Screenwriter Lorne Cameron later went on to writes works such as First Knight (1995), Justice League of America (1997), The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave (2000), Brother Bear (2003), Over the Hedge (2006) and The Nut Job (2014).
He directed sporadic other theatrical films with K9 (1989), The Super (1991) and Beethoven’s 2nd (1993) but no other genre works. He had previously had a success with his theatrical debut as a director, the Michael J. There are pieces that are merely silly and Kirk Cameron’s sentimental tribute to his father at the end hits too mawkish a note but mostly Like Father, Like Son is a rather likeable film.ĭirector Rod Daniel worked in comedy television for most of his career between the 1970s and early 2000s. Kirk Cameron remains somewhat nebbish when playing himself, but gets right into the fun when he gets to play the adult in the child’s body – dressing down Dudley Moore for coming back drunk or turning to point with perfect moralistic righteousness, “He did it,” at a classroom culprit. Father and son Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron Moore was clearly having the most fun he has before a camera in some time.
In fact, there are times Like Father, Like Son becomes downright hilarious thanks to the fine sense of comic timing from director Rod Daniel.ĭudley Moore has some wonderfully foolish scenes – smoking a cigarette for the first time in a starchy conference accidentally setting a couch on fire during a seduction attempt his reactions to watching MTV and some hilarious scenes as he attempts to affect teen idiom. The pairing of Dudley Moore and Kirk Cameron, who was then riding on the success of tv’s Growing Pains (1985-92) and had not yet become a squeaky clean Christian, is far better than one might think. Like Father, Like Son is the only one among these that did not bother with the whole bittersweet, wistful thing and played itself as an out-and-out comedy and as a result it comes with a far greater vitality and sense of fun than most of the others did. Along with a mostly wholesome story, co-writer/director Lauren Miller Rogen has opted to use just enough profanity to make it iffy for younger teens. Others included the likes of Big (1988), 18 Again (1988), Vice Versa (1988), Chances Are (1989) and Dream a Little Dream (1989). Parents need to know that Like Father is a comedy about a workaholic young woman who takes an unexpected vacation with her estranged father. Like Father, Like Son was one among the spate of bodyswap comedies that came out over the 1988-89 period.