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Like Mike
	File:Like mike.jpg Promotional poster for Like Mike
Directed by	John Schultz
Produced by	Barry Josephson
Starring	Corbin Bleu; Will Smith; Liam Aiken; Brenda Song; Richard E. Grant; Jason Lee; Eugene Levy
Production; company	NBA Entertainment Films
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release date	July 7, 2004
Running time	100 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$30 million

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Like Mike is a 2004 movie, directed by John Schultz and starring Corbin Bleu, Will Smith, Liam Aiken and Brenda Song. The movie was produced in association with NBA Entertainment and features many cameo appearances by NBA stars.

Plot

Like Mike is about a teenage orphan named Calvin Cambridge who dreams about getting adopted. He has two best friends named Murph and Reg Stevens. They are taken by Stan Bittleman, the greedy orphanage director (played by Jason Lee) to sell chocolates after each of a fictional Los Angeles Knights NBA franchise's home games.

One night after a game, Calvin meets the team's coach who is impressed by Calvin's knowledge of basketball and honesty about the chocolates he sells, and offers Calvin tickets for the next game. The next day, Calvin obtains a pair of old sneakers from a Salvation Army Thrift Store that had reportedly been used by a great basketball player when he was a boy. The shoes have the initials MJ written on them, so naturally, Calvin thinks they used to belong to Michael Jordan.

Calvin's sneakers are taken by an orphanage bully named Ox who throws them onto an overhead power line. Calvin tries to retrieve them that night in a rainstorm so he can get them while Ox is not around and gets shocked by a lightning bolt, retrieving the sneakers.

Calvin and his friends then attend the basketball game between the Knights and the Minnesota Timberwolves that they had tickets for. The Knights are the worst team in the league and they have never won any games. After the second quarter ends the team's best player, Tracy Reynolds, prepares for a half time contest. Calvin's ticket number is called and he goes one on one with Tracy. Before the contest begins, a man in the crowd notices that one of Calvin's sneakers is untied. Calvin leans down to tie it and he whispers to himself "Make me like Mike". The contest begins and Calvin starts noticing that he has NBA superstar talent he ends the contest with a dunk after bouncing the ball off the backboard, and leaving the crowd speechless and Calvin is signed to a one day contract by the Knights. Calvin prepares for his first game with the Knights, but he realizes that he is not there to play. When the Knights play against the San Antonio Spurs they start losing badly. Coach Wagner decides to let Calvin play in the fourth quarter, but Calvin remembers that he can't play without his sneakers and calls a time out to get them. He comes back out and leads a comeback against the Spurs in which he dunks on Spurs Hall of Fame center David Robinson and scored 27 points. That gave the Knights an unexpected win, which leads to him getting a season contract. Calvin brought teamwork to the struggling Knights and made them one of the best teams in the league.

Calvin's life then follows a path of experiencing luxury for the first time while on the road and going back to his orphanage home when the team isn't traveling. He gets to see hotels and places he never imagined could exist, and he is assigned to be the roommate to Reynolds while on the road. Calvin then starts taking all the headlines and becoming the talk all around the sports media and the NBA.

While this is all happening, Calvin begins to figure out that all he wants is really a father, and he starts looking at Reynolds in a fatherly way. They slowly begin to develop a father and son relationship, although their relationship is sometimes challenged by the daily situations that a fifthteen-year-old boy without a father and a single man with no kids might have to face and Reynolds' attitude toward the young player. Although in a win over the Seattle Supersonics, the Sonics star point guard Gary Payton while guarding Cambridge, tackled Calvin and said to Cambridge "Now you know what it feels like to be in the Glove's hands", and Calvin responded to him by saying it feels more like a mitten and Payton and Cambridge got into an argument as Payton got hit with a technical foul after shoving Cambridge and Reynolds was the one protecting Calvin the most as the two were being separated.

Meanwhile, back home, Bittleman signs a contract with the team that says that all of Calvin's money will go to him instead until he's eighteen, or adopted. When the second option is about to become true, Bittleman decides to steal Calvin's shoes and bet US$100,000 against the Knights.

After negotiating with Ox the bully and his friends about how selfish Bittleman is, Calvin is able to subdue the orphanage director and retrieves his shoes when Ox takes them out of Bittleman's safe for him. However Bittleman manages to send several goons after Calvin in a failed attempt to steal the shoes. Calvin makes it to the arena with the shoes after the 3rd quarter ends with the Toronto Raptors routing the Knights 80-59.

