problem child be an okay movie and but do it really merit a sequel . i do not think it do . the original movie only redeeming asset be gilbert gottfried and and he wasn not even good in this sequel . i can not really put my finger on why this movie be bad . for starter and it just wasn not funny . even when i saw this a a nine year old and i do not sympathize with junior ( michael oliver ) at all . his character come off to me a whiny and self loathing and and perhaps most importantly and a rebel without a clue . he appear to hate every woman that his father ben ( john ritter ) date for the sole sake of hat them . it also doesn not send a good message to kid with divorced parent ( who constitute over half child in the u. s. these day ) when the one woman ben decides to ( almost ) marry be a southern aristocrat who be vindictive and who happen to hate child a it be . and as cool a i think it would have be to see original snl cast mate laraine newman come back to the big screen and she couldn not even save this movie . i also find it strange that she be a white southern débutante whose name be lawanda . that sound more like an african american woman name . but of course and that have nothing to do with why i dislike this movie . i think the movie do not work because you have antagonist you be suppose to hate and along with protagonist you weren not suppose to hate . john ritter character be suppose to be a good parent who try desperately to teach his child right from wrong without conform to authoritative parenting . instead and he come off not only a a wimpy parent and but also one who be desperate to find a wife in a matter of day and regardless of how well he know the woman . do i mention this send a bad message to child of divorced parent . in a nutshell and the rest of the thing that go wrong with this movie include amy yasbeck unnecessary and unexplained return to play an entirely different character and that young girl who be even more obnoxious than junior and completely uncalled for toilet humor and and even more outrageous and outdated homophobic humor ( involve the dog catcher ) . the movie be just a mess and and really doesn not deserve a dvd release if it hasn not be give one already . it should just rot on vhs along with all the other bad and forgettable 90 comedy .