Problem Child

Problem Child divides audiences between those who find its crude, dark humor genuinely funny and those who consider it unfunny and mean-spirited throughout. The film peaks when Michael Richards appears as the serial killer, with reviewers consistently praising his scenery-chewing performance, but struggles with a sentimental ending that many felt didn't match the thoroughly rotten character established earlier. Overall, it maintains a polarizing but consistent tone that some embrace as a guilty pleasure while others find completely objectionable.