Problem Child
July. 27,1990 PGBen Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares.
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Thanks for the memories!
Good start, but then it gets ruined
Good movie but grossly overrated
I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
Problem Child (1990): Dir: Dennis Dugan / Cast: John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden, Michael Richards, Amy Yasbeck: Pathetic comedy that showcases bad behaviour and then make an insincere lesson from it as if the filmmakers are doing their good moral part. Michael Oliver stars as the problem child adopted from an orphanage into the home of John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck. Upon arrival he burns his bedroom and hurls the cat at grandpa who tumbles down a flight of stairs. Other antics include urination on a campfire, and placing firecrackers on a girl's birthday cake. Director Dennis Dugan fares well with the vulgarity. The film is well made and colourful but Oliver is not promising talent. He plays a snot nose kid who isn't remotely sympathetic. He causes chaos at the orphanage, then he causes havoc in Ritter's life, and he isn't even sympathetic in the end when we're suppose to care. Ritter plays like a human target in his willing father presentation until the bullshit phony climax. Jack Warden plays Ritter's mean spirited father whom is sabotaged by Oliver and then shafted by Ritter when the time is right. Michael Richards plays the idiotic Bow Tie Killer who really shouldn't care once he learns that Oliver sent him letters. Amy Yasbeck plays Ritter's snotty resentful wife whom Oliver can stand about as much as we can. Theme regarding role models is diverted into a low rent Home Alone. Score: 2 / 10
The Hub channel just had a promo for this movie.This channel airs many 1990's family movies including this.I would give everything to have a channel like this in our country.Anyway, let's see at the movie.A boy full of trouble is ending up in a suburb with a new family.But then it all breaks loose.The boy crashes a mean girls Birthday party.It all ends with a hilarious chase.This is a typical 1990's suburban comedy with a boy and a criminal.Don't come to see any Cannes Awards performances.Just enjoy the silly things in this movie, and this movie are worth a rent on a weekend.On top it's only nearly an hour long.7/10
Watched this movie today for the first time in years .... And I have to say its still great laughs and being older I was shocked at how well Michael Oliver did with out him this wouldn't be such a hit he was perfect .... SO after watching the movie I was wondering what come of him .... I haven't seen him on film so I looked it up and was sad to see there's not a whole lot of movies starring him ... I mean he was such a great actor .... better than some of the top actors today . Maybe in the future someone will come up with a great ideal and try to further the movie ... maybe junior could grow up and have a problem child kid .... just saying it was such a great hit and I know a lot of people would see another movie if one day it should continue .
I remember watching this movie several times as a very young kid, and there were parts of it (many in fact) that I did not understand. I think I have seen it once as an adult, and I then understood those parts. The only problem with viewing it as an adult was that it was not entertaining to me at all. So what kind of movie is this? Is it a "kids movie"? Not hardly. It contains language and subject matter not suitable for kids. Is it a hyperbole of what every parent feels like they are going through with their own children? Maybe, but then why wouldn't it focus more on John Ritter's character instead of Junior? When a film has a 7-year-old as its main character, in order to do well with it's audience, it should be a movie for the seven and under crowd, otherwise people older than that will have no way to relate (even 8-year-olds wouldn't want to see a movie about a kid who is whole year younger than them). I'm pretty sure this film did not do well in the box office, and the reason has to be because it was unable to find a niche in the market.