Problem Child (1990)

Directed by

Dennis Dugan

Genre

comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 925 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple adopts a young boy named Junior. Unbeknownst to the father, Junior is a destructive and mischievous troublemaker who causes mayhem wherever he goes.

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What happens

Problem Child is a 1990 American comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan in his feature film directorial debut and produced by Robert Simonds. The film stars John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Jack Warden, Gilbert Gottfried, Amy Yasbeck and Michael Richards. The film revolves around a man named Ben Healy (Ritter), who, after learning his wife Flo is infertile, decides to adopt a boy named Junior (Oliver). Unbeknownst to him, Junior is a disruptive and unruly child, who knows nothing but chaos. The film received negative reviews from critics, but it was nevertheless a box office success, grossing $72.2 million worldwide against a production budget of $11 million. Problem Child was followed by two sequels, Problem Child 2 (1991) and the made for TV Problem Child 3: Junior in Love (1995) as well as an animated series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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