Calvin is reluctantly put into the game by the coach and the Knights start to make a comeback after Tracy convinces the coach not to bench Calvin for tardiness. However after a pile-on towards the end of the game, Calvin's shoes are ruined with the Knights down by one point. During the following timeout, Calvin tells the team that he will retire after this game, without revealing the reason of his skills' cause being destroyed. On the last play, Calvin is not as skillful without the shoes, and goes through a bit of struggle, but he still manages to get the ball to Tracy, who makes the game-winning shot at the buzzer.

However, after going back to his orphanage, he and Murph get adopted by Tracy, and Reg by a different family but they still keep in touch with each other despite this. It is also revealed that Bittleman is missing (either dead or in hiding) because he doesn't have enough money to pay the bet and the orphanage is now sponsored by the Knights.

Cast

Corbin Bleu - Calvin Cambridge
Will Smith - Tracy Reynolds
Liam Aiken - Murph
Brenda Song - Reg Stevens
Jesse Plemons - Ox
Richard E. Grant - Coach Wagner
Jason Lee - Stan Bittleman
Eugene Levy - Frank Bernard
Fred Armisen - New Age Dad

Soundtrack

A soundtrack containing hip hop and R&B music was released on July 6, 2004 by So So Def Recordings. It peaked at 18 on the Billboard 200 and 10 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.

NBA stars

Box Office Performance

The film opened at #5 with a 3-day gross of $12,179,420 from 2,410 theaters for an average of $5,054 per venue, and a $19,018,444 gross since its Wednesday launch. It closed on November 16, 2004 with a final domestic gross of $51,432,760. The film did not do nearly as well overseas making $10,842,020, but with a total worldwide gross of $62,274,780, it made it a financial success as the film cost only $30 million to make.

