Problem Child
Closed CaptioningDennis Dugan
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Plot Summary
John Ritter, Amy Yasbeck and Jack Warden star in this hilarious comedy with an offbeat sense of humor. Good-natured Ben Healy (Ritter) and his social-climbing wife Flo (Yasbeck) adopt seven-year-old Junior (Michael Oliver) to help brighten their lives. But Junior soon turns an ordinary camping trip, an innocent birthday party and even a little league baseball game into full-scale comic nightmares. Thinking all his new son needs is some loving attention, Ben puts up with Junior's mishaps – but only to a point. Just as he's ready to take drastic action, Ben realizes that beneath the little monster lurks an angel craving affection in this satire on the trials of modern-day family life.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
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4%- Reviews Counted: 28
- Fresh: 1
- Rotten: 27
- Average Rating: 2.4/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: As directed by the actor Dennis Dugan, everyone seems to be yelling their lines and making huge hand gestures instead of acting.
Rotten: The rest of the kid's tricks are too unimaginative to be much fun -- though with jokes this lame you won't have to worry as much about your children getting any bad ideas.
Rotten: Universal took a step in the right direction by whittling Problem Child down to just 81 minutes but didn't go far enough. The studio should have excised another 75 minutes and released this unbelievable mess as a short.
Rotten: Sound funny? The filmmakers here think so. They've jacked this loud, lame shrieker of a movie up to the highest decibels, both aural and visual, and rammed it in our faces with almost numbing aplomb.
Customer Reviews
Great Movie!
I love this movie...bring on Problem Child 2...I luv Trixie!! lol
BRING THE SECOND MOVIIE
itunes please bring the second one soon and i can assure you i will buy it!
One of the BEST Comedy movies of all time!
This movie is one of the funniest and coolest movies you will ever see! Bring on Problem Child Number 2 for iTunes please!
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- $9.99
- Genre: Comedy
- Released: 1990
- © 1990 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.