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I remember liking Blank Check when I was younger. And I was excited to show it to my children. It hasn't aged well. This is like a knock-off Home Alone that didn't really understand how the formula works, and it stretches plausibility almost to the breaking point. Also, I get that this is a childhood fantasy story, but the relationship between 11-year-old Preston and 30-year-old Shay borders on creepy. I don't regret watching it again, but I don't think this will make it into our regular family rotation of films.

Yeah, I remember this one! Many years since I actually watched it. The story was entirely surreal, but nonetheless great! What anyone who rates and reviews movies ought to bear in mind is what the respective movie aims at. It's the same with "First Kid", which follows a similar pattern. Certain movies - like this one here - just aim at plain and comical nonsense. Such movies can't be rated from the point of view of a hypercritical reviewer. Of course these movies lack quality, lack a sophisticated storyline, very often lack first-class acting, but if they do fulfil their primary premise - that's okay. I don't have this movie here on my list of all-time favorites, but I still thought it was funny, had some very enjoyable sequences and made a good story. Brian Bonsall is a smart actor anyway.

Little Preston Waters (Brian Bonsall) is down on his luck. He needs money. Badly. He attends a little brat's birthday party and after seeing all his big-spending friends and the birthday boy, decides it's time for a change. Now we know his own special day is approaching. His thrifty father provides him with an $11 check, and as he goes down to his local bank to cash it, a recently-released thief named Carl Quigley(played convincingly by Miguel Ferrer) runs over his little bicycle. Eager to avoid the police, Quigley gives the kid a blank check and takes off. The check has fallen into the wrong hands, as Preston fills it in for a cool $1m and what do you know, has no trouble cashing it! Things get worse for the boy after a spending spree, as the money will eventually disappear, and a certain someone will be longing for that fortune.

I enjoyed Brian Bonsall's and Karen Duffy's little friendship, along with friendly limousine driver Rick Ducommun, but the plot is way too basic, and my opinion remains the same now, as it did in 1994, when I first saw the film.

Preston Waters is a young boy with no money. His older brothers are taking over his room for their business. His grandma's birthday check isn't enough to open a bank account. Escaped robber Carl Quigley (Miguel Ferrer) threatens bank president Edward Biderman (Michael Lerner) and orders him to launder his stolen money. Carl is sending Juice (Tone Loc) the next day to cash a check. Outside the bank, Carl almost runs over Preston with his car and destroys his bike. Carl gives Preston a check but fails to write down an amount as he rushes away before the cops arrive. Preston fills in $1 million. Biderman mistakes Preston for the expected Juice and hands over the money. Preston creates a fake identity Macintosh to buy a mansion, hire chauffeur Henry, woo bank teller Shay Stanley (Karen Duffy) who turns out to be an undercover cop, and throw a big birthday party.

Money obsession is not necessary a great subject for a kids movie. This could still be fun if Preston has friends. It could be loads of childhood fun. Instead, he's alone and it's terribly sad. The young actor isn't charismatic enough and it's probably expecting too much from him. His fling with Karen Duffy is borderline creepy. The villains are not bumbling enough and Miguel Ferrer is actually quite scary. There is simply a lack of fun in this kids movie.

Don't waste your kids' time with movies about dreams, building relationships with family, overcoming life's obstacles with the help of best friends, or how they can improve themselves through scholarship or sport!

Instead, show your little future corporate CEO or CFO this film and teach them the important values of:

* how fun it is to have valuable toys and possessions, including a go-kart track in the back yard, and your own personal waterslide!

* how money gets people to do anything you want!

* how stealing money's OK, as long as it's from the bad guys!

* a fool and his gold are soon parted (and you don't want to lose your money, do you?)

* be wary of gold digging women!

* you CAN get away with it by lying!

An official selection at the Future Corporate Leaders Film Festival, this movie will be one your kids will always cherish.

I saw this movie once a long time ago, and I have no desire to ever see it again.

This movie is about Preston Waters, a hard-lucked preteen, who always seems to be overlooked by his family and who always seems to be short on cash. All this changes when a bank robber runs over Preston's bike and passes him a blank check as compensation. Preston uses the check to withdraw $1 million from the bank (ironically, the money belongs to the bank robber who gave him the check). Preston then buys a mansion and says that he's working as the assistant of a mysterious and wealthy backer named Mr. Macintosh (named after his computer). After that, he just goes crazy with the money.

