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Features: DVD, Widescreen
Young hip-hop star Lil Bow Wow scores big in his screen debut as Calvin Cambridge, a young boy who lives in an orphanage that seems to be running as a profitable scam. Calvin comes into possession of faded Nikes with the initials "MJ" written inside the tongue. His worst enemy, Ox, ends up throwing the sneakers over a power line where they end up hanging through a stormy night. Calvin climbs up a tree to retrieve them, lightning strikes and the sneakers magically make him Like Mike, sending him up the middle, through the lane and straight into the NBA record books!
"A well-crafted film carefully thought out in all its aspects..." Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
"Like Mike shoots and scores, doing its namesake proud." Mack Bates, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Fun for the whole family!" WFLD-TV, Chicago
"...a fantasy fable that should keep everyone in the family entertained." Neil Smith, BBCi
"Two thumbs up!" Ebert & Roeper
Editor's Note
Fourteen-year-old Calvin Cambridge (Lil' Bow Wow) spends his days at the orphanage waiting to be adopted and shooting hoops with his best friend, Murph (Jonathan Lipnicki). When he starts to wear a pair of sneakers that used to belong to a famous basketball player and bear the initials M.J.--ostensibly those of basketball legend Michael Jordan--Calvin's wildest dreams begin to come true. The 4'8" teenager is suddenly an unstoppable force on the basketball court and soon finds himself an indispensable member of the LA Knights, a floundering NBA team. As long as Calvin has his magic sneakers, he believes he can do anything and be "like Mike." Ultimately, despite his newfound fame and fortune, Calvin still yearns for a family to call his own. Morris Chestnut stars as Tracey Reynolds, Calvin's mentor on the Knights team, and Crispin Glover is sufficiently creepy as Bittleman, the greedy head of the orphanage. Basketball fans will love the game footage and multiple cameos from real NBA stars like Allen Iverson and Jason Kidd. Rap star Lil' Bow Wow is impressive in his film debut, and also contributes songs to the soundtrack.
| Features | Dedleted Scenes With Director's Commentary | | Scene Access | | Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround; French, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Interactive Menus | | Deleted Scenes With Director's Commentary | | "Making Of..." Featurette | | Bow Wow "Basketball" Music Video | | Widescreen & Standard Versions | | Full-Length Audio Commentary By Director John Schultz And Actors Lil Bow Wow And Jonathan Lipnicki | | Behind The Scenes Featurette "Off The Hook & On The Set" |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 3/20/2007 |
| Running Time: 100 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 2005702 | | UPC: 00024543057024 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1/4:3 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Chicago Sun-Times
"...[Lil' Bow Wow] is confident and relaxed on the screen, engaging, and has good moves on the basketball court..." 07/03/2002 p.44Sight and Sound
"...[Lil Bow Wow is] a rare pre-adult performer who manages to hold the spotlight without seeming precocious....Director John Schultz keeps the tone light and playful..." 12/01/2002 p.50 Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
...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. - Roger Ebert
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