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Problem Child (film)
Problem Child is a 1990 American 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 to him, Junior is a disruptive and unruly child, who knows nothing but chaos.
The film received negative reviews from critics, but it was nevertheless a box office success, grossing $72.2 million worldwide against a production budget of $11 million. Problem Child was followed by two sequels, Problem Child 2 (1991) and the made for TV Problem Child 3: Junior in Love (1995) as well as an animated series.
Ben Healy Jr. is a pleasant man working for his father, "Big Ben" Healy Sr., a tyrannical sporting goods dealer running for mayor. Big Ben intends to sell his entire estate to a Japanese conglomerate, as he holds contempt for Ben's considerate personality and considers Ben "too nice" to be his heir. Ben would love to have a son of his own but his obnoxious social climbing wife, Flo, has been unable to conceive. She cares more about the image of being a wife and mother than the responsibilities.
Ben approaches less-than-scrupulous adoption agent Igor Peabody with his dilemma. Peabody presents him and Flo with a 7-year-old boy named Junior, who Igor wants out of the orphanage. Junior is hardly a model child; mean-spirited and incorrigible, he leaves a path of severe destruction in his wake and is pen pals with Martin Beck, a serial killer known as "the Bow Tie Killer", who mistakes Junior's signature, "J.R." for that of an adult and fellow criminal.
Big Ben falls down the stairs and Junior's room catches on fire. Junior messes up a camping trip with brash and arrogant neighbor Roy and his family by urinating on the campfire and manipulating a practical joke played on the kids by Roy. Junior then is taken to his neighbor Lucy Henderson's birthday party, only for her to ban him from seeing the booked magic act. Ben tries to lift Junior's spirits by giving him his good-luck charm - a hardened prune - but Junior instead sabotages the party. Finally, Junior displays his method for winning in a Little League baseball game, which involves hitting rival players in the crotch with his bat.
Ben has severe doubts about Junior and takes him back to the orphanage. Upon hearing that Junior was returned thirty times by previous adoptive families, Ben decides to keep and love him, something no one has ever done. Distraught, Junior retaliates by driving Ben's car into Big Ben's store. Big Ben cleans out Ben's bank account to pay for the damage. Ben is on the verge of cracking until Beck arrives at the house and kidnaps Junior and Flo.
While Ben initially sees this as good riddance to browbeating Flo and trouble-making Junior, he soon notices signs that Junior is not the monster he appeared to be; through a series of pictures he drew, he depicts children and adults who treated him poorly as deformed monsters with hostile surroundings, but depicts Ben as a person in a pleasant background, revealing that he valued him as a father figure.
Realizing that Junior's behavior was simply a reaction to how he was treated, Ben undertakes a rescue mission to get him back from Beck. Ben first steals Roy's car and hat and confronts Big Ben for money. When he is rudely dismissed, Ben pushes a button that unknowingly puts Big Ben on camera before announcing his election campaign, where he reveals his true nature on the news, mooning the camera.
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Problem Child (film)
Problem Child is a 1990 American 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 to him, Junior is a disruptive and unruly child, who knows nothing but chaos.
The film received negative reviews from critics, but it was nevertheless a box office success, grossing $72.2 million worldwide against a production budget of $11 million. Problem Child was followed by two sequels, Problem Child 2 (1991) and the made for TV Problem Child 3: Junior in Love (1995) as well as an animated series.
Ben Healy Jr. is a pleasant man working for his father, "Big Ben" Healy Sr., a tyrannical sporting goods dealer running for mayor. Big Ben intends to sell his entire estate to a Japanese conglomerate, as he holds contempt for Ben's considerate personality and considers Ben "too nice" to be his heir. Ben would love to have a son of his own but his obnoxious social climbing wife, Flo, has been unable to conceive. She cares more about the image of being a wife and mother than the responsibilities.
Ben approaches less-than-scrupulous adoption agent Igor Peabody with his dilemma. Peabody presents him and Flo with a 7-year-old boy named Junior, who Igor wants out of the orphanage. Junior is hardly a model child; mean-spirited and incorrigible, he leaves a path of severe destruction in his wake and is pen pals with Martin Beck, a serial killer known as "the Bow Tie Killer", who mistakes Junior's signature, "J.R." for that of an adult and fellow criminal.
Big Ben falls down the stairs and Junior's room catches on fire. Junior messes up a camping trip with brash and arrogant neighbor Roy and his family by urinating on the campfire and manipulating a practical joke played on the kids by Roy. Junior then is taken to his neighbor Lucy Henderson's birthday party, only for her to ban him from seeing the booked magic act. Ben tries to lift Junior's spirits by giving him his good-luck charm - a hardened prune - but Junior instead sabotages the party. Finally, Junior displays his method for winning in a Little League baseball game, which involves hitting rival players in the crotch with his bat.
Ben has severe doubts about Junior and takes him back to the orphanage. Upon hearing that Junior was returned thirty times by previous adoptive families, Ben decides to keep and love him, something no one has ever done. Distraught, Junior retaliates by driving Ben's car into Big Ben's store. Big Ben cleans out Ben's bank account to pay for the damage. Ben is on the verge of cracking until Beck arrives at the house and kidnaps Junior and Flo.
While Ben initially sees this as good riddance to browbeating Flo and trouble-making Junior, he soon notices signs that Junior is not the monster he appeared to be; through a series of pictures he drew, he depicts children and adults who treated him poorly as deformed monsters with hostile surroundings, but depicts Ben as a person in a pleasant background, revealing that he valued him as a father figure.
Realizing that Junior's behavior was simply a reaction to how he was treated, Ben undertakes a rescue mission to get him back from Beck. Ben first steals Roy's car and hat and confronts Big Ben for money. When he is rudely dismissed, Ben pushes a button that unknowingly puts Big Ben on camera before announcing his election campaign, where he reveals his true nature on the news, mooning the camera.