
Ben reminds Junior they are new in town and must attempt to fit in. Junior also videotapes his irresponsible babysitter having sex with her boyfriend and broadcasts it to the entire neighborhood. He thwarts Ben's first date by phoning her jealous former husband, who storms into the restaurant and picks a fight with Ben. Throughout the film, Junior and Trixie engage in an escalating prank war.īen decides to date again to find a new wife and mother, but Junior is against it. Thorn ( James Tolkan), sits on the toilet. Junior panics and promptly flushes it, and it explodes right when his teacher, Mr. When Junior confronts Trixie for harassing him, Trixie states that she can harass anybody she wants and punctuates her point by giving Junior a lit M-80. Junior, annoyed at Ben's sudden love interest, attempts to vandalize Annie's picture hanging in the hall, only to be foiled by Trixie ( Ivyann Schwan), Annie's daughter, who is as mischievous as Junior. When Ben comes to, he sees the school nurse, Annie Young ( Amy Yasbeck in a different role than in the original film), and becomes smitten with her. Murph retaliates by dropping the school's satellite dish on Junior, but it misses him and hits Ben instead, knocking him out. There, Junior meets Murph (Eric Edwards), the school bully, and gets on his bad side when he tapes him to the chalkboard. Horrified, Igor promptly promotes Junior to sixth grade. On Junior's first day of third grade, he finds that Igor Peabody ( Gilbert Gottfried), the adoption agent from the first film, is the principal at his new school. Moments after they arrive, dozens of women line up in their front yard, all wanting to date Ben. One year after their previous misadventures, Ben Healy ( John Ritter) and his adopted son Junior ( Michael Oliver) move from Cold River, Illinois to the quiet community of Mortville, Oregon to start over, following Ben and Flo's divorce. It was beat out by another sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, which was released on the same weekend. The film did not fare as well as its predecessor, although it became a success at the box office. It was rated PG-13, unlike its predecessor, which was rated PG. In addition, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski return as screenwriters. Directed by Brian Levant, in his feature film directorial debut and produced by Robert Simonds, who also produced the first film. Amy Yasbeck, who played Ben's wife, Flo, in the first film, also returns, this time as school nurse Annie Young who's has a daughter named Trixie Young ( Ivyann Schwan) who's also a problem child. John Ritter returns as his adopted father, Ben Healy. Problem Child 2 is a 1991 American black comedy film and a sequel to the 1990 film Problem Child a continuation of the exploits of Junior ( Michael Oliver), an adopted orphan boy who deliberately wreaks comedic havoc everywhere he goes.
