The reviewer discusses the 1990 film Problem Child and its re-release on retro VHS style Blu-ray.
The film stars John Ritter and Michael Oliver, and follows the story of a couple who adopt a mischievous child.
The reviewer praises Mill Creek Entertainment's retro VHS style Blu-ray releases, which include a slipcover and stickers.
The film's PG rating is noted, despite containing some off-color language and adult themes.
Greetings, Classic Cinema and TV fans. This is Jason Lockard here with you once again, bringing you another Silver Screen Spotlight. Today we are going back in time, and this is really hard to believe. We're going back in time 33 years. Wow. We're talking about a film from 1990. It's hard to imagine that this film is 33 years old. I mean, this is like crazy when you think about it. we're talking about a brand new release from the good folks at Mill Creek Entertainment we're talking about Problem Child this was a really interesting film from 1990 Problem Child starred John Ritter now John Ritter is probably best known for most classic TV fans for being in the classic TV show Three's Company People in the, you know, later on down the line, younger people may remember Eight Simple Rules. But however you remember John Ritter, he was pretty good. I really enjoyed him in the miniseries, It, Stephen King's It. I really thought he was really great in that. But he was a great actor all the way around. Played in a lot of different films. But this is one of them, Problem Child. Now, the interesting thing about Problem Child is that John Ritter was not going to be the first choice to play Ben in this film. The producers were looking at a lot of really big-name stars. We're talking about Steve Martin, Rick Moranis, and many others. but yet they ended up going with John Ritter. In a way, I think that's a good thing because I look at John Ritter and he has that real sensibility that real sweetness about his character and he kind of portrays that really well in this film Now, the problem child, Junior, if you will, could have very easily been played by Macaulay Culkin. That's really interesting, but his audition didn't go the way he had expected, I guess, and the producers decided to go with Michael Oliver instead for the character Junior. Basically, Problem Child is about Ben and his wife Flo who long to be parents, but yet they can't have kids. So they decide to adopt a kid and forego all the stuff. Let's adopt a seven-year-old because then you forego all the disgusting parts of childhood. Changing diapers and all that type of stuff. Okay, that sounds good. So they meet Junior and take him home, but little do they know, Junior is not what he seems to be and not what they expected. Junior, everywhere he goes, disaster follows, and it is mostly because of him, because he's just got an attitude problem, right? it's an interesting film it's a lot of fun and it's just crazy in a lot of ways and crazy in a funny way is what I mean you get to see Kramer in this film which is from Seinfeld Kramer is in this, Michael Richards which is pretty interesting great cast in this film as well but you know it's interesting because when you look at the 80s and the 90s and you look at films and you look back on them now we look at these films from the 80s and 90s and these films were like rated PG and really we look at it and we marvel at how much was in these films in the 80s and 90s that we considered family and it like really It was considered family huh Because there's a lot of stuff in it that's, you know, when you think about it. And Problem Child is as well. There's some, you know, off-color language. There is some adult themes and some kind of like violent things that go on. So, yeah, PG? Really? Yeah, it was PG. Interesting because now, Pot of Home Child, I remember watching this. And what I love about Mill Creek's releases of these old classic films, like from the 80s and 90s, that they're doing is they're doing the retro VHS editions of these releases. Now, a lot of people, there are some people that hate the retro VHS, and that's fine. You can have the Blu-ray this way. It's perfectly fine. But for those that do have a nostalgic feel for those retro VHS style Blu-rays, you get the slipcover. And to me, this slipcover is what is so, so awesome. Okay? I remember as a small kid going to the mom and pop stores, you know, video rentals and picking up some weekend videos and just enjoying them. and loving the fact that they had all these stickers posted all over them. I remember them so vividly as a kid, seeing PG and Be Kind Rewind and all this type of stuff all over these things. And I remember them so vividly. It's just so amazing. And that's what I love about these. It really takes me back to my childhood. It takes me back to when I was a small kid running VHS tapes. like crazy and just enjoying doing that and seeing movies and all. It's just so cool. Love the way it is. Mill Creek I have to say is doing the absolute best when it comes to the retro VHS styles in my opinion What they do is like the best I mean it really is I mean you got the thing that looks just like the vhs cover then you got the tape coming out you got the stickers all over it i mean it really is spectacular same thing with the back you have the back end here the back thing i mean it's just so cool uh you even have that on there which is really awesome yeah just like the vhs tape on the side, which is so cool. Yeah, Mill Creek is amazing with these things. That is the real reason to buy these. It's this right here. Now, Mill Creek has released Problem Child 1 and 2 on DVD, so if you like to have both of them, you can do that. We have those here at Classic Cinema Plus Studios as well, but there's just something special about having the retro VHS style Blu-ray. I just think that's so, so very cool. Yeah, it's a lot of fun. So, yeah, if you're into those old shows, those comedies from the 90s, yeah, you probably remember Problem Child really, really well and you'll probably be sitting there saying I've got to have that. You can check out the full written review of all about this release at Classic Cinema Plus. Be sure to go there. You can get a link down below. Be sure to go there and check out that review as well as all the other Blu-ray and DVD reviews that are up there. You'll be there for days and days just checking out all the reviews because we've got stuff up there all the time. Continuously. Just new stuff all the time. So definitely check it out. Be sure to like, share, and subscribe. 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