Problem child bow tie killer1/8/2023 I remember being quite shocked to learn that Problem Child was met with a negative response from audiences and critics alike and that it’s generally still considered a less-than-ordinary movie. Affably named “Junior”, the new parents soon discover their pre-packaged son’s compulsion for devilish and incorrigible behaviour, driving them both to breaking point. Originally what was pitched as a horror film similar to that of The Bad Seed or The Omen, quickly evolved to a child-friendly comedy upon the insistence of Universal Studios, about an infertile married couple who adopt a 7-year-old boy. Macaulay Culkin reportedly auditioned for the title role, but it went to the lesser-known Michael Oliver, a kid who did for redheads what Jaws did for sharks. Inspired by the Los Angeles Times article, “An Adopted Boy and Terror Begins”, published in 1988, the misguided comedy Problem Child has turned 30, a movie I would watch almost on repeat as a youngster.
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