TriStar Pictures | Release Date: October 2, 1987 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
45
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
4
Negative:
2
75
It is sophomoric, yet very funny. And until its weepy, reconciliatory ending, it moves with locomotive force. It's the type of movie that makes critics feel guilty about liking it, yet there's no refuting its charm. [02 Oct 1987, p.1D]
70
The result is a warm, imaginative comedy of wide appeal. [02 Oct 1987, p.8]
50
Miami HeraldChristine Arnold
For a stretch of 20 minutes or so, Like Father Like Son is as funny a film as you could hope to see. [02 Oct 1987, p.D1]
50
Like Father, Like Son is amusing, occasionally funny, and swift. [02 Oct 1987, p.E13]
25
Like Father Like Son has the cheap, florid look of a rejected television pilot, and the same air of anything-for-a-laugh desperation. [02 Oct 1987, p.J]