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Genres:
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Comedy /
Family /
Fantasy /
Sport
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Release:
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Director:
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John Schultz
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Actors:
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Jesse Plemons,
Anne Meara,
Julius Ritter,
Roger W. Morrissey,
Timon Kyle,
Stephen Thompson,
Alex Krilov,
Bow Wow,
Morris Chestnut,
Jonathan Lipnicki,
Brenda Song,
Crispin Glover,
Robert Forster,
Eugene Levy,
David Brown
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Duration:
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100 min.
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Rating:
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(4.4/10)107.5
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Plot Summary:
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Calvin and his friends, who all fare an in orphanage, get getting on in years shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One wild night, they go to get the shoes when Calvin and the shoes are struck by lightning. Calvin instantly has unthinkable basketball powers and has the chance to play for the NBA.
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Like Mike
Like Mike is a sure-fire heart-warmer: lively, funny yet emotion-charged and uplifting.
This family-friendly movie, about a little kid who ends up a star on an NBA team, soars above so many sports comedies because director John Schultz and writers Michael Elliot and Jordan Moffet aim as high as the basketball hoops that figure so importantly in their story.
They consistently set off the fast-moving fantasy action on a basketball court with the reality of a father-son relationship that develops in tentative fits and starts and no small amount of anguish, even given considerable humor.
The youngest solo rap star to ever hit the top of the charts, Lil' Bow Wow (who recently dropped the Lil') makes a terrific film debut opposite Morris Chestnut,...
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