# Problem Child (1990)

> An exasperated adoptive father must protect his wildly destructive new son when the boy's dangerous pen pal turns a family ordeal into a rescue mission.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/6105

## Facts

- Runtime: 81 min
- Genres: Comedy
- Director: Dennis Dugan
- Cast: John Ritter, Jack Warden, Michael J. Oliver, Gilbert Gottfried, Amy Yasbeck, Michael Richards, Peter Jurasik, Charlotte Akin
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100419/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Mood: manic, irreverent, abrasive, nostalgic 1990s movie night, slapstick comedy marathon

## Movies like Problem Child

- [Big Daddy (1999)](https://ember.film/movie/4388)
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- [Old Dogs (2009)](https://ember.film/movie/13671)
- [Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)](https://ember.film/movie/6177)
- [Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)](https://ember.film/movie/4634)
- [Baby's Day Out (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/6227)
- [Problem Child 2 (1991)](https://ember.film/movie/17512)
- [Vice Versa (1988)](https://ember.film/movie/15892)
- [Cops & Robbersons (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/15636)
- [Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)](https://ember.film/movie/19495)

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