75 San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle Appealing movie, one of the summer's pleasant surprises. Read full review
75 Boston Globe | Ty Burr 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 full review
75 Chicago Tribune | Loren King Doesn't win any points for originality. It does succeed by following a feel-good formula with a winning style, and by offering its target audience of urban kids some welcome role models and optimism. Read full review
75 Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert 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 full review