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Problem Child 2 (1991)

Problem Child 2 poster
Directed by
Brian Levant
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 676 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Junior Healy, a mischievous orphan boy, continues to cause outrageous trouble for his adoptive father Ben. They move to a new town where Junior meets a girl who is just as wild as he is.

chaoticzanysillyfast-pacedmischievouscampyphysical comedy

What happens

Problem Child 2 is a 1991 American dark comedy film and a sequel to the 1990 film Problem Child. The film stars John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Laraine Newman, Amy Yasbeck and Jack Warden. Oliver reprises his role as Junior Healy, an adopted orphan boy who deliberately wreaks comedic havoc everywhere he goes. Ritter and Warden also reprise their roles as his adopted father, Ben Healy, and his adopted grandfather, Big Ben Healy, respectively. Yasbeck, who played Ben's wife Flo in the first film, this time appears as school nurse Annie Young with a daughter named Trixie (Ivyann Schwan), who is also a problem child. It was directed by Brian Levant in his feature film directorial debut and produced by Robert Simonds, who also produced the first film. In addition, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski returned as screenwriters. It was rated PG-13, unlike its predecessor, which was rated PG. While failing to match the success of the first film, Problem Child 2 was still a box office success, doubling its budget in box office receipts. The film was followed by a sequel, Problem Child 3: Junior in Love, in 1995. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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