A young boy repeatedly finds himself in trouble when his aunt and cousin come to stay. At 12-years-old, Jackie Cooper was growing a little too long in the tooth to play the cute little kid, but he's still pretty good in this comedy from Fox. Former silent star Thomas Meaghan plays his father in his final role before succumbing to cancer a couple of years later. His character handles things pretty badly, which kind of dilutes the inevitable feel-good ending. It works best when Cooper's interacting with his rough-and-tumble gang of friends, but there's not enough of that.
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