The conclusion to the movie Problem Child is very silly and makes no sense.

[RutgersJetFan]

Problem Child is just one of those movies I get sucked into every time it's on. I'm not totally certain as to why. Perhaps it's because I saw it in the theater when I was a kid, or maybe it's just the unintentional hilariousness of Michael Richards being a bow-tie wearing serial killer, or Gilbert Gottfried inventing the concept of a priest essentially being a "boy nun," or how much of a tool John Ritter looks like throughout the entire flick (done so on purpose, which makes it even better), or the fact that I always chuckle when ever there's a major character in any movie named Flo, or even the totalitarian grandfather who says inappropraite things and basically treats his son like a sh-thead...I could go on and on with this.

Regardless, watching it today for probably the 127th time, it finally hit me that the conclusion to Problem Child, which entails Junior realizing he's a good boy deep down inside, which in turn goes on to spurn two more sequels following the hijinks of Junior and soon-to-be friends, simply isn't feasible.

This is a kid who idolizes a serial killer, tortures animals, exposes himself in public, starts fires, attacks other kids with a baseball bat, consistently isolates himself from the other children, dresses unlike everyone else, and intentionally tries to get others more or less killed.

I mean, call me crazy, but is this not how Henry Lee Lucas' childhood (or pretty much every other serial killer in history) has always been described? You're telling me that all of a sudden he's psychologically cured because John Ritter's magic prune kept him alive after being shot? No chance, either Junior would have continued down the slippery slope he was on and developed into a felon (probably a murderer or child molester), or Problem Child 2 should have consisted of Junior being put into serious therapy and probably under medication as well.

[CTM]

I think that had Henry Lee Lucas and those of his ilk had a daddy like John Ritter they too would've found their soft underbelly..

The moral of this story is that if every father was like John Ritter, there'd be no evil in this world. As far as morals of the story go, it's one of the most believable.

Come and knock on my door. beeyotch

[JoeC36]

i too love the problem child movies. and it is very silly lol.

[32green]

This is a kid who idolizes a serial killer, tortures animals, exposes himself in public, starts fires, attacks other kids with a baseball bat, consistently isolates himself from the other children, dresses unlike everyone else, and intentionally tries to get others more or less killed.

ritalin

[Thai Jet]

Hey guys....it's only a movie. Fogettaboutit already.

[bitonti]

so the fact that an old prune saved his life is acceptable but the emotional turn around is just too far fetched?

[RutgersJetFan]

Ever actually hold an old prune? There's no way a bullet could get through one of those things. In fact, I believe that prune science has been at the forefront of many modern bulletproof vest designs.