Rating of
2/4
Pretty pathetic sequel.
TheWolf - wrote on 08/04/07
Junior Healy (Michael Oliver) is back with his "dad," Ben (John Ritter), and this time they move to a small town known as Mortville, which, to them, looks like a decent place to live in. Young women leave their husbands/boyfriends and line up in front of Ben's doorstep, all falling victim to Junior's menacing ways. As Junior tries to adjust to his new school, he meets his match in the form of Trixie (Ivyann Shawann), a bratty little girl, who shares Junior's knacks for trouble-making. Ben falls in love with the school nurse (Amy Yasbeck), who turns out to be Trixie's mother.
This really was a stretch for a sequel, Michael Oliver played the same character as in the original Problem Child. He really didn't change the role much, but then again he was probably directed to keep the character the same. John Ritter did a fairly decent job bringing his character back as well. The one that I think makes the movie is Gilbert Gottfried, his humor is always pretty good, and they didn't over do the movie by making him a secondary character, so he couldn't drag the movie down any further than it was doing on its own.
