In this autobiographical prequel to his Mr Mom(1983), John Hughes cast Kevin Bacon as a young man who settles uncomfortably into marriage and finally understands why it was the right move only after he becomes a father.
Bacon is endearing and often funny as a Chicago advertising copywriter, and Elizabeth McGovern does more than just flash her kewpie-doll beauty as Hughes’ ideal of womanhood.
Hughes cuts loose with some fantasy sequences that occasionally regress into high school hi-jinks, but overall this film was the closest the overgrown kid had yet come to real life.
Jake Briggs
Kevin Bacon Kristy Briggs
Elizabeth McGovern Davis McDonald
Alec Baldwin Fantasy Girl
Isabel Lorca Russ Bainbridge
William Windom Gayle Bainbridge
Cathryn Damon Sarah Briggs
Holland Taylor Jim Briggs
James Ray Grandmother
Reba McKinney Grandfather
Bill Erwin Howard
Paul Gleason Bill
Dennis Dugan Minister
Anthony Mockus Sr. Ken
John Ashton Hank
Larry Hankin Lynn
Edie McClurg Cynthia
Nancy Lenehan Young Jake
Neal Bacon Young Kristy
Laure Aronica
Director
John Hughes
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