Lil Bow Wow in family friendly fantasy.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 25, 2010

[A] summer-weight but winsome basketball fantasy.

| Mar 25, 2008

Director John Schultz's movie is as lame and predictable as you'd imagine, and it's chock full of orphanage cliches.

Full Review | Mar 25, 2008

It's formulaic stuff but done with enough gusto to entertain.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Bow Wow makes an impressive film debut; parents and children will love Calv's plucky can-do attitude; and the action sequences are given a little more oomph due to the presence of real life basketball pros.

| Jun 24, 2006

There's no excuse to come within a hundred feet of a screen playing this monstrosity of a movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 0.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

There's no joke about the wretchedness that is Like Mike--except the cruel one on anyone who gets suckered into watching this crap.

| Original Score: 0/4 | Jan 12, 2004

A fantasy fable that should keep everyone in the family entertained.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 2, 2003

...Full of stereotypical characters, plot holes, and unconvincing dialogue delivered by a host of so-so actors...

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

Though it doesn't exactly offer any great shakes in terms of plot or character development, the film's entertaining enough to be watched by kids and adults alike.

Full Review | Original Score: 60/100 | Jan 7, 2003

This irritatingly feeble basketball movie for kids is co-produced by the NBA, for whom it is pretty candidly designed as a giant feature-length commercial.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 6, 2003

[A] dire sports film.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Dec 17, 2002

Basically, this deeply unimaginative film is a feature-length advertisement for the NBA, sponsored by Nike.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Nov 28, 2002

A fantasy fable that should keep everyone in the family entertained.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 22, 2002

Hey, any movie that has Crispin Glover running an orphanage is good for a laugh.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 17, 2002

A cheery, crowd-pleasing sports fantasy built around a winning performance from a very young rap star.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 15, 2002

If a movie has to be wholesome OR enjoyable, I'd rather it be enjoyable. But when one comes along that's both, I'm glad to recommend it.

| Original Score: B | Sep 18, 2002

Like Mike is hard to hate, but it's placid and uninspired, never delivering the goods

| Original Score: C | Aug 3, 2002

As predictable as a Lakers championship.

Full Review | Aug 1, 2002

A movie for 11-year-old boys with sports dreams of their own and the preteen girls who worship Lil' Bow Wow.

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 15, 2002