What a truly bizarre time the ’90s were for movies. With a bunch of over-the-top ridiculous action films perhaps remembered as the best the decade had to offer, we also can’t forget about a genre that just doesn’t seem to exist anymore: Movies about kids getting adult jobs, for some reason.
It seems the ’90s simply didn’t care about child labor laws and, instead, thrived on stories where kids were enlisted into jobs that not only were they not qualified for, but many of them were way too dangerous. Seriously, what adult in their rightful mind hires a kid to be a cop or lets him be a pitcher on a major league baseball team? On the surface, it might be a dream come true for the child. Realistically, though, it’s got bad news written all over it.
Join us as we jump back in time to look at the 11 movies from the ’90s that seem to care the absolute least about child labor laws–along with a special treat from the year 2000 that just missed the cut. To be clear, we’re not talking about movies where the actors themselves may have worked too much, but rather stories about kids who definitely shouldn’t have been on the clock so much.
Did we miss any movies? If so, sound off in the comments!
