PROBLEM CHILD (1990 FILM)

'''Problem Child''' (1990) is a comedy film about an orphan child that deliberately wreaks havoc everywhere he goes. It starred John Ritter, Amy Yasbeck, Gilbert Gottfried, Jack Warden, Michael Richards and Michael Oliver.

Contents

Taglines

Synopsis

Featured cast

Sequels

Sequels

Animated TV series

Special DVD release

Notes

See also

External links

Taglines

★ "He's So Bad, Even The Nuns Refused To Keep Him!"

★ "Attila the Hun. Ivan the Terrible. Al Capone. They were all seven once."

Synopsis

'Ben Healy' (''John Ritter'') is a pleasant but brow-beaten yuppie working for his father '"Big Ben"' (''Jack Warden''), a tyrannical sporting goods dealer. Ben would love to have a son, but his wife 'Flo' (''Amy Yasbeck'') has been unable to conceive. Ben approaches less-than-scrupulous adoption agent 'Igor Peabody' (''Gilbert Gottfried'') with his dilemma, and Igor presents Ben and Flo with a cute seven-year-old boy, '"Junior"' (''Michael Oliver''). However, Junior is hardly a model child; mean-spirited and incorrigible, the child leaves a path of serious destruction in his wake, and is even pen pals with 'Martin Beck' (''Michael Richards''), a notorious serial killer. After the cat ends up in the hospital, the house catches on fire, and Junior displays his effective but unethical method for winning in Little League (involves hitting rival players in the crotch with a baseball bat), Ben is having serious doubts about Junior when Beck escapes from jail and decides to kidnap his faithful correspondent, along with Junior's new mother.

Featured cast

★ John Ritter as Ben Healy

★ Michael Oliver as "Junior"

★ Amy Yasbeck as Florence "Flo" Healy

★ Michael Richards as Martin Beck

★ Jack Warden as "Big Ben" Healy

★ Gilbert Gottfried as Igor Peabody

★ Peter Jurasik as Roy

Sequels

Sequels

Two sequels followed:
''Problem Child 2'' (1991) brought back the original cast in their original roles and picked up where the first film ended. Amy Yasbeck, however, was given a new role with a new dynamic totally opposite her original character.
'' (1995), the final film, Gottfried and Warden reprised their respective roles as Mr. Peabody and Big Ben Healy.

Animated TV series

Main articles: Problem Child (TV series)

There was an animated TV series that aired in 1993. Gottfried was the only original cast member to be featured as a voice-over actor.

Special DVD release

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	'Problem Child' ''"Tantrum Pack"''; packaged with ''Problem Child 2'' ★ Release date: March 2, 2004 ★ Studio: Universal Pictures

''Problem Child'' and ''Problem Child 2'' were released together on DVD in the U.S. on March 2, 2004, as a package entitled ''Problem Child Tantrum Pack''

Notes

See also

★ ''Problem Child 2''

★ ''

External links

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★ ''Problem Child'' Trailer at VideoDetective.com