Light-hearted and predictable, this cornball family fare can serve as a video baby-sitter for very young athletes. Bounced from professional sports for illegal betting, "Party Boy" Henry Butler (Steve Guttenberg) avoids jail time with a public service stint in a foster home. Butler is hired as a handyman, and the mischievous kids, refugees from broken homes, immediately sense Butler's reluctance to help them and respond by playing pranks. Most of their mischief backfires on the institution's chef, Cookie (Michel Perron). A betting man himself, Cookie tempts Butler to pick up the nasty habit that ruined his reputation in the first place. Determined to remain detached,...
Released:
2002
Rated:
NR
Length:
94 mins