On paper, this sounds like a great idea. However, on screen, it is one of the emptiest movies I've ever seen. For one thing, it's too unbelievable. I know some parts of the movie were meant to be incredible, but I draw the line at a twelve-year-old boy going out with a thirty-year-old woman, and being put in charge of a imaginary person's small fortune. Also, this was a shallow movie with weak acting, a predictable plot line and characters who are less than memorable. The characters were either cheesy, over the top, annoying, or underdeveloped. But "Juice" was a funny character.

If you're looking for a good movie to watch with your family, skip this one.

My definition of a "just because" movie is one that doesn't have any profound message about life going into it, and is meant to be thoughtless for the audience.

This movie successfully fills that niche, and while I believe a movie needs to say something for it to be considered more than mediocre, this is probably one of the better meaningless stories out there today. For some, that is saying very little, but those who are seeking something that is a child's fantasy, and not particularly taxing on the mind, will always have this movie to consider.

There are numerous details of the story that I could go into to further argue the point that it is innocent, and simple fun, but to do so would be to ruin any enjoyment that this movie has to offer, because this movie is without a doubt not something you would want to watch repeatedly. I have seen this movie exactly twice, and that was enough for me. Would I watch it if it were playing? More than likely, but this is a movie that just gets old fast due to its meaninglessness.

Blank Check is Children's Movie That I missed out watching during My Childhood because I was born in 1996 & this Movie Came two years Before I was born. I was First aware of this movie Because of the Nostalgia Critic review from 2009. I watched the Movie in May 2016 for the first time & I really enjoyed it. People Say it's a Ripoff Of Home Alone but it's still enjoyable. The Movie is About a Boy Named Preston Walters (Brain Bonsall) who gets a Blank Check from a Criminal Named Carl Quigley (Miguel Ferrer) who works With a Corrupt Bank Teller Edward Biderman (Michael Lerner) & A Guy Named Juice (Tone Loc) who Biderman was Supposed give the Money to Juice buts gives it instead to Preston. Preston spends all the Money & The Villains try to go after Preston. The Movie has A lot of Pratfalls & Silly Stuff but I liked it enough. Anyway Blank Check is a Fun enough Movie that shouldn't be Taken Seriously. Anyway I Give Blank Check 7 out of Ten. Anyway Bye.

Blank Check is easily one of the worst films of the nineties. The plot is completely pointless; its overtones of lonliness are pathetic. Do you really believe a twelve year old acting as a personal assistant for a millionaire could accomplish everything in this film, like buying a mansion for a mere $300 grand. The notion, let alone the bargain-basement price, will only be believed by the most gullible viewers. Please, respect your intelligence and don't watch this awful, awful film.

Fun when I was 7 (b.1987) but awkward after 1999. It's a kid fantasy but terribly impractical. I stumbled across this in 2021 on Amazon prime and thought it would be a fun trip in time- it partially was. Shout out to super adult Henry for his energy.

Watched this with my 9 year old on Disney+.

Pretty dated in terms of the cinematography and technology (as expected). The plot was flimsy and not engaging.

Uncomfortable romance storyline, with an 11 year old trying to get with a 30+ year old woman. My daughter asked if they were boyfriend and girlfriend! Huge and horrific double standard which doesn't stand up today.

This is a good movie. Something fun about watching money be blown at a super rate, especially from a kid's point of view. Take it for what it is, a fun little movie about a kid's dream coming true, and what a kid might do with $1 million dollars. Don't like it, don't watch it. They make movies for the watchers, not the people that have nothing better to do then complain in their lives.

If you love movies about young children this is the movie for you. It is great. It's about a young boy who soon inherits lots of money and goes crazy with it. Clearly this could never happen but it is a great movie to watch non the less. To see all the situations he gets himself into and all the crazy stuff he buys really makes the movie. You have to have an open mind when watching since it is very unlikely this would happen. I loved watching it as a young child and still do. It's a great movie for children. It will definitely make you laugh. It is a lot like the movie "Home Alone" in that it's also about a kid who has a house to himself and goes crazy. He also has to try and escape the bad guys who are after him.

It's a great laugh and a good movie for the whole family to watch!