The player adopts him and his best friend and all is well in fantasy land. Calvin soon wearies of the fame and just wants to be a kid again. The movie follows a predictable Hollywood plot. His magic shoes cause him to impress everyone and before you know it he is on the team.Ĭalvin shares a hotel room with a player and they soon form a bond. He gets chosen to go one on one with one of the players at half time. One day, an orphan named Calvin sells a candy bar to the coach and gets free tickets to an NBA game. This one is played by Crispin Glover, the dad from Back To The Future. Has there ever been an orphanage director who actually liked his job and the kids. Like Mike is full of Hollywood stereotypes. I mean, are there really any orphanages left in this country? I have never seen one. Like Mike is pretty much a remake of that movie only the sport this time is basketball. He helps the team to the play offs and gets one of the players as a step dad. Before you know it he is a star pitcher on a lousy major league team. It is about a boy who discovers he has an amazing fastball. Jonathan Lipnicki and Lil Bow Wow in Like Mike.Ī few year back a movie called Rookie Of The Year was made. All but the terminally cynical should walk out of the theater with a lighthearted smile. Still the story moves along quickly and the performances by the leads are all winning.Ĭhildren, especially boys, should identify with Calvin, and parents looking for an enjoyable and non-offensive movie this summer need look no farther. This last character is played by Jonathan Lipnicki of Stuart Little fame.Īt times the movie tries too hard and it crosses over into Disneyesque sweetness more than once. There is, of course, the orphan bully, the mean orphanage director, and the loyal best friend. He first annoys and then eventually bonds with fellow NBA superstar Tracey Reynolds (played by Morris Chestnut). One fateful day he is given a pair of magical sneakers that were owned by Michael Jordan as a kid and before you can say triple double he is playing in the NBA. Rapper turned actor Lil' Bow Wow does a credible job as orphan Calvin Cambridge, whose only dream is to have a family of his own. Whenever i press the button….Like Mike is a warmhearted and mildly amusing children's fantasy. In the meanwhile, catch Bow Wow live onstage at the Millennium Tour this Fall and in F9, now on demand. On the music front, the rapper revealed that his next album is coming “next year for sure” and will also be his last. Shai is already very active on social media with hilarious skits and has already begun a career in acting with appearances on Nickelodeon’s Side Hustle and the forthcoming series, We Got This.Īs far as other reboots/sequels are concerned, to Bow’s knowledge, there is no Johnson Family Vacation 2 in the works and you can also count out Roll Bounce 2. When speaking on his 2005 cult classic, Bow explained, “Too timeless. I believe this mite be bigger than original. One fan suggested that his 10-year-old daughter, Shai Moss, should star in the new Like Mike, to which Bow admitted, “Shhhhh…. Im back with the original writer of the classic! Like mike 2 shoulda have never been made.
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