Editing Like Mike (section)

=== Critical response ===
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Like Mike'' 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 |access-date=2015-05-25 |archive-date=August 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150803155830/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/like_mike/ |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=2015-05-25 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305180631/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/like-mike |url-status=live }}</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 |access-date=September 8, 2016 |archive-date=December 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210223808/https://m.cinemascore.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Ann Hornaday]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote that the film depicted "frightening myths about adoption" that ultimately soured the comedy and acting chemistry between Bow Wow and Morris Chestnut.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hornaday|first=Ann|date=July 3, 2002|title='Like Mike': Lil' Bow Wow Jumps Through the Hoops|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2002/07/03/AR2005033116567.html|access-date=2020-11-02|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927174902/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2002/07/03/AR2005033116567.html|url-status=live}}</ref>