Big Brother Trouble

Big Brother Trouble is a 2000 American comedy film directed by Ralph Portillo. It had a limited release and grossed less than $600,000.00. It was released on video in 2003.

Sibling rivalry reaches new heights when two brothers fall for the same girl in this family comedy. Mitch Dobson (Michal Suchánek) is a 11-year-old soccer fan who doesn't get along very well with his 16-year-old brother, Sean (Shad Hart). When Police Captain Stacy (Dick Van Patten) and his family moves in next door, Mitch immediately falls for his 16-year-old daughter, Gwen (Lindsey Brooke). Gwen, however, is a lot more interested in Sean, and when Sean and Gwen start dating, Mitch and his friends begin scheming to find a way to put an end to their budding romance.

Mitch Dobson and his two friends Josh and Peter are playing soccer in his front yard while Mitch's big brother Sean is also playing at a soccer game with his high school team. While playing, Mitch accidentally kicks the ball too hard, causing it to break a lamp sitting with the moving boxes next door. Mitch is reprimanded by the old man (Police Captain Stacey) who owns the lamp, telling Mitch he owes him two hundred, but Sean comes to the rescue, offering to pay for it. Captain Stacey is happy that Sean is taking the matter responsibly into his own hands and tells Mitch he wishes he were more like his big brother, but Mitch is too busy staring at the Captain's beautiful daughter Gwen.

While swimming with Josh and Peter later, Mitch hears a scream from next door and finds Gwen swimming. He fantasizes about being with her, but suddenly Captain Stacey catches the boys snooping and chases them off. Gwen finds them after he's left, and Mitch offers to give her a tour of his house later. But Sean arrives suddenly, offering to have Gwen over for lunch, and she obviously seems more comfortable with Sean's offer than Mitch's. Mitch, furious, schemes to keep Sean out of the way. He lures and traps Sean in the barn out back just before Gwen arrives, and he lets her into the house while Sean is pounding and yelling for him in the backyard. Gwen hears him and rescues him, but the lunch Sean is cooking for Gwen burns in the oven. Gwen is flattered that he made her a meal, and he offers to take her out for pizza to make up for the chicken Mitch ruined. As they head down a back road toward town, Mitch and his friends tail them, but the sounds from their walkie-talkies terrifies Mitch and Josh, who run screaming out of the trees, revealing themselves to Gwen and Sean.

Mitch asks his father for advice on girls, and Robert tells him that every girl is different, although most of them appreciate romance, such as being taken out on dates. He praises Sean on how he is treating Gwen, and tells Mitch that when Sean finally raises enough money to buy the Mustang he's been watching, he'll be able to take Gwen out more often. Mitch realizes Sean's looking for a job to raise the last of that money he needs, plus the two hundred for Captain Stacey's lamp. To keep him from getting the money, Mitch jeopardizes Sean's opportunities by calling various locations around town with a disguised voice, saying different terrible things about him to keep employers from hiring him. However, Mitch slips up, and Sean ends up successfully landing a job at Oddo's Donut Shop.