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Problem Child 2
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91 reactions from 2 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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Problem Child is a 1990 comedy film, directed by Dennis Dugan, starring John Ritter, Jack Warden and Michael J. Oliver.
- 77 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon
- posts span Feb 11, 2023 to Nov 4, 2026
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60 of 91 · most liked first"Did you like the movie?" -"Yeah it was great!" "How can you like it, it was awful" -"I like most movies" "That's not possible" -"Sure it is, I just compare them to the 1990 movie Problem Child" "...you are a specimen, did you know that"
neutral · AI labelView post →If Toni Storm is going to keep doing these film tributes, I cannot wait until she gets to Problem Child 2 and crushes someone with a giant love rock. #AEWDynasty
neutral · AI labelView post →We are often asked what’s the difference between our original script’s version of “Problem Child” and the finished film. Here’s a fine example. The movie ends with a close up of a pig’s ass taking a loud shit on Amy Yasbeck in the back of a pick up truck. And in contrast, here is our first draft…
neutral · AI labelView post →The implausible moment in the 1991 Cape Fear was when someone sat in a cinema and found the film Problem Child really funny.
neutral · AI labelView post →Dread Central got very excited today when they heard Scott & I had pitched a combo PROBLEM CHILD/CHILD’S PLAY movie way back in the 1990s. It was to be in the horror/comedy mashup spirit of “Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein” but no one bit. www.dreadcentral.com/news/587844/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Look, a fist! [Ft. Kevin the Raichu] Audio taken from the movie "Problem Child". #animation
neutral · AI labelView post →Can’t believe I just watched John Water’s “Desperate Living” in a crowded 1000 seat theater at the Academy Museum. Despite the great Divine not being in it - DL has always been my favorite Waters movie - Scott and I even named the town in “Problem Child 2” Mortville as a homage.
neutral · AI labelView post →In my kids’ elementary school yearbook, the fifth graders each list their favorite movie. One put down Problem Child 2.
neutral · AI labelView post →Released 49 years ago today "Problem Child" is a single by the Damned, and preview for the band's second album, Music for Pleasure. The Damned - Neat Neat Neat - Problem Child - Fan Club Live 1977 #punk #punks #punkrock #thedamned #problemchild #punkrockhistoy
neutral · AI labelView post →sometimes i'll think "i was a pretty obnoxious kid sometimes. i talked back A LOT. maybe i deserved physical abuse." then i remember that no kid deserves any physical abuse not even the titular Problem Child of the film Problem Child. and he was way worse than me!!
positive · AI labelView post →The German title of the 1990 film “Problem Child” was “So ein Satansbraten”. Memory tricked me first into believing it had been the title for “Dennis the menace”, but it was actually that for “Problem Child”. Ah, the 90’s. 😂😬🤷♂️
neutral · AI labelView post →"Problem Child" performed by THE BEACH BOYS A film credit that should worry everyone
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 July 27, 1990: “Three’s Company” star John Ritter found box office success with “Problem Child” that opened in theaters nationwide. The family comedy also starred Amy Yasbeck, Jack Warden, Gilbert Gottfried, and Michael Richards.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's true. I rewatched Problem Child (1990) recently and it looked like Man With A Frickin’ Movie Camera compared to a lot of drab modern studio fare.
positive · AI labelView post →NW: Problem Child 📽️ This is one of those movies that was on tv constantly, and then I guess one day USA Network said, "That's enough." Will I still love it? I think so.
neutral · AI labelView post →TRIVIA: Writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, frustrated with the criticisms of the first ‘Problem Child’ film, deliberately increased the poor taste in the sequel aiming to create a John Waters film for children. The first cut of the film received an ‘R’ rating from the MPAA. (Wikipedia) 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →Sunday, September 6th at the Los Feliz 3 / @am_cinematheque Join us for PROBLEM CHILD: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR with Parts 1 & 2 in glorious 35mm Post film Q&A with screenwriters Scott Alexander & Larry Karazewski Poster by Eagle Barber 🎟️: tinyurl.com/yrsffxrn
neutral · AI labelView post →For a movie in the 0% club, Problem Child rules
positive · AI labelView post →Love that Scorsese went with PROBLEM CHILD as the movie De Niro laughs at in CAPE FEAR
neutral · AI labelView post →Season 1 will be about the personal life of the movie theater owner who in the season finale has to decide if they will eject a patron for laughing too loudly during a screening of Problem Child 2.
