Just perfect...

As Good As It Gets

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

That this movie kicks below 5/10 rating reflects the deep intellectualism of this movie which most people didn't get or couldn't comprehend. For those we never seen it, picture this movie as a Stanley Kubrick film gem: it features layers upon layers of uncovered meanings. You can watch it endlessly and you'll always find something new.To start with, this movie is not about kids: it's about Love, real Love, and about showing the cupidity of adults in times where kids can still see through the materialistic brainwash of adult society. That explains why we've got so poor ratings since the main message, that adults are inherently stupid, doesn't play well with the masses. Junior acts as a gifted boy in the movie, so is Trixy, which is why they are presented as problem kids, non conformists, turbulent kids that don't fit the mold. In fact, they are smarter than all adult protagonists in the movie. Quickly:1: The movie opens on Little Ben with Junior who have both packed up and are ready to leave their home town for love town. This is the quest of two men in search of freedom and liberty... (and love for Little Ben)2: They end up in Mortville, a town where most women are single and looking for men (so far so good) and it's a reference to our times where there are so many singles. On that front, the women are so desperate to find a man that they go to Little Ben's house to offer him all kinds of gifts, like for a king. Junior is upset and slams the door to the second woman. Little Ben is not happy on the move and when he re opens the door he realizes that Junior is right on and that he's getting tricked by those women. (Fake love) 3: Enters the neighbor, which is your typical suburban American fat male, and he lives to spend money and he's materialistic. He loves the fact that there are so many women in town, which hints at the fact that he's cheating on his wife. Junior sees that his dad's attention is getting sucked away by this town of fake love and materialism and wants to bring him back to freedom. To make his points he causes the BBQ to explodes and get rid of the neighbor. From that point on, Junior tries to awaken his dad (by playing many kinds of funny tricks) who is getting involved with a manipulating woman, a banking tycoon, without much success. Big Ben is now broke and wants to use that mariage opportunity to get back in business out from bankruptcy, showing he doesn't care about anyone else but himself. Toward the end, Little Ben oscillates toward real love and communication and is saved from his looming bad mariage deal. Junior wins and that's the happy ending: freedom and real love triumphing over the dullness of an American way of living in the burbs and killing your brain on entertainment. Since most people did fail their life, which is miserable, loveless and based on goods, I understand why so many are pissed off about Problem Child 2, because they hate the main message that you can turn your life around and succeed.It's a courageous movie that doesn't fit the Hollywood model since it is a metaphor of our times.

a true classic, a movie you can watch with your own children, later with your grandchildren, or by yourself if you need cheering up.the ridiculous plot ensures that nobody will take it seriously, and many of the classic lines " how thoughtful", "its blue cheese", "then I guess you're going thirsty loser" , will be repeated for generations in my family and I"m sure thousands of others. Anyone who is offended by this type of humor is taking life way too seriously.

Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date, and sabotages each of his dates. Ben falls in love with Annie, the school nurse. Annie is the mother of Trixie - who is worse than Junior in behaviour and equally resents her mother dating again. Then Ben meets Lawanda, the richest woman in Mortville, who desires to marry Ben and send Junior to boarding school.Ben has to make the decision whether to continue to pursue Annie for love or marry Lawanda so Junior can have a mother.....If you didn't like the first movie, then I'm speaking to myself, but if like me, you enjoyed the first movie, which was the anti Home Alone when originally released, this is more of the same, but it does try a little too hard to improve on the first.The cast are good, and Ritter and Oliver have great chemistry together, you can really tell they got on well. The plot is simply having a younger girl be as naughty as junior, but there are some really bizarre set pieces.The vomit scene is genuinely nauseating and goes on a little too long, and the toilet scene is bizarrely funny. Its a surprisingly sweet film considering its a rushed sequel, and it doesn't outstay its welcome.So basically, is more of the same, nothing really good going for it, but its watchable, and hats lots of little in jokes too.

I actually liked this "Problem Child" film more than the first film. I thought it was funny in places and a lot less irritating than the first film too. Amy Yasbeck returns as a totally different character who is very likable compared to the one she played in the first film. I also think the plot is better here as they did not need to add a crazy Michael Richards character to the end of this one to pad the film out like they did in the first film either. Everything is going about as well as can be expected for Junior and his dad as they have moved into a new neighborhood and Junior is trying very hard to not be the problem child he was in the first film. Unfortunately, gramps is soon moving in with them and there is a very nasty lady who for some reason just has to marry Junior's dad. Add to that another little hellion lives in this town though I loved the scene where Junior gets her on that amusement park ride. The comedy is better, but in the end this movie is one of those I classify as not good, but not bad either. I am surprised to see how low score is here, so I realize I am in the minority in thinking this one surpasses the original film.