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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 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.

Inside a thrift store donation box, Calvin finds a pair of old sneakers with the initials "MJ" written on them; “believing that they 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 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.

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.

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.

In the fourth quarter of the last regular season game, 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.

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.

All of the information listed by the researcher came back all positive and nothing was really left out. The researcher did really well with making sure they included a lot of detail but not too much. The researcher gave the rundown of the movie but of course there are some parts that are less important that were left out. If a person with no knowledge of ‘Like Mike’ read this they would have enough information to possibly do an assignment on it. As stated before, of course the article is not as detailed as the movie but it tells you the most important parts of the movie.

Cast: Bow Wow as Calvin Cambridge, Jonathan Lipnicki as Murph, Brenda Song as Reg Stevens, Morris Chestnut as Tracy Reynolds, Eugene Levy as Frank Bernard, Crispin Glover as Stan Bittleman, Jesse Plemons as Ox, Robert Forster as Coach Wagner, Julius Ritter as Marlon, Anne Meara as Sister Theresa, Fred Armisen as New Age Dad, Julie Brown as New Age Mom, 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

( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308506/fullcredits ) All of the characters listed above were correct but there were multiple characters left out. The main cast were all listed above which are the main characters who the film mostly revolves around but there were multiple characters that could’ve been included to give a better show of how many people were really included in the film. The researcher provided a great list for readers to get a rough idea of but there are other sites that include more information.

NBA Players: Vince Carter, Michael Finley, Steve Francis, Allen Iverson, Jason Kidd, Desmond Mason, Alonzo Mourning, Tracy McGrady, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki, Gary Payton, Jason Richardson, David Robinson, Gerald Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Chris Webber,, Tom Tolbert, Reggie Theus, and Joey Crawford.

For the most part all of the NBA players who were in the film were listed but a few of them were left out. Including. Tom Tolbert, Reggie Theus, and Joey Crawford. I don’t really understand what could be the reasoning behind the three being left out but I believe they could’ve just forgot to be listed. ( https://hoop.nba.com/nba_hoop_low_post/flick-role-like-mike/ )

Nba Reporters: Tom Tolbert, Hannah Storm, Ahmad Rashād, Kenny Mayne, Rich Eisen, Pat Croce.

All of the information stated was thoroughly checked and listed as correct.

Reception: There was nothing listed for this section.

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. 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. The film was released in the United Kingdom on December 13, 2002, and opened on #4 with £246,169. All of the information listed was correct but as time as went on more money has been made. As of today the domestic box office: $51,432,423,

international box office: $11,000,000, and worldwide box office: $62,432,423. ( https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Like-Mike#tab=summary )

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." On Metacritic, it has a score of 47 out of 100, based on 27 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.

All of this information is still up to date as of today. ( https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/like_mike )

References:  "Like Mike (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2015-05-25., ^ "Weekend Box Office Results for July 5-7, 2002". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2015-05-25., ^ "UK Weekend Box Office 13th December 2002 - 15th December 2002". www.25thframe.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2019., ^ "Like Mike(2002)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2015-05-25., ^ "Like Mike Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-05-25., ^ "CinemaScore". cinemascore.com.

All links are still active and correspond with all of the information.

External Links: Like Mike on IMDb, Like Mike at AllMovie, Like Mike at Rotten Tomatoes, Like Mike at Box Office Mojo  All links are still active and correspond with all of the information.

Production: Who first came up with the idea to make the film? Michael Elliot along with multiple people in the NBA. When did they announce the cast and crew? February 2002. Where and when did filming take place? The filming of ‘Like Mike’ took place at the Forum in Los Angeles, home and away games were filmed here with a crew changing the colors and logos on the floor. There is no exact date listed about when filming took place but an educated guess would be through 2001 and finishing touches in the beginning of 2002. Did anything noteworthy happen during production? Noone really noted anything but everyone expressed how they had a great time on set and how they’d do it again without hesitation. Who wrote the film’s score? Richard Gibbs


 * Analysis: The film’s idea was to be humble and the impact was that Calvin was humble even though he knew he was good at basketball and he didn’t forget where he came from even though he was young he knew what was right for him to do. Was the book subject to scholarly analysis? I wouldn’t refer to this as scholarly knowledge but it’s definitely something to live with the knowledge of.  Did reviewers extract key points and arguments? The reviews can vary but for the most part most of the reviews were positive and encouraging words but there were some reviews that stated that the story was not told correctly and that the director fraudulently added his own twists to it. Did critics evaluate or build upon the ideas? No

Reception[editWorks Cited

Harkness, Alistair. "Reviews: Like Mike: It Aims, it Shoots, it Fails to Score: [S2 AND INTERACTIVE SUPPLEMENT Edition]." The Scotsman Dec 12 2002: 15.ProQuest. 28 July 2020.

Loren King Special to,the Tribune. (2002, Jul 03). Lil bow wow rules court in likable but predictable fable 'like mike': [north sports final, C edition]. Chicago TribuneRetrieved from http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/419745047?accountid=11091

Sherber, A. (2002). Like mike. Video Store Magazine, 24(46), 34. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/197583858?accountid=11091

]Baehr, T. (2002, Jul 15). Like mike. Human Events, 58, 16. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/235899345?accountid=11091

Kirschling, G. (2002, Dec 13). Like mike. Entertainment Weekly,, 66. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/219078807?accountid=11091

Bibliography

Bradshaw, P. (2002, Dec 13). Friday review: FILM RELEASES: Like mike 2/5 dir: John schultz with: Lil' bow wow, morris chestnut, jonathan lipnicki, brenda song, jesse plemons, julius charles ritter, crispin glover, anne meara, robert forster 99 mins, cert PG www.likemikemovie.com. The Guardian Retrieved from http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/245902269?accountid=11091

Koehler, R. (2002, Jul). Film reviews: "like mike". Variety, 387, 24-25. Retrieved from http://proxy.library.georgetown.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/1895237?accountid=11091


 * Negative review. Bradshaw calls the film “irritatingly feeble basketball movie for kids”

Box office[edit]

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. 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

Movie Comparisons: Thunderstruck by John Whitesell, Hardball by Brian Robbins, Like Mike 2 by David Nelson, and Uncle Drew by Charles Stone


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