Sure-fire heart-warmer: lively, funny yet emotion-charged and uplifting.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie overcomes its lack or originality in the setup by making good use of its central idea, that a pair of sneakers could make a kid into an NBA star. This is a message a lot of kids have been waiting to hear.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
I don't want to sell Like Mike as something it's not. It's a cash-in, all right - just better written, more tightly edited, sharply performed, and a little more heartfelt than most.Read Full Review »
63
Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
It's basketball Fantasy Camp for the cost of a movie ticket.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Michael O'Sullivan
Sappy but sweet B-ball Cinderella story that succeeds thanks largely to the outsize charm of its 4-foot-8-inch, corn-rowed protagonist.Read Full Review »
The director's breezy steadiness keeps the movie from hitting us over the head -- well, not too hard, anyway, no small feat since the steroid-juiced sentimentality of the ending may force some to flee before the outtakes unspool under the credits.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
Like Mike has the synthetically wrapped pseudo-charm of a perfunctory ''Flubber'' sequel.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
A soulless jumble of ineptly assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for NBA properties.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
The frightening myths about adoption that run through Like Mike make even its happiest endings a little bit creepy.Read Full Review »
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