Based on a true story!
I can't believe I just learned this, as I've probably seen this movie 30 times! https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-04-me-22048-story.html
shareSeriously doubt anyone would poke fun at something like that.
shareWell it happened!
"Problem Child was inspired by the LA Times article and real-life story An Adopted Boy–and Terror Begins about the desperate parents who felt fooled into adopting a child called Tommy, a “dangerous sociopath”. Tommy terrorised his adoptive parents and was still sending death threats to them, long after he’d been committed to an institution."
https://filmstories.co.uk/features/the-problems-with-1990s-problem-child-and-how-it-changed/