No no no. It just doesn't work without the original characters. Avoid.

If you bought this movie, toss it away. It's horrible. Awful. Only so many words can describe it. The cast is all different save Gilbert Gottfried, who is "fried" in this movie, and a few others. But you can tell they've had enough of the Problem Child, and why they continue to make spin-offs of something that never was is beyond me. Two sequels and a television show. The first was kind of funny in a guilty pleasure way, but c'mon, enough is enough!

0/5 stars -

This's a good example of why some sequels shouldn't have been made: Problem Child 3 does get its laughs in but for the most part it falls flat hard. Less than a handful of the cast reprise their roles from the first 2. Sadly, John Ritter and Michael Oliver weren't on the list. The kid that fills Oliver's shoes (or at least tries to) as Junior just doesn't fit the bill. He's ok but you know that old saying " Ain't nothing like the real thing". Basically, the plot is about Junior wrangling with adolescence as well as his feelings with a girl named Tiffany and her suitors. I have to admit it is funny seeing Junior dish out punishment to his rivals and anyone else that crosses him but aside from that the story seems a little flat. William Katt as Ben's not bad but he doesn't bring the same energy to the movie like John Ritter did. Gilbert Gottfried on the other hand is one of the few saving graces of the movie as their's not much else to this.

Bottomline, it's not a good movie as it doesn't live up to the first 2 at all.