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News: Hip-hop for Hollywood
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee Movie Critic
"Like Mike" is an efficient, exceedingly likable family film about orphans and sports that comes with equal doses of sentimentality, corny jokes and life lessons. Much of its laid-back, easy charm comes from its young star, the rapper Bow Wow -- formerly known as Lil' Bow Wow -- in his first starring movie role. ...
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Rapper Lil' Bow Wow (who has since dropped the "Lil'") is responsible for a lot of the movie's success. He is confident and relaxed on the screen, engaging, and has good moves on the basketball court. In a role that could have been deadly with the wrong kind of kid actor, he's the right kind, a no-nonsense professional who wisely plays the fantasy as if it were real. ...
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
Teen rapper turned actor Lil' Bow Wow gets his first starring vehicle in "Like Mike," but if you're worried about seeing the pint-size rapper smoking blunts and spewing profanity, don't be. The heartwarming tale of a saintly orphan, a pair of magic sneakers and the NBA owes more to Mickey Rooney than to his real-life uncle Snoop Dogg. ...
Chris Hewitt
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Will Smith, watch your back. Fourteen-year-old Lil' Bow Wow is a better rapper than you are, he's cuter and he's almost as good an actor. In "Like Mike," Lil' plays Calvin, an orphan who becomes the youngest, shortest, funkiest player in the NBA after he tries on a pair of Michael Jordan's cast-off sneakers that make him play like Mike. ...
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Like Mike
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(2002)
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Overview:
Making his feature film starring debut, teen hip hop sensation, Lil Bow Wow portrays 14-year-old orphan Calvin Cambridge, who dreams of being a famous professional basketball player. But his diminutive stature and limited ability make this goal a far-off fantasy. Or is it? When Calvin dons a pair of old sneakers, with the faded initials "M.J." inscribed inside, he displays amazing hoop skills.
Starring:
Lil' Bow Wow, Morris Chestnut, Jonathan Lipnicki, Brenda Song, Jesse Plemons, Robert Forster, Anne Meara, Crispin Glover, Eugene Levy, Vanessa Williams and Julie Brown
Directed by:
John Schultz
Written by:
Michael Elliot and Jordan Moffet
Cinematographer:
Shawn Maurer
Composer:
Richard Gibbs
Studio:
20th Century-Fox
Release Date:
July 3, 2002
MPAA Rating:
(PG) - for brief mild language
Running Time:
104 minutes
Websites:
Official Site
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