Every time Problem Child gets an interesting edge, it loses it.
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Chicago TribuneDave Kehr
Chicago TribuneDave Kehr
Dugan can`t find a tone that allows him to preserve the shock of the gags while minimalizing their physical painfulness.
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Portland OregonianTed Mahar
Portland OregonianTed Mahar
Problem Child has moments, or perhaps instants, of misanthropic satire. There also are stroboscopically brief flashes of psychological irony or cleverness. [30 July 1990, p.D8]
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Empire
Empire
A dark domestic comedy that continuously shirks the courage of its convictions.
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Miami HeraldBill Cosford
Miami HeraldBill Cosford
There are jokes in this story of a 7-year-old adoptee from Heck, but most of them are funny despite the clumsiness of their telling. The rest aren't funny at all. [1 Aug 1990, p.D7]
They've jacked this loud, lame shrieker of a movie up to the highest decibels, both aural and visual, and rammed it in our faces with almost numbing aplomb.
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Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
With jokes this lame you won't have to worry as much about your children getting any bad ideas.