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

The movie reveals that Mike and Kate are married with four adopted children. Kirk Cameron and Chelsea Noble who played Mike Seaver and Kate MacDonald dated in real life. They got married on July 21, 1991. None of their former co-stars from "Growing Pains" were invited to the wedding. Kirk and Chelsea have four adopted children and two biological children.

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Quotes

Mike Seaver: You're dating the enemy!

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Connections

References Titanic (1997)

User Reviews

Fun to watch

If you give a bad review of this reunion, the whole TV reunion wasn't meant for you in the first place. It's for previous fans of Growing Pains, who loved the show and had fond memories of it. It's just pure fun to watch them back together again, 8 years later. I did like the whole story line too. The only gripe is the Ben Seaver plothole which I guess they edited out a drinking problem, which makes everything in the movie make a heck of a lot more sense. But nonetheless, it's also fun just to tune it to see how they've all changed. And what about Chrissy!? They show this movie every now and again, so catch it if you're a Growing Pains fan.