References

External links

Like Mike at IMDb
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+| name=Like Mike
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+| caption=Promotional poster for ''Like Mike''
-| director = [[John Schultz (director)|John Schultz]]
+| director=[[John Schultz]]
+| writer=
-| producer = {{ubl|[[Barry Josephson]]|Peter Heller}}
+| starring =[[Corbin Bleu]]<br />[[Will Smith]]<br />[[Liam Aiken]]<br />[[Brenda Song]]<br />[[Richard E. Grant]]<br />[[Jason Lee]]<br />[[Eugene Levy]]
-| screenplay = {{ubl|Michael Elliot|Jordan Moffet}}
+| producer =[[Barry Josephson]]
-| story = Michael Elliot
+| studio =[[NBA Entertainment]] [[Films]]
-| starring = {{Plain list|
+| distributor =[[Fox Searchlight Pictures]]
-* [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Lil' Bow Wow]]
+| released =July 7, 2004
-* [[Morris Chestnut]]
+| runtime =100 minutes
-* [[Jonathan Lipnicki]]
+| language =English
-* [[Brenda Song]]
+| budget =$30 million
-* [[Robert Forster]]
+| followed by =[[Like Mike 2: Streetball]] (2006)
-* [[Crispin Glover]]
-* [[Eugene Levy]]
-* [[Jesse Plemons]]
-}}
-| music = [[Richard Gibbs]]
-| cinematography = Shawn Maurer
-| editing = {{ubl|[[Peter E. Berger|Peter Berger]]|John Pace}}
-| studio = {{ubl|[[20th Century Fox]]|[[NBA Entertainment]]|Heller Highwater Productions|Josephson Entertainment}}
-| distributor = [[20th Century Fox]]
-| released = {{Film date|2002|07|03|United States}}
-| runtime = 99 minutes
-| country = United States
-| language = English
-| budget = $30 million<ref name="boxofficemojo1">{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=likemike.htm |title=Like Mike (2002) |publisher= [[Box Office Mojo]] |date= |accessdate=2015-05-25}}</ref>
-| gross = $62.3 million<ref name="boxofficemojo1"/>
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+'''''Like Mike''''' is a [[2004 in film|2004 movie]], [[film director|directed]] by John Schultz and starring [[Corbin Bleu]], [[Will Smith]], [[Liam Aiken]] and [[Brenda Song]]. The movie was produced in association with [[NBA Entertainment]] and features many cameo appearances by NBA stars.
+== Plot ==
-'''''Like Mike''''' is a 2002 American [[Basketball|basketball]] themed [[comedy film]] directed by John Schultz and written by Michael Elliot and Jordan Moffet. Starring [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Lil' Bow Wow]], [[Morris Chestnut]], [[Jonathan Lipnicki]], [[Brenda Song]], [[Robert Forster]], [[Crispin Glover]] and [[Eugene Levy]], the film follows an orphan who gets basketball talents after finding a pair of [[Michael Jordan]]'s shoes.
+''Like Mike'' is about a teenage orphan named Calvin Cambridge who dreams about getting adopted. He has two best friends named Murph and Reg Stevens. They are taken by Stan Bittleman, the greedy orphanage director (played by [[Jason Lee]]) to sell chocolates after each of a fictional [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] Knights NBA franchise's home games.
+One night after a game, Calvin meets the team's coach who is impressed by Calvin's knowledge of basketball and honesty about the chocolates he sells, and offers Calvin tickets for the next game. The next day, Calvin obtains a pair of old sneakers from a [[Salvation Army]] [[Thrift Store]] that had reportedly been used by a great basketball player when he was a boy. The shoes have the initials ''MJ'' written on them, so naturally, Calvin thinks they used to belong to [[Michael Jordan]].
-It was produced by NBA Productions, and features cameo appearances by NBA players. The film was released on July 3, 2002, by [[20th Century Fox]].
+Calvin's sneakers are taken by an orphanage bully named Ox who throws them onto an overhead power line. Calvin tries to retrieve them that night in a rainstorm so he can get them while Ox is not around and gets shocked by a lightning bolt, retrieving the sneakers.
-==Plot==
-Calvin Cambridge and his two best friends, Murph and Reg Stevens, live in an orphanage. Murph is the youngest of the trio, and has a very close bond with Calvin. At night they all have to sell chocolate for the awkward orphanage director, Stan Bittleman, after each home game of the (fictional) NBA team, the [[Los Angeles]] Knights.
-Calvin meets the team's coach, who is impressed by Calvin's knowledge of basketball and honesty about the chocolates, and offers Calvin tickets for the next game.
+Calvin and his friends then attend the basketball game between the Knights and the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]] that they had tickets for. The Knights are the worst team in the league and they have never won any games. After the second quarter ends the team's best player, Tracy Reynolds, prepares for a half time contest. Calvin's ticket number is called and he goes one on one with Tracy. Before the contest begins, a man in the crowd notices that one of Calvin's sneakers is untied. Calvin leans down to tie it and he whispers to himself "Make me like Mike". The contest begins and Calvin starts noticing that he has NBA superstar talent he ends the contest with a dunk after bouncing the ball off the backboard, and leaving the crowd speechless and Calvin is signed to a one day contract by the Knights. Calvin prepares for his first game with the Knights, but he realizes that he is not there to play. When the Knights play against the [[San Antonio Spurs]] they start losing badly. Coach Wagner decides to let Calvin play in the fourth quarter, but Calvin remembers that he can't play without his sneakers and calls a time out to get them. He comes back out and leads a comeback against the Spurs in which he dunks on Spurs Hall of Fame center [[David Robinson]] and scored 27 points. That gave the Knights an unexpected win, which leads to him getting a season contract. Calvin brought teamwork to the struggling Knights and made them one of the best teams in the league.
