Like Father Like Son
1987 · Movie · PG-13 · 96 min · ★ 5.7 · 42% critics
A work-obsessed doctor and his struggling teenage son accidentally swap minds after drinking a strange serum. Forced to live each other’s daily routines, they stumble through school and hospital chaos while gaining a better sense of each other’s frustrations.
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Details
- Years
- 1987
- Release date
- 1987-10-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 42/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (146 votes)
About
You might enjoy this if you like broad, silly body-swap comedies with an 80s feel, especially if Teen Witch or The Hot Chick sound fun; Not for you if you want subtle humor or believable situations.
Pros: goofy body-swap fun; energetic 80s vibe; amusing role reversal | Cons: very dumb humor; big logic gaps; repetitive gags
Themes
- high school
- role reversal
- remake
- doctor
- high school friends
- body-swap
- child as an adult
- adult as a child
Cast & crew
Dudley Moore
as Dr. Jack Hammond / Chris Hammond
Kirk Cameron
as Chris Hammond / Dr. Jack Hammond
Margaret Colin
as Ginnie Armbruster
Catherine Hicks
as Dr. Amy Larkin
Patrick O'Neal
as Dr. Larry Armbruster
Sean Astin
as Clarence / Trigger
Camille Cooper
as Lori Beaumont
Micah Grant
as Rick Anderson, Lori's Boyfriend
- BM
Bill Morrison
as Trigger's Uncle Earl
Skeeter Vaughan
as Medicine Man
Directed by Rod Daniel