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Problem Child is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Dennis Dugan released in USA on 27 july 1990 with John Ritter
Problem Child (1990)
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Add to a movie listProblem Child is a 1990 American comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and produced by then-first timer Robert Simonds. It stars John Ritter, Amy Yasbeck, Gilbert Gottfried, Jack Warden, Michael Richards, and Michael Oliver.
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The film opens with a woman leaving a bassinet on the porch of a fancy home; the baby, Junior, promptly pees on the woman who picks him up. From there, he is repeatedly discarded at various homes throughout many years by guardians who have grown tired of his destructive behavior—which includes throwing a rattle at the window, giving a cat soap to eat, using a vacuum cleaner to suck up the fish tank, and demolishing a mobile home with a bulldozer in retaliation for his favorite toys being stepped on—until he is eventually deposited at a Catholic orphanage, where he continues to wreak havoc on the strict nuns.Actors
John Ritter
(Ben)
Jack Warden
(Big Ben)
Michael Oliver
(Junior)
Amy Yasbeck
(Flo)
Gilbert Gottfried
(Mr. Peabody)
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