Pint-size rap music star Lil Bow Wow shows that he can play ball as well as he raps in this youth-oriented comedy about a young boy whose dream comes true in an unexpected way. Calvin Cambridge (Lil Bow Wow) is a 14-year-old boy, who, since the death of his parents, has been living in an orphanage ...more
MPAA Rating: PG | Year: 2002 | Running Time: 99 minutes
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$13.99LIKE MIKE / (FULL WS SEN)
This fantasy gives the Nike catch phrase "It's gotta be the shoes" a whole new meaning. Transposing Rookie of the Year's pipsqueak-in-the-pros formula to basketball, Like Mike rides an astonishingly natural performance from rapper Lil Bow Wow all the way to easy grins and harmless escapism. The idea of a 14-year-old in the NBA also has an ironic timeliness, as the feature was released in an era in which the sport was coming under fire for enticing teenage athletes to skip college. As a socially ...more
- Lil' Bow Wow - Calvin Cambridge
- Morris Chestnut - Tracey Reynolds
- Jonathan Lipnicki
- Robert Forster
- Crispin Glover
- Allen Iverson - Himself
- Vanessa A. Williams - Pharmacist
- Kevin Garnett - Himself
- Eugene Levy
- Brenda Song - Reg
- Jesse Plemons - Ox
- Julius Charles Ritter - Marlon
- Anne Meara
- Pat Croce
- John Schultz - Director
- Gregg Winik - Executive Producer
- Adam Silver - Executive Producer
- Peter Heller - Producer
- Barry Josephson - Producer
- Michael Elliot - Screenwriter
- Jordan Moffet - Screenwriter
- John R. Zachary - Art Director
- Risa Bramon Garcia - Casting
- Anne Fletcher - Choreography
- Reggie Theus - Consultant/advisor
- Garrett Grant - Co-producer
- Jermaine Dupri - Co-producer
- Michael Mauldin - Co-producer
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Release Date: 12/10/2002













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