Like Mike
- Bow Wow as Calvin Cambridge
- Morris Chestnut as Tracey Reynolds
- Jonathan Lipnicki as Murph
- Brenda Song as Reg Stevens
- Jesse Plemons as Ox
- Julius Knight as Marlon
- Crispin Glover as Stan Bittleman
- Eugene Levy as Frank Bernard
Like Mike is an American comedy from 2002. Directed by John Schultz. The screenplay was written by Michael Elliot.
Action
In a children's home in Los Angeles, the orphan Calvin Cambridge lives. One day at a biscuit - sale before the Los Angeles Knights Stadium he met the coach of the Knights. The reserved him a couple of tickets for the next game. The next day, he finds a mysterious box shoes of Michael Jordan. In the game of the Knights he has on his shoes, which he needs to randomly start a competition against the basketball player Tracey Reynolds. He wins against Tracey by a strange kind He is asked by the Knights to play with them. First, the Tracey do not like, but later he can Calvin always suffer more. Shortly before the play-off game, the shoes are stolen from the common home manager, but he can procure these shoes thanks to his friends again. Although the shoes are broke, he can win the game even more. Later, he and his best friend Murph adopted by Tracey.
Trivia
- The budget of the film was 30 million U.S. dollars, the film took the world a 62,274,780 U.S. dollars at the box office.
- In the film, many famous basketball stars, among others, Dirk Nowitzki made a guest appearance.
- In 2006, a directly produced for the video and DVD market sequel titled Like Mike 2 - The game with the Magic.
Criticism
Encyclopedia of the International film: Bittersweet tales, cut into seasoned fashion at a young audience. Well played and well told, with an open appeal to the children to believe in themselves.