- #HOW OLD WAS BOW WOW IN LIKE MIKE MOVIE#
- #HOW OLD WAS BOW WOW IN LIKE MIKE PRO#
- #HOW OLD WAS BOW WOW IN LIKE MIKE PROFESSIONAL#
Since Tinseltown has already gifted us with "Air Bud" (about a basketball-loving dog) and "Ed" (a baseball-playing chimp), there's nothing that strange about a slam-dunking kid.īut youngsters will still enjoy watching teen rapper Lil' Bow Wow literally beating the grown-ups at their own game.
#HOW OLD WAS BOW WOW IN LIKE MIKE PRO#
Now we have "Like Mike", in which 14-year-old orphan Calvin (Bow Wow) finds he can shoot hoops like a pro thanks to a pair of sneakers that may have once belonged to Michael Jordan.
The X's and O's of Like Mike are solid, it's the team's execution that fails.Basketball, baseball, and ice hockey are foreign pastimes for most of us, but that doesn't stop Hollywood continually bombarding us with movies about their beloved sports.Īlready this year we've seen " The Rookie",starring Dennis Quaid as an over-the-hill pitcher, and " Juwanna Mann", about a cross-dressing NBA player. Forster delivers the most measured performance, at least not gaping too hard at Calvin's talent, and Glover's natural weirdness suits his neo-Fagin role.
#HOW OLD WAS BOW WOW IN LIKE MIKE MOVIE#
And, yes, Calvin's buddy Murph really is Jonathan Lipnicki from Jerry Maguire, looking so ill at ease that you wonder where his potential went.Īmong the adults, Chestnut (The Brothers, Two Can Play That Game) makes another good impression with lackluster material, including the film's other lapse in family movie judgment, a sequence involving prescription drugs and underage driving. Some line readings are so poorly timed that they feel like blown takes left in the movie by mistake. Lil' Bow Wow handles his role admirably, but Schultz doesn't even attempt to get credible performances from his other child actors. Shaquille O'Neal skipped this movie after doing Kazaam, if that tells you anything. Like Mike plays like a long NBA infomercial minus its showcase team, the L.A. The problem is how much director John Schultz is willing to coast on cameo double takes by NBA stars such as Allen Iverson, Jason Kidd and David Robinson, and the unimaginative way he depicts Calvin's super-hoops skills. Like Mike is simplistic but that's part of its occasional charm.
#HOW OLD WAS BOW WOW IN LIKE MIKE PROFESSIONAL#
Professional jealousy evolves into happy endings on and off the court. But he's still an orphan and, wouldn't you know it, Tracey has his own family problems that make him feel alone. The Knights' general manager (Eugene Levy) signs him to a contract and suddenly Calvin is a pint-sized phenomenon. The kid has more game than anyone can believe. A chance encounter with the coach (Robert Forster) of the hometown Los Angeles Knights leads to a halftime one-on-one matchup with Calvin's favorite player Tracey Reynolds (Morris Chestnut). Calvin figures the previous owner was Michael Jordan and that belief coupled with a lightning encounter _ one of two fairly irresponsible scenes in the movie _ makes him start playing hoops like Mike. A box of discarded clothing includes a pair of worn Nike sneakers with the initials "M.J." scribbled inside.
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