Orphaned Junior (Michael Oliver) is an unholy terror, proving unworthy of adoption until he is taken into the home of Ben and Flo Healey (John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck). But all their love and attention fails to reform the brat. Things get worse when Junior's pen-pal Martin Beck (Michael Richards) escapes from prison and pays his young friend a visit. Clearly, screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski are poking fun at so-called family values, but this tedious film fails to generate laughs or provoke concern for Junior's loveless state. The cast, including the ever-reliable Jack Warden, merely look uncomfortable. Stars Ritter and Yasbeck actually got married (to each other) last year.