IMDb RATING
5.2/10
6.5K
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A mysterious potion switches the personalities of a buttoned-up doctor and his laid-back son.A mysterious potion switches the personalities of a buttoned-up doctor and his laid-back son.A mysterious potion switches the personalities of a buttoned-up doctor and his laid-back son.
- Awards
- 2 wins
Randy Lowell
- Dr. Spellner
- (as Randolph Dreyfuss)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaStar Dudley Moore was immediately smitten with Like Father Like Son (1987). Moore said: "The idea of swapping bodies appealed to me, and it was a good excuse to be a kid again . . . although I don't need an excuse. It was just a fun story. I had been sixteen years old once, and I don't pretend to be a professional adult. I really didn't play a sixteen year old. I think that would have been mildly boring. So, instead of going for accuracy, we went for the fun of the situation. I was playing an attitude, not an age".
- GoofsWhen 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.
- Quotes
Chris Hammond: How can she stand to be so close to her own body without constantly feeling herself up?
- ConnectionsEdited into Left Behind: Like Son (2013)
Featured review
Like Pain, Like Misery.
Doctor Dudley Moore and his teenage son Kirk Cameron end up becoming each other in this terrible little film. A brain transference formula is the cause here. The typical misunderstandings and forced-comedic situations then occur. Moore continued to struggle with roles after his crowning achievement in "Arthur" six years earlier. Cameron, thought to be the biggest star of television's "Growing Pains", was trying to become a bankable movie star. That plan fell flat as well. 2 stars out of 5.
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- Aug 1, 2002
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Like Father, Like Son
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $34,377,585
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,189,452
- Oct 4, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $34,377,585
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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