neutral · AI labelView post →You ever have a piece of media blink back into your head after being absent for decades? Why the hell did I see the movie Problem Child (1990) so many times as a kid. I think I used to just request to rent it over and over. Bizarre.
neutral · AI labelView post →Doing one of those post-a-movie-for-a-like things but every picture is just 1990's Problem Child.
neutral · AI labelView post →• last food: Taco Bell • last drink: Coffee • last book: Chaos: Charles Mansion, the CIA and the Secret History of the 60s • last show: Curb Your Enthusiasm • last movie: Problem Child • current book: Père Goriot • tonight’s dinner: n/a • dessert: also n/a (I had a lot of Taco Bell)
neutral · AI labelView post →I am looking forward to seeing the sequel to a film I said was PROBLEM CHILD meets MONKEY MAGIC. #NeZha2
neutral · AI labelView post →Favourite TTRPG classes: 1. Phenominal Cosmic Power, Ity Bity Living Space (happy) 2. A Weapon Which Rebels 3. This Horror Movie Monster Sure Does Wanna Fuck That Final Girl, Huh? 4. Midwest Emo Problem Child 5. Final Girl playbook w/ Monster Slayer × Beastheart Subgesalt
neutral · AI labelView post →I have already brought Nothing But Trouble, but another one is Problem Child 2. I don’t remember almost anything about that movie except for an insane vomit scene in a carnival. It was buried deep in my mind, I think I watched it when I was like 4 years old. There are other bizarre visuals on it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hoping for an entire episode based on the scene of Max Cady being a nuisance during a screening of PROBLEM CHILD. (What's the equivalent film in 2026?)
neutral · AI labelView post →No modern horror film or atrocity drama has made me feel more viscerally disturbed than Problem Child 2 did when I was 7. Pete & Pete was a warm safe haven from that shit, plus it was actually funny instead of gross/outrageous. It's still the high water mark for sitcoms on Nick by kind of a lot.
negative · AI labelView post →THE ADVENTURES OF BURATINO (1975, theatrical, #film) An intoxicating made-for-Russian-TV two-parter children's adventure based on Tolstoy's 'The Golden Key' that feels like Aesop's Fables x PROBLEM CHILD. Anchored by a hilariously energetic lead performance and 🧵>> h/t: @acjaggard.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →That movie Problem Child 2, weirdly based on a different real person
neutral · AI labelView post →I know these Ghana movie posters have a reputation for misrepresenting the movies, but I feel this one at least really fits the vibe of the PROBLEM CHILD saga.
positive · AI labelView post →Did you know Kerry Von Erich (Texas Tornado) made a cameo in Problem Child? I've watched this a few times and finally realizing he was in this movie. #WrestleSky
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel like there is a whole lost film genre of movies where the first one is about dealing with a baby or other very young child, which then spawns multiple sequels that gradually age them up for more antics. Three Men and a Baby, Look Who’s Talking, Problem Child. Others I’m blanking on…
neutral · AI labelView post →Problem Child Problem Child 2 Spaced Invaders It’s been a good movie night!
positive · AI labelView post →His villainous role in the original Problem Child movie made him a star.
neutral · AI labelView post →en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klimasz... Incredible range as performers -shame they never got their due. Started acting with the film Problem Child 2.
neutral · AI labelView post →I have a very distinct memory of seeing ‘Problem Child’ (released in 1990, same as ‘House Party’) in a movie theater. I think it was at the theater that was in Lenox Square…
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm so old I remember when going to the movies there used to be a curtain hanging over the theater screen which was vertically rolled up when the previews started. Sometimes the curtain got stuck, and you could get a refund or just watch the movie like that. That's how I watched Problem Child 2!
neutral · AI labelView post →I fascinated about my favorite bad movie Problem Child (1990)was originally pitch was horror movie very similar to the Omen or the bad seed. But writer changed into mean spirited edgy family comedy movie well known for.
positive · AI labelView post →A crossover Problem Child/Child’s Play movie was actually proposed in the 90s. And with a little creativity, it’s still not too late to make it a reality. Check out Wicked Horror’s pitch for a hypothetical Problem Child’s Play movie at the link below! wickedhorror.com/horror-news/...
neutral · AI labelView post →I just like that Wikipedia describes PROBLEM CHILD as a "dark comedy." It is pretty dark for a kid's movie....
