, USA
17 September 1974, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
16 August 1952, Queens, New York, USA
22 February 1944, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
7 February 1974, Johannesburg, South Africa
24 May 1979, Bartow, Florida, USA
1 January 1969, Cerritos, California, USA
31 August 1954, Van Nuys, California, USA
26 January 1977, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA
3 February 1987
17 December 1946, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
23 July 1968, Oakland, California, USA
13 June 1962, Oak Park, Illinois, USA
December 06, 2005
There's no excuse to come within a hundred feet of a screen playing this monstrosity of a movie.
March 25, 2008
Director John Schultz's movie is as lame and predictable as you'd imagine, and it's chock full of orphanage cliches.
July 11, 2002
As with too many studio pics, plot mechanics get in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure.
January 12, 2004
There's no joke about the wretchedness that is Like Mike--except the cruel one on anyone who gets suckered into watching this crap.
December 25, 2010
Lil Bow Wow in family friendly fantasy.
March 25, 2008
[A] summer-weight but winsome basketball fantasy.
June 24, 2006
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.
December 30, 2006
It's formulaic stuff but done with enough gusto to entertain.
February 08, 2003
...Full of stereotypical characters, plot holes, and unconvincing dialogue delivered by a host of so-so actors...
July 11, 2002
A valueless kiddie paean to pro basketball underwritten by the NBA.
September 02, 2003
A fantasy fable that should keep everyone in the family entertained.
August 01, 2002
As predictable as a Lakers championship.