-Inside a thrift store donation box, Calvin finds a pair of old sneakers with the initials "MJ" written on them; believing that were worn by [[Michael Jordan]]. Calvin's sneakers are taken by a jealous bully named Ox who throws them onto an overhead power line. When Calvin tries to retrieve them that night during a rainstorm, he is shocked by a lightning bolt.
+Calvin's life then follows a path of experiencing luxury for the first time while on the road and going back to his orphanage home when the team isn't traveling. He gets to see hotels and places he never imagined could exist, and he is assigned to be the roommate to Reynolds while on the road. Calvin then starts taking all the headlines and becoming the talk all around the sports media and the NBA.
-Calvin and his friends attend the basketball game between the Knights and the [[Minnesota Timberwolves]]. After the second quarter ends, the team's star player, Tracy Reynolds, prepares for a halftime contest. Calvin's ticket number is called and he goes one on one with Tracy. Calvin ends the contest with a dunk after bouncing the ball off the backboard. Reg and the crowd give Calvin a standing ovation. Calvin is signed to a one-day contract by the Knights. Calvin prepares for his first game with the Knights, but realizes that he is not there to play.
+While this is all happening, Calvin begins to figure out that all he wants is really a father, and he starts looking at Reynolds in a fatherly way. They slowly begin to develop a father and son relationship, although their relationship is sometimes challenged by the daily situations that a fifthteen-year-old boy without a father and a single man with no kids might have to face and Reynolds' attitude toward the young player. Although in a win over the [[Seattle Supersonics]], the Sonics star point guard [[Gary Payton]] while guarding Cambridge, tackled Calvin and said to Cambridge "Now you know what it feels like to be in the Glove's hands", and Calvin responded to him by saying it feels more like a mitten and Payton and Cambridge got into an argument as Payton got hit with a technical foul after shoving Cambridge and Reynolds was the one protecting Calvin the most as the two were being separated.
-When the Knights play the [[San Antonio Spurs]] they start losing badly and Coach Wagner decides to let Calvin play in the fourth quarter. Calvin leads a comeback against the Spurs and they win, which leads to Calvin getting a season contract. Reynolds becomes his mentor since Calvin is still a minor. Calvin brings teamwork to the Knights and makes them one of the best teams in the league.
-Tracy starts to respect Calvin after he gets himself into trouble when making sure that Tracy didn't miss his curfew. Bittleman signs a contract with the team that all of Calvin's money will go to him until Calvin is eighteen, or adopted. When the second option is about to become true, Bittleman grows desperate and steals Calvin's shoes and bets [[US$]]100,000 against the Knights.
+Meanwhile, back home, Bittleman signs a contract with the team that says that all of Calvin's money will go to him instead until he's eighteen, or adopted. When the second option is about to become true, Bittleman decides to steal Calvin's shoes and bet [[US$]]100,000 against the Knights.
-After convincing Ox and his cohorts that Bittleman is selfish, Ox takes the shoes out of Bittleman's safe. The kids head to the arena with Calvin's sneakers. Bittleman escapes and sends goons after Calvin in a failed attempt to retrieve the shoes. Calvin makes it to the arena with the shoes after the 3rd quarter ends with [[Vince Carter]] and the [[Toronto Raptors]] routing the Knights 80–59.
+After negotiating with Ox the bully and his friends about how selfish Bittleman is, Calvin is able to subdue the orphanage director and retrieves his shoes when Ox takes them out of Bittleman's safe for him. However Bittleman manages to send several goons after Calvin in a failed attempt to steal the shoes. Calvin makes it to the arena with the shoes after the 3rd quarter ends with the [[Toronto Raptors]] routing the Knights 80-59.
-In the fourth quarter of the last regular season, Calvin is put into the game by the coach and the Knights start to make a comeback. After a pile on towards the end of the game, Calvin's shoes are ruined with the Knights down by one point. Without the shoes, and wanting to be a normal child, Calvin tells the team that this will be his last game.
+Calvin is reluctantly put into the game by the coach and the Knights start to make a comeback after Tracy convinces the coach not to bench Calvin for tardiness. However after a pile-on towards the end of the game, Calvin's shoes are ruined with the Knights down by one point. During the following timeout, Calvin tells the team that he will retire after this game, without revealing the reason of his skills' cause being destroyed. On the last play, Calvin is not as skillful without the shoes, and goes through a bit of struggle, but he still manages to get the ball to Tracy, who makes the game-winning shot at the buzzer.
