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, even so we must take into account that it is obviously just a film and that the premise of the "problem child" was very recurrent in the nineties and in fact it had its charm, the absurd situations were the order of the day and that was its attraction.

Hola amigos, hoy vengo con una review de esta película de 1990 que fue una de las más vistas en esa época, al menos en latinoamérica, yo nunca me cansaba de verla y moría de risa con las ocurrencias de Junior, sin embargo, al verla de nuevo, ahora cuando soy adulta, me doy cuenta de lo grave que sería tener a un chico como él en la familia, también me doy cuenta de que muchas de las situaciones más que graciosas, de verdad eran muy preocupantes, aún así debemos tomar en cuenta que evidentemente es solo una película y que la premisa de los "chicos problema" era muy recurrente en los noventa, y de hecho tenía su encanto, las situaciones absurdas estaban a la orden del día y ese era su atractivo.

Junior is a boy who from birth has a tendency to disorder and break the rules, and this was probably the reason why his biological parents did not want to raise him, so they left him in front of a mansion, however, we see a scene that shows that as the boy grew up, he went from one family to another until he arrived at an orphanage where he was also rejected on multiple occasions by couples who decided to adopt him, why? Because the boy was a real troublemaker, in fact the nuns were fed up with his behaviour until Ben and Flo Healy decided to give him a chance and adopted him. Although junior continued to get into mischief, at least Ben saw something in the boy that no one else saw, and that is that he was only looking for affection and love, he was always on the defensive and that is why he reacted in a hostile way.

Let's see, I understand that the boy wasn't treated very well at the orphanage, right? but now I can see something that I didn't realise before, and that is that the nuns didn't usually treat the other children badly, only him, why? Because the boy tends to cause trouble, however it is also possible to detect that he doesn't cause trouble just because he wants to, based on the little I learned about psychology at university, I think that maybe Junior could have signs of sociopathy, that behavioural disorder in which a person has no discernment between right and wrong and even ignores the feelings of others, although, unlike a psychopath, sociopaths can develop empathy and are also impulsive.

A ver, entiendo que al chico no lo trataban muy bien en el orfanato, ¿cierto? pero ahora puedo ver algo de lo que antes no me daba cuenta, y es que las monjas no solían tratar mal a los otros niños, solo a él ¿por qué? pues porque el chico tiende a causar problemas, sin embargo también es posible detectar que no causa problemas tan solo porque quiere, basándome en lo poco que aprendí sobre psicología en la universidad, pienso que tal vez Junior podría tener indicios de sociopatía, ese trastorno de la conducta en que una persona no tiene discernimiento entre el bien y el mal e incluso ignora los sentimientos de otros, aunque, a diferencia de un psicópata, los sociópatas sí que pueden desarrollar empatía y además son impulsivos.

And speaking of impulsivity we realize that precisely Junior reacts that way when he feels threatened or something he doesn't like, like when that annoying girl humiliated him at the birthday party and didn't want him to watch the clown show, he simply decided to take revenge following an impulse, ruin the party 🤣 I can't deny that it's one of the best scenes, in fact it's the most expected by the viewers, besides, on the other hand, although as I told you I think Junior had the attitudes of a sociopath, I also can't ignore the fact that the film is made this way on purpose, it shouldn't be taken seriously because as I also told you, the premise of problem children was the order of the day in cinema in the 90's, proof of this is "Home Alone" "Dennis the Menace" and of course "Problem Child", they are all full of absurd situations in every scene, but that was their appeal.

I really like Ben Healy's attitude, because, although he was happy when Martin, the killer kidnapped Flo and Junior, at the end of the day it was him who realised that Junior really loved him as a father and saw something in the boy that others didn't, the fact that he just wanted a family, someone he could trust, for that reason he decided to look for him and confront the killer, he even got between Junior and the bullet the killer had fired, although he obviously saved himself in an absurd way 🤣.

Me gusta mucho la actitud de Ben Healy, ya que, si bien se sintió feliz cuando Martin, el asesino secuestró a Flo y a Junior, al fin y al cabo fue él quien se dio cuenta de que Junior realmente lo amaba como padre y vio algo en el niño que otros no, el hecho de que solo quisiera una familia, alguien en quien pudiera confiar, por esa razón decidió buscarlo y enfrentarse al asesino, incluso se interpuso entre Junior y la bala que había disparado el asesino, aunque obviamente se salvó de forma absurda 🤣.

On the other hand Big Ben, Ben's father, reminds me a lot of a certain political character from real life 🤣 haven't you noticed? a too snobbish, narcissistic and egotistical businessman who suddenly becomes interested in politics, anyway I found it very funny the fact that Junior gave him his due, nothing better than problem children to do justice to the bad guys.

In conclusion, I think that "Problem Child" or "Mi pobre diablillo" as we call it in Latin America, is a film with a simple narrative but quite functional for the comedies of the 90's, that today you can enjoy it anyway, the absurd situations are hilarious and that is precisely the fulcrum for this type of film, I enjoyed it a lot at that time and I still enjoy it now, but I was curious to delve a little deeper with an adult vision, and discover what perhaps was behind the "Problem Child".

En conclusión, creo que "Problem Child" o "Mi pobre diablillo" como la llamamos en Latinoamérica, es una película con una narrativa simple pero bastante funcional para las comedias de los años 90, que hoy en día puedes disfrutar de cualquier modo, las situaciones absurdas resultan hilarantes y ese es el punto de apoyo precisamente para este tipo de películas, yo la disfruté muchísimo en esa época y la sigo disfrutando ahora, pero sí me resultó curioso ahondar un poco más con una visión adulta, y descubrir lo que tal vez estaba detrás del "Niño Problema"

Thank you very much as always for allowing me to express my ideas, thank you for your attention, friends, I hope you have a wonderful day full of blessings 😊.