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Problem Child

1990Movie1 h 21 minPG

Comedy
34
BadGoodWatch score
IMDb5.5Letterboxd2.8/5Metacritic275.5Rotten Tomatoes3%43%
34
BadGoodWatch score
IMDb5.5Letterboxd2.8/5Metacritic275.5Rotten Tomatoes3%43%

Summary

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.

Good for

  • Family movie night
  • Friends night
  • Teens

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  • Makes you laugh.
  • Feels like real life.
  • Makes you smirk.

Not for scares, big ideas or romance.

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Tropes

Troubling Unchildlike Behaviorin 586 titlesSeven-year-old Junior, who causes chaos for the sake of it. He delights in hurting people, torturing cats, getting behind the wheel and driving recklessly and causing accidents, all without remorse.Crying at Your Birthday PartyRare · in 23 titlesThe movie has Lucy Henderson bursting in tears and throwing a tantrum as she sees Junior sabotage her birthday party (as payback for kicking him out of the magic show) such as putting frogs in the pu…All 74 tropes

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