Saturday, June 08, 2013

Like Father Like Son (1987)

A magical potion allows two persons to exchange bodies; a doctor takes it and is transplanted into his son's body, and vice-versa. For a few days, they have to perform each other's activities.

The screenplay per se is not very interesting; the fact, however, is that the film has its moments. The direction is extremely competent, and from this angle one might say that the screenplay does at least offer enough opportunities for the display of directorial virtues. Occasionally it gets really good, like when the son-in-his-father's-body is with the hospital director's wife at his house on a date that goes terribly wrong. This film also has one of the most realistic scenes of a beating of a high schooler by another that I have seen.

Rating: 44

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