Blank Check

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Blank Check

PG,

1994,

1h 33m,

Kids & Family/

Comedy

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9%

11 Reviews

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34%

50,000+ Ratings

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34%

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After a crook named Carl Quigley (Miguel Ferrer) nearly kills 11-year-old Preston Waters (Brian Bonsall) by running over the boy's bike, he mistakenly gives the boy a blank check. The resourceful Preston makes out the check for a million dollars and cashes it. As Preston enjoys spending his windfall, Carl realizes his mistake and goes looking for the boy, while the FBI searches for Preston's alias, the mysterious Macintosh. Preston soon learns the real value of money.

Justin Brown

Medium Popcorn

Jan 10, 2019

1/5

This movie just makes no real logistical sense. It's out of control, the characters are weird...was nobody in this entire world thrown off by a little kid with disposable income spending crazy cash?

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Brandon Collins

Medium Popcorn

Jan 10, 2019

2/5

You just can't congratulate films this bad...I think this was a money-grab from all the actors.

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Barbara Shulgasser

Common Sense Media

Apr 25, 2017

2/5

Boy spends a million dollars in lame '90s comedy; peril.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Film Threat

Jul 16, 2007

1/5

One of the worst films to pass itself off as family entertainment features a flirtatious woman, a rich kid no one questions, and a brutal series of gags.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Nov 7, 2005

2/5

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Finn M

Sep 19, 2018

Typical silliness of the '90s.

Apr 19, 2018

I don't get why people slate this film, as I kid I loved it and watching it again as an adult the concept I believe people miss, it's not about all the money in the world because it don't last where family and friends do and life shouldn't be involved around greed and you can't compare it to home alone when that's totally a different storyline

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Hagrid S

Oct 13, 2017

I would do anything for $ 1,000,000!

George S

Jun 14, 2017

As a child of the 90's I'm irrationally confident that I grew up in the most awesome decade in the history of time. Going back and revisiting "Blank Check" was the first time in my life that I seriously questions that notion. Let's call this movie what it is, a ripoff of "Home Alone" and "Richie Rich" where we are given a watered down version of Kevin McCallister, and the store brand equivalent of John Candy for 90 minutes, all while a sub plot featuring borderline pedophilia is told. Don't get me wrong, this movie is made for a certain demo, and I was that demo 15 years ago. I begged my parents to take me to see this in theaters, and enjoyed it as a youth. Rewatching it now I realize how dumb I was as a kid. To see what we would do with a blank check (spoiler alert...buy beer) check us out at broforcesquad.com

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Han

May 14, 2017

Does anyone else find it strange that the female cop just kissed a ten year old boy.

Albus M

May 3, 2017

I'm amazed that this movie had such poor reviews! My wife and I were perusing Netflix and found this. We both LOVED this movie as children. (Like really loved it - didn't just claim to) Well we watched it tonight and loved it even more than before! Is it far fetched? Ridiculous? Are there errors in the movie? Did the amount on the last screen (where he totals how much owas spent), not add up? Yes! But guess what?! That's what makes it so great. It's just a fun movie to laugh at! In the end - it's all about appreciating what you have AND that money does not buy friends or happiness. :) Watch it and enjoy! You're welcome.

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Rupert Wainwright

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Brian Bonsall

Preston Waters

Karen Duffy

Shay Stanley

Miguel Ferrer

Quigley

James Rebhorn

Fred Waters

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Synopsis

After a crook named Carl Quigley (Miguel Ferrer) nearly kills 11-year-old Preston Waters (Brian Bonsall) by running over the boy's bike, he mistakenly gives the boy a blank check. The resourceful Preston makes out the check for a million dollars and cashes it. As Preston enjoys spending his windfall, Carl realizes his mistake and goes looking for the boy, while the FBI searches for Preston's alias, the mysterious Macintosh. Preston soon learns the real value of money.

Director: Rupert Wainwright
Producer: Gary Adelson, Craig Baumgarten
Screenwriter: Blake Snyder, Colby Carr
Distributor: Buena Vista International [us], Walt Disney Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Agelson, Walt Disney Pictures, Baumgarten
Rating: PG (Some Threatening Situations|Language)
Genre: Kids & Family, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 11, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $30.6M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Sound Mix: Dolby, Surround

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