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About
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.
Theatrical
Jul 27, 1990
Box Office
$72.0M
Budget
$10.0M
Return
7.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
May 1, 2001
Director
Writers
Producer
Music
Studio
Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Quotes
See all →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.
Junior
The whole buck?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
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!
Sister
Look what he did in art class. Skeletons!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Problem Child Collection
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 Mic...
Cast
Full credits →J
John Ritter
Ben
J
Jack Warden
Big Ben
M
Michael J. Oliver
Junior
G
Gilbert Gottfried
Mr. Peabody
A
Amy Yasbeck
Flo
M
Michael Richards
Martin Beck
P
Peter Jurasik
Roy
C
Cody Beard
2nd Baseman
E
Eli Cummins
Umpire
J
John S. Davies
Paramedic
V
Vince Davis
Clown
D
Dennis Dugan
All American Dad
W
Ward Emling
Mr. Henderson
J
John William Galt
Warden
C
Corki Grazer
Sister Mary
V
Vernon Grote
Guard #2
H
Helena Humann
Mother Superior
M
Melody Jones
Sister Abigail
D
Danny Kamekona
Mr. Hirohito
E
Ellen Locy
Nun #2
