Fresh
[A] summer-weight but winsome basketball fantasy.
Ted Shen, Chicago Reader
Like Mike
Think like Mike, achieve like Mike, be like Mike.
2002 · 1h 39m · PG
Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Directed by
John Schultz
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Like Mike
Overview
Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to get the shoes when Calvin and the shoes are struck by lightning. Calvin now has unbelievable basketball powers and has the chance to play for the NBA.
Director and cast
- John Schultz Director
- Shad Moss as Calvin Cambridge
- Morris Chestnut as Tracey Reynolds
- Jonathan Lipnicki as Murph
- Anne Meara as Sister Theresa
- Jesse Plemons as Ox
- Brenda Song as Reg Stevens
- Julius Ritter as Marlon (as Julius Charles Ritter)
- Crispin Glover as Stan Bittleman
- Robert Forster as Coach Wagner
- Eugene Levy Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
57%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Director John Schultz's movie is as lame and predictable as you'd imagine, and it's chock full of orphanage cliches.
Christy Lemire, Associated Press
Rotten
As predictable as a Lakers championship.
Scott Von Doviak, Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Rotten
A valueless kiddie paean to pro basketball underwritten by the NBA.
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice
Rotten
As with too many studio pics, plot mechanics get in the way of what should be the lighter-than-air adventure.
Robert Koehler, Variety
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