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Like Father Like Son (1987)

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Overview

Director:
Rod Daniel
Writers:
Steve Bloom (writer)
Lorne Cameron (writer)
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Release Date:
2 October 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Fantasy more
Tagline:
Chris and his dad have accidentally changed bodies - but no big deal. Chris gets the Jag and the Gold Card. Dad gets the fake ID and the bio final.
Plot:
A mysterious potion switches the personalities of a buttoned up doctor and his laid back son. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
Like Bad, Like REALLY Bad more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dudley Moore ... Dr. Jack Hammond

Kirk Cameron ... Chris Hammond
Margaret Colin ... Ginnie Armbruster

Catherine Hicks ... Dr. Amy Larkin
Patrick O'Neal ... Dr. Larry Armbruster

Sean Astin ... Clarence / Trigger
Camille Cooper ... Lori Beaumont
Micah Grant ... Rick Anderson, Lori's Boyfriend
Bill Morrison ... Trigger's Uncle Earl
Skeeter Vaughan ... Medicine Man
Larry Sellers ... Navajo Helper
Tami David ... Navajo Girl
Maxine Stuart ... Phyllis, Hammonds' Housekeeper
David Wohl ... Dr. Roger Hartwood
Michael Horton ... Dr. Mike O'Donald
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Additional Details

Runtime:
96 min | UK:100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
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Trivia:
One of five body-swap movies all released around the same time. The others were Big (1988), 18 Again! (1988), Vice Versa (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989). more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Chris (Dr. Hammond) is delivering the baby, he picks it up immediately after the birth to reveal that the umbilical cord has already healed, and the baby is perfectly clean and dry. more
Quotes:
Trigger: The name's Trigger, as in "horse," as in "hung like." more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Simpsons: Like Father, Like Clown (#3.6)" (1991) more
Soundtrack:
Everybody Have Fun Tonight more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Like Bad, Like REALLY Bad, 23 August 2003
Author: 15231 from United States

Someone must have thought that all this movie needed to succeed was Kirk Cameron to pull in the teenage girls and Dudley Moore to pull in their parents. Somehow they forgot that Kirk is incapable of pulling off anything in the way of depth in his acting and Dudley in a role like this would get carried away with its silliness.

The premise was old, the dialogue poor, the situations strained, and the acting cartoonish. The result is a bad movie with a fading teen heartthrob and a fifty-something actor playing his Arthur character at the age of ten. If anyone finds this in a 'sale' bin for used videos, try to bury it farther down where it can be avoided and forgotten.

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