The Growing Pains Movie 

This movie reunites the Seavers from the long running television series. When we last saw them Jason, Maggie, Ben, and Chrissy moved to Washington, while Mike stayed to work on his ... See full summary »

Director:

Alan Metter

Writers:

Neal Marlens (TV series), David Kendall

Stars:

Alan Thicke, Joanna Kerns, Kirk Cameron

1 nomination.

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Alan Thicke	...	Jason Seaver
Joanna Kerns	...	Maggie Seaver
Kirk Cameron	...	Mike Seaver
Tracey Gold	...	Carol Seaver
Jeremy Miller	...	Ben Seaver
Ashley Johnson	...	Chrissy Seaver
Chelsea Noble	...	Kate MacDonald-Seaver
Brandon Douglas	...	Scott Coffer
Matthew Harbour	...	Jack Coffer
Francis X. McCarthy	...	Mac Robinson (as Francis Xavier McCarthy)
John Sanford Moore	...	Timothy James
Simon Peacock	...	Staffer
Teresa Esmezyan	...	Eve Seaver
Marlyne Barrett	...	Jody (as Marlyne Afflack)
Danny Wells	...	Street Person

Storyline

This movie reunites the Seavers from the long running television series. When we last saw them Jason, Maggie, Ben, and Chrissy moved to Washington, while Mike stayed to work on his relationship with his girlfriend Kate, and Carol also remained behind. The movie begins with Jason practicing in Washington, Chrissy is a film student, Mike is married to Kate and is henpecked, Carol is now a corporate lawyer, and Ben is working for himself without much success. Maggie is working for an arrogant man who is running for Congress and is only doing it as a recreation. When they get into a disagreement, Maggie loses her job. Jason brings all the kids together for their anniversary. And it is there that one of Mike's adopted children encourages Maggie to run against her former boss, distressing everybody.

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Plot Keywords:

political aide | politics | campaigning | election campaign | political candidate | 

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Taglines:

Look who's all grown up.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Musical

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 November 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Growing Pains

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Green/Epstein/Bacino, How Do These Things Happen? Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During Jason's speech to the older women, he says that the only other good thing about Titanic (1997), aside from Céline Dion, was the kid with the blue lips, Leonardo DiCaprio. Leonardo DiCaprio starred on this show during the last season.

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Quotes

[imitating Carol]
Mike Seaver: Oh, Scott, I think you're oh so dreamy!

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Connections

Followed by Growing Pains: Return of the Seavers (2004)

User Reviews

Delivers what it promises

I liked this film. It is not my favorite film, nor do I think it will be anyone else's. I would only recommend it for fans of the show. It is definitely on a more serious note than the sitcom, but who wants to watch two hours of a genre that is usually dead after thirty minutes? In this kind of movie, something more is required. The cast does well, though the plot is very sentimental. But who cares? I watched this film to feel good, and feel good I did. Alan Thicke (Jason Seaver) was my favorite character on the show, and he did not disappoint me. Ben's plot is weird, and I defy anyone to figure it out, but that is the only really serious mistake. This is not the sort of movie I would pay to see, but it makes for nice Saturday afternoon nostalgia. It also seems that the children grew up the way they looked like they would, which is comforting. It may not be Oscar-worthy, but hey, it's better than the "Leave it to Beaver" movie! Watch it when it's on and remember the 80s!