like Father like Son (1987)

Movie: Like Father Like Son (1987)

• Director: Rod Daniel
• Release Date: 2 October 1987 (USA)
• Writers: Steve Bloom (writer) Lorne Cameron (writer)  
• Run Time: 96 min | UK:100 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Fantasy  

Tagline: Chris and his dad have accidentally changed bodies – but no big deal. Chris gets the Jag and the Gold Card. Dad gets the fake ID and the bio final.

Trivia: One of five body-swap movies all released around the same time. The others were Big (1988), 18 Again! (1988), Vice Versa (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989).
 

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: When 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.
 

“Dr. Jack Hammond has best chances to become medical superintendent in the clinic. So he’s completely absorbed in his work and has no understanding for his teenage son Chris’ problems with school. By accident one of them drinks a brain-exchanging serum, and it switches their identities. This leads of course to extraordinary complications in school and at work, but also to insight in the problems and feelings of each other. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>”