Problem Child (1990)

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Problem Child
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PG 1 hr 21 minJul 27th, 1990Comedy, FamilyProblem Child Collection PosterPart of Problem Child Collection
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Plot
Ben 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.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:July 27th, 1990
On DVD & Blu-ray:May 1st, 2001 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$10,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$72,000,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment

Problem Child Quotes

Allowance Consequences in Parenting Discussion

Junior: Please don't spank me, Mr. Healy.
Ben Healy: Well, Junior, I don't want to, but you're gonna have to be punished. So, I'm gonna take back your allowance.

Debate on Junior's Alleged Misdeeds

Mr. Peabody: Will you all please quiet down? Be quiet! Ladies, please, can you quiet down? Can you quiet down? Can you act like nuns?! Okay, now, there is absolutely no proof that Junior was in any way connected with today's tragedy.
Sister: Who needs proof? He's evil!

Problem Child Movies

Problem Child is a 1990 American comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and produced by Robert Simonds. The film stars John Ritter, Amy Yasbeck, Gilbert Gottfried, Jack Warden, Michael Richards, and Michael Oliver. The film inspired two sequels: the first, Problem Child 2, was released theatrically in 1991; the second, Problem Child 3: Junior in Love, was a television film aired on the USA Network in 1995. The first one brought back the original cast in their original roles and picked up where the first film ended. However, Yasbeck was given a new role with a new dynamic totally opposite to her original character. Junior in Love, the third and final film, recast Ben and Junior with William Katt and Justin Chapman, while Gottfried and Warden reprised their roles as Mr. Peabody and Big Ben and does not follow the storyline of the first two films.