Like Mike Critic Reviews

Sure-fire heart-warmer: lively, funny yet emotion-charged and uplifting.Read the full review

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 the full review

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 the full review

Appealing movie, one of the summer's pleasant surprises.Read the full review

This Flubbery fantasy won't win any prizes for elegant craftsmanship or originality, but it's entertaining, good-natured and a slam dunk to be a hit with young kids.Read the full review

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 the 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 the full review

Pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle.Read the full review

Weirdly earnest and earnestly weird.Read the full review