+However, after going back to his orphanage, he and Murph get adopted by Tracy, and Reg by a different family but they still keep in touch with each other despite this. It is also revealed that Bittleman is missing (either dead or in hiding) because he doesn't have enough money to pay the [[bet]] and the orphanage is now sponsored by the Knights.
-In the final play, Calvin manages to pump fake to get Vince Carter to jump and pass the ball to Tracy. Tracy makes the game winning shot to clinch the Knights their first playoff appearance. After going back to his orphanage, Calvin and Murph get adopted by Tracy, and Reg by a different family, though they stay in touch.
-Bittleman is missing because he doesn't have enough money to pay the bet, and the orphanage is now sponsored by the Knights.
 == Cast ==
+* [[Corbin Bleu]] - Calvin Cambridge
-{{Div col start}}
+* [[Will Smith]] - Tracy Reynolds
-* [[Bow Wow (rapper)|Lil' Bow Wow]] as Calvin Cambridge
-* [[Jonathan Lipnicki]] as Murph
+* [[Liam Aiken]] - Murph
-* [[Brenda Song]] as Reg Stevens
+* [[Brenda Song]] - Reg Stevens
-* [[Morris Chestnut]] as Tracy Reynolds
+* [[Jesse Plemons]] - Ox
-* [[Eugene Levy]] as Frank Bernard
+* [[Richard E. Grant]] - Coach Wagner
-* [[Crispin Glover]] as Stan Bittleman
+* [[Jason Lee]] - Stan Bittleman
-* [[Jesse Plemons]] as Ox
+* [[Eugene Levy]] - Frank Bernard
-* [[Robert Forster]] as Coach Wagner
+* [[Fred Armisen]] - New Age Dad
-* Julius Ritter as Marlon
+== Soundtrack ==
-* [[Anne Meara]] as Sister Theresa
+{{Main|Like Mike (soundtrack)}}
-* [[Fred Armisen]] as New Age Dad
+A soundtrack containing hip hop and R&B music was released on July 6, 2004 by [[So So Def Recordings]]. It peaked at 18 on the [[Billboard 200]] and 10 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]].
-* [[Julie Brown]] as New Age Mom
-* [[Vanessa A. Williams|Vanessa Williams]] as Pharmacist
-* [[Jimmy Kimmel]] as Client in Commercial
-* [[John Marshall Jones]] as NBA Player
-* [[Reginald VelJohnson]] as Mr. Boyd
-* [[Valarie Pettiford]] as  Mrs. Boyd
-* [[Reggie Theus]] and [[Geoff Witcher]] as the Knights Announcers
-* Roger Morrissey as Marvin Joad
-=== NBA players ===
+== NBA stars ==
 * [[Vince Carter]]
 * [[Michael Finley]]
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 * [[Jason Kidd]]
 * [[Desmond Mason]]
-* [[Alonzo Mourning]]
 * [[Tracy McGrady]]
+* [[Alonzo Mourning]]
 * [[Steve Nash]]
 * [[Dirk Nowitzki]]
 * [[Gary Payton]]
+* [[Ahmad Rashad]] ''broadcaster''
 * [[Jason Richardson]]
 * [[David Robinson (basketball)|David Robinson]]
+* [[Reggie Theus]] ''broadcaster''
 * [[Gerald Wallace]]
 * [[Rasheed Wallace]]
 * [[Chris Webber]]
-=== NBA reporters ===
+== Box Office Performance ==
+The film opened at #5 with a 3-day gross of $12,179,420 from 2,410 theaters for an average of $5,054 per venue, and a $19,018,444 gross since its Wednesday launch. It closed on November 16, 2004 with a final domestic gross of $51,432,760. The film did not do nearly as well overseas making $10,842,020, but with a total worldwide gross of $62,274,780, it made it a financial success as the film cost only $30 million to make.
-* [[Tom Tolbert]]
-* [[Hannah Storm]]
-* [[Ahmad Rashād]]
-* [[Kenny Mayne]]
-* [[Rich Eisen]]
-* [[Pat Croce]]
-{{Div col end}}
-==Reception==
+== See also ==
-===Box office===
-''Like Mike'' grossed $51.4 million in North America and $10.8 million overseas for a total worldwide gross of $62.3 million, against its budget of $30 million.<ref name="boxofficemojo1"/> The film opened fifth at the box office with a three day gross of $12.2 million from 2,410 theaters, and $19 million over its five day opening.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2002&wknd=27&p=.htm |title=Weekend Box Office Results for July 5-7, 2002 |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date= |accessdate=2015-05-25}}</ref> The film was released in the [[United Kingdom]] on December 13, 2002, and opened on #4 with £246,169.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.25thframe.co.uk/charts/chart.php?chart=20021213|title=UK Weekend Box Office 13th December 2002 - 15th December 2002|publisher=www.25thframe.co.uk|accessdate=9 June 2019}}</ref>
-===Critical response===
-On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 57% based on 97 reviews, and an average rating of 5.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "A pleasant and innocuous diversion for kids, but adults may have trouble sitting through its predictable plotlines and schmaltz."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/like_mike/ |title=Like Mike(2002) |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |date= |accessdate=2015-05-25}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], it has a score of 47 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/like-mike |title=Like Mike Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |date= |accessdate=2015-05-25}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref name="CinemaScore">{{cite web|url=https://m.cinemascore.com |title=CinemaScore |work=cinemascore.com}}</ref>
-==Soundtrack==
-{{Main|Like Mike (soundtrack)}}
-==See also==
 * ''[[Like Mike 2: Streetball]]''
-==References==
+== References ==
+<references/>
-{{Reflist}}
+== External links ==
+* {{imdb title|id=0308506|title=Like Mike}}
-==External links==
-* {{IMDb title|0308506}}
+* {{Amg movie|262739|Like Mike}}
-* {{AllMovie title|262739}}
-* {{Rotten Tomatoes|like_mike}}
-* {{Mojo title|likemike}}
 {{John Schultz}}
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+[[Category:National Basketball Association films]]
-[[Category:Fantasy comedy films]]
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