Problem Child 2
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| Directed by | Brian Levant |
| Produced by | Robert Simonds |
| Written by | Scott Alexander Larry Karaszewski |
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| Music by | David Kitay |
| Cinematography | Peter Smokler |
| Edited by | Lois Freeman-Fox Robert P. Seppey |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11–15 million |
| Box office | $32.7 million |
Problem Child 2 is the 1991 comedy film sequel to the 1990 film Problem Child; a continuation of the exploits of Junior, an adopted orphan boy who deliberately wreaks comedic havoc everywhere he goes. In it, Amy Yasbeck portrays Annie Young, unlike the first one in which she portrayed Flo Healy, wife of Ben (John Ritter). It was produced by producer Robert Simonds, who also produced the first one. It was rated PG-13, unlike its predecessor, which was rated PG.
This second installment in the Problem Child franchise did not fare as well as its predecessor, only performing about half as well at the U.S. box office and was also beat out by another sequel film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which was released on the same day.
Ben Healy and his son, Junior, move from Cold River, Illinois to Mortville, Oregon, a quiet, peaceful community, apparently as a way to start their lives all over again. As they arrive at their new house, Junior sees a girl roller skating on the sidewalk with a balloon, pops it with his sling shot and laughs at her. When Junior starts his first day of school he meets the girl again. She offers to show him to the principal's office, but places a mocking message sign on his back. To his amusement, Junior sees that Igor Peabody (who is also from Cold River) is the principal of his new school. Peabody panics at the sight of him and promptly promotes him to the sixth grade. Mr. Thorn, his new teacher, is teaching math to a bunch of students, including the school bully Murph (who has been held back for several years). Junior manages get on Murph's bad side. Murph retaliates by trying to drop the school's satellite dish on Junior at the end of school, but it misses him and hits Ben instead, knocking him out. When Ben comes to, he sees school nurse Annie Young and becomes smitten with her. Around the same time, bank owner LaWanda Dumore, the richest woman in Mortville, takes a liking to him.
Ben leaves Junior with a babysitter named Rhoda as he goes on his first date, but Junior ruins it by calling his date's former husband Voytek to let him know she was with Ben. When he arrives at the restaurant he and Ben get into a fight, and the man's former wife has a change of heart after seeing Ben hurt him in the kidneys using the pipe he used to hurt Ben with and they leave the restaurant with Ben driving while they make out in the backseat of his car. Back at the house, the babysitter's rebel boyfriend arrives on his motorcycle and asks where the master bedroom is. Junior sees Ben's video camera and records them having sex. He then shows the video on the front of the house for all the neighbors to see. Ben is shocked when he sees the video, reminding Junior that they're new in the neighborhood and needed to make an effort to fit in. Big Ben Healy rings their doorbell and says he's broke,and selling only one starter kit to Voytek and having money problems and has no place else to go, despite hating his son and grandson.
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