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatching 1991 CAPE FEAR on @criterionchannl.bsky.social and I’m taken totally out of the movie by the notion that Nick Nolte would go see PROBLEM CHILD.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fave film for each year of the 1990s (dang, this IS tough!) 1990: Tremors 1991: Problem Child 2 1992: Alien 3 1993: Matinee 1994: Blank Check 1995: Village of the Damned 1996: Joe's Apartment 1997: Vegas Vacation 1998: Can't Hardly Wait 1999: Storm of the Century
positive · AI labelView post →Thank you kind, and love that "original Problem Child" description of The Bad Seed! 🤣 Hays Code film censorship had to do some logical backflips on that one because you were literally required to have the criminal punished, but you also couldn't just openly harm kids either; hence, the lightning!
neutral · AI labelView post →Would’ve been a perfect bit for that amusemrnt park scene in the John Ritter movie Problem Child
neutral · AI labelView post →Thank you, Philip yeah, i love the "pardon me all over the place" line as well Supposedly, in 1991, it was just supposed to be about the smoke in the movie theater but DeNiro was actually laughing out loud at Problem Child so they incorporated that exaggerated laugh into the movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Trivia for “Problem Child 2” (1991) states that the writers indented to make a John Waters film for children and I totally see that. lol 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →It would also work as a cover for a novelization of the movie Problem Child
neutral · AI labelView post →Yeah I'm one n done on this. I liked parts of the action - I guess rhe realistic Home Alone gag - but the rest felt...off? Like it was mad that you made it make a film like that, so let's be 10× those Problem Child flicks.
negative · AI labelView post →That movie Problem Child was based on a real person
neutral · AI labelView post →Michael Oliver (Now 43) is a Former Child Actor known to Many of Us As “Junior” From the Film “Problem Child.” Oliver Maintains a Happy and Private Life Away From the Celebrity Scene. #problemchild #michaeloliver #childactor #amen
neutral · AI labelView post →Man, when I was younger, I just did not like that Problem Child from the movie, “Problem Child”
negative · AI labelView post →My daughter just watched Ed Wood at The Egyptian and then Guillermo del Toro discussed the film with writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Bonus: they wrote Problem Child and I will fight anyone who doesn't think it is fucking hysterical.
positive · AI labelView post →#nowwatching Never seen this movie “Problem Child” before but it’s been on my timeline lately so now i HAVE to watch
neutral · AI labelView post →Problem Child was my favorite childhood movie for some reason. 😝
positive · AI labelView post →One of my favorite bits of trivia about this movie is, according to Illeana Douglas, Scorsese personally chose Problem Child to play during the theater scene because he secretly loves that movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't think there was any. The film was shelved for 3 years before release; the plot resembled too closely to Problem Child (which released while this was filming), and Orion Pictures was going through bankruptcy when it finally released. This movie never had a chance in hell of being good.
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie sat on a shelf for about three years because: 1. The idea was too similar an idea to the film Problem Child, which came out the same year this was shot, in 1990. 2. The studio that released it, Orion Pictures, filed for bankruptcy about a year later, so no money to market it.
neutral · AI labelView post →In the movie Problem Child you’ll see: -Corporate off-shoring -Authoritarian-style parenting -Infertility issues -Adoption issues -Problematic relationships (a child is friends with a murderer) -Michael Richards -Hella anxiety because Junior is fuckin’ John Ritter’s shit up
neutral · AI labelView post →I distinctively remember seeing ‘Problem Child’ in a movie theater…
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