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Problem Child is a 1990 American black 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…
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Fuente Yesterday I found on Netflix a movie that I had years without seeing, although in the late 90's it was broadcasted a lot on TV, it is Problem Child or as it was called in Latin America “Mi pobre diablillo” (my poor little devil). It is about a seven year old boy who lives in an orphanage, sometimes some couples have adopted him but always end up returning him because they can't stand his excessively problemat…More
Fuente Hello friends, today I come with a review of this 1990 film that was one of the most watched at the time, at least in Latin America, I never tired of watching it and died laughing with Junior's witticisms, however, watching it again, now as an adult, I realise how serious it would be to have a boy like him in the family, I also realise that many of the situations, more than funny, were actually very worrying,…More
It is quite common for Hollywood film scripts to visit dark places, but is rather rare for such scripts to be supposedly family-friendly comedies. *Problem Child*, 1990 film directed by Dennis Dugan, provides one of such rare examples. Protagonist and part-time narrator, played by Michael Oliver, is Junior, 7-year old boy who has spent most of his life without proper parent. While he had been adopted by various coup…More
