A 13-year-old orphan becomes an NBA superstar after trying on a pair of sneakers with the faded initials "MJ" inside them.A 13-year-old orphan becomes an NBA superstar after trying on a pair of sneakers with the faded initials "MJ" inside them.A 13-year-old orphan becomes an NBA superstar after trying on a pair of sneakers with the faded initials "MJ" inside them.
- Awards
- 1 win & 6 nominations total
Roger W. Morrissey
- Marvin Joad
- (as Roger Morrissey)
Timon Kyle Durrett
- Henderson
- (as Timon Kyle)
Josef Cannon
- Segretti
- (as Josef Canon)
Kingsley Nwokenbia
- Ngudu
- (as Kingsley Nwokeabia)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTracey Reynolds' mansion was formerly owned by Orlando Magic guard, Tracy McGrady.
- GoofsWhen Clavin wins the contest his ticket says seat 2 when he is sitting in seat 1.
- Quotes
Tracey Reynolds: Calvin, I think you should stick to basketball. You know why? You can't rap!
- ConnectionsEdited into The Joe Schmo Show: Ben from Baltimore (2025)
- SoundtracksHoop It Up
Written by Archie Hall, Anthony Lamar Wilkins, Darrell Dwayne Parham, Dival J. Rivera and Michael A. Jordan
Performed by TCP
Produced by Cutmaster Swiff
TCP appears courtesy of Aquemini/Columbia Records
Featured review
This is by no means, an awful film. I recently downloaded a copy of the film for my sister and she thoroughly enjoyed. She actually enjoyed it so much, she watched in 3 times in the next week! She told me it was a great film and I began to watch it.
I must admit, at first the film seemed a little weird but very soon the film introduces you to Kalvin, Reg and Murph and the bully leader Ox. That was one particular strength for the film. Also, when the coach gives Kalvin the tickets, you can start to connect with the character and understand what his life as an orphan must be like. The film got my attention and I began to enjoy it. It had, to be fair, not many laughs but the story was good, closely resembling the story 'Holes' in many ways.
Tracy Renalds was a brilliant addition to the film and he really connected well with Kalvin. This was, in my opinion, the biggest strength of this film.
Brenda Song does a great job as playing Reg. I'm a big fan of 'Suite Life of Zack and Cody' where she does an amazing job and I thought her performance was great in this film. Bow Wow did a very good job in the film.
Overall, definitely ignore IMDb on this circumstance and watch this film. However, note that this film is not for all ages and its mainly for little children but I myself being a 16 year old liked it.
I must admit, at first the film seemed a little weird but very soon the film introduces you to Kalvin, Reg and Murph and the bully leader Ox. That was one particular strength for the film. Also, when the coach gives Kalvin the tickets, you can start to connect with the character and understand what his life as an orphan must be like. The film got my attention and I began to enjoy it. It had, to be fair, not many laughs but the story was good, closely resembling the story 'Holes' in many ways.
Tracy Renalds was a brilliant addition to the film and he really connected well with Kalvin. This was, in my opinion, the biggest strength of this film.
Brenda Song does a great job as playing Reg. I'm a big fan of 'Suite Life of Zack and Cody' where she does an amazing job and I thought her performance was great in this film. Bow Wow did a very good job in the film.
Overall, definitely ignore IMDb on this circumstance and watch this film. However, note that this film is not for all ages and its mainly for little children but I myself being a 16 year old liked it.
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Mini Campeones
- Filming locations
- 166 N Edgeware Rd, Los Angeles, California, USA(As the Chesterfield group home)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $51,432,760
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,179,420
- Jul 7, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $62,274,780
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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