Problem Child 2

Problem Child 2 (1991)

Genres - Comedy  |   Sub-Genres - Family-Oriented Comedy, Slapstick  |   Release Date - Jul 3, 1991 (USA)  |   Run Time - 91 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - PG13
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Synopsis by Mark Deming

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the adoption agency, along comes this sequel to the 1990 comedy hit Problem Child. Ben Healy (John Ritter) and his sociopathically unruly son Junior (Michael Oliver) move out of town after Ben and his wife split up. Ben discovers that his new city is overrun with divorced women looking for husbands, and Lawanda Dumore (Laraine Newman) soon sets her predatory sights on Ben. However, Lawanda doesn't care for Junior (not difficult to understand) and intends to ship him off to boarding school as soon as she and Ben tie the knot. Junior gets wind of her plans and does all in his power to scuttle them. Meanwhile, Junior finds a new playmate -- Trixie (Ivyann Schwan), a girl even more obnoxious than himself, who is the daughter of Annie (Amy Yasbeck), the school's nurse, who also has her eye on Ben. Oddly enough, Amy Yasbeck also appeared in the original Problem Child as Flo, the wife that Ben divorced in this picture. Yasbeck and Ritter married in real life in 1999.

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adoption, brat, family, forbidden-love, friendship, marriage, matchmaker, orphan, parent, socialite, yuppies

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