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.
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eaglefangs21 November 2021I totally loved this movie when I was a kid. I was only eight, but it was so cool to see the house and all the cool stuff he bought with the money from a blank check. Really, I think this is 5/10 stars, but for nostalgia reason I gave it an extra.
As a kid, I loved this movie. As an adult, I find it disturbing an adult woman kissed a boy on the mouth. Had the sexes been reversed, the movie would've been extremely controversial with parents. If I had kids I'd let them watch the movie, but ya that last part was awkward. -
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. -
Blank Check may have been an excellent movie for kids, but ends up being uninspired in every way.
The movie begins with a criminal named Quigley and he is a robber who goes to a secret hiding place to get his million dollars. We then cut to Preston Waters as an 11 year old kid who is harassed by his family about money. His older brothers run a Lawn Cutting business, and the parents treat them better because they are already making money, and saving. They buy the brothers a new computer and place it in Preston's room. Preston tells his dad about that it's his room, but his dad scolds him for Preston not making money. The brothers though have no idea how to run a computer, and mess it up. Yeah I can see why these are the favorite ones (sarcasm). Eventually the family goes to a party and Preston is sent to ride on kiddie rides while the others are on better rides like a roller coaster. Preston even gets a birthday card, and only an $11 check. How cheap does this family have to be to Preston? He's already being pressured to find a job, and he's only 11! Is this some world where child labor laws don't exist? Preston goes to the bank to set up an account, and meets Shay Stanley who tells him he needs $200 to open an account. We then cut to the villains of the movie, Quigley, and the head of the bank, Biderman. Quigley learns the bills are marked, and sends for Juice, his other henchman. Quigley leaves, but accidentally runs over Preston's bike. Quigley writes a check, but before completing it he sees the cops, and hands Preston a blank check (ladies and gentlemen we have a title!). At home Preston's mom and dad are angry because Preston's bike got run over, and they scold him about not taking care of his valuables, and ground him. Seriously someone needs to call Child Services and take the kid away, and arrest the parents for negligence. Preston decides enough is enough, and uses the check to forge a $1 million check. Preston goes out to the bank (wasn't he grounded?) and meets Biderman who believes he is Juice, and gives him the million dollars. The real Juice comes by, and both realize they have been duped by Preston. Now to be fair, Juice seems to be the only enjoyable person in this movie. Preston creates a new alias name, Mr. Macintosh, and buys a home for himself, a limo driver named Henry who supposed to be comedy relief, but isn't funny at all. Preston meets Shay again, and tells him that Mr. Macintosh would like to meet her. We then learn that Shay is actually an FBI agent who is looking for Quigley, and the other villains. They even watch Mr. Macintosh since they consider him an interesting person which makes no sense considering that all of Macintosh's business is done by a kid. They honestly don't think it's weird or something? From here on in the movie uses a lot of filler with Preston on a shopping spree. I wouldn't mind it so much, but it keeps going on, and on. Preston explains that he has a new job as Mr. Macintosh's assistant to his family, and being the idiots they are they believe it. We get more scenes of Preston riding Go-Karts, playing games, hanging with the driver, buying a lot of ice cream, and so on. The movie then finally remembers it needs a plot, and we cut to, I wish I was joking, Preston taking Shay to dinner and then taking her to a geyser and get both of them wet. Meanwhile the villains are asking kids if they knew Preston, and one spills the beans on him, and they chase him down in the park. Preston and Shay get away and the villains are sprayed with the geyser. Preston then celebrates Mr. Macintosh's birthday, but it is his in reality, and soon realizes he has only a little over $330 in his account. Preston's dad comes into Mr. Macintosh's office, and tells him that he wants Preston to have a childhood, and to send him home early. What a hypocrite. Preston sends everyone home, and sits lonely around pondering his speech his dad told him. The villains though break into the home, and Preston needs to fight back. So the movie decides to go and rip off Home Alone with all the traps Preston sets up. The traps are dead ringers of Home Alone and too similar. Eventually Preston is cornered, and just as he is about to be killed, the FBI movie sin and Shay leads the party. The villains are arrested, and then in probably the creepiest moment in cinema history, Shay and Preston kiss on the lips. If this is romantic, the movie is wrong. This isn't romantic this is creepy on every level, and horrifying. I can imagine when parents took their kids to see this, they must have been shocked to see this scene. Shay continues the creepiness by saying she wants to see him in 6 to 7 years later. The FBI doesn't arrest her because? So the movie ends with Preston goes home to his family who celebrate his birthday obviously forgetting he lied to his family.
Final Thoughts: I can't imagine why this movie passed as a family comedy. There are too many creepy moments, and the movie is rather mean spirited. The plot is predictable, the characters are flat, the family is negligent, the humor is dreadful, the romance is creepy, and it steals from Home Alone. The only good thing in this move was Juice. Blank Check will leave a blank feeling in you, and you are better off picking up Home Alone then waste your time and money with this. -
kevinp819213 October 2002Don'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. -
Me and my friend decided to make fun of a terrible movie because, why not? Well we didn't expect to see this horror of a film full of pedophilia and cringy dialogue. The main character's parents are jerks and huge idiots and no one thinks it's suspicious that a kid is handling this millionaires finances...or that the millionaire is spending all his money on toys...all of it. The main FBI agent (Chasey,Janice or something like that) agreed to date the ten year old main character in about six years. Very wrong. On top of that she kissed him on the lips and we closed safari at that point, not wanting to see how much further the movie would go. Awful movie, do not watch, not even for fun. It's not even funny how bad this movie is.
I would have just spent the million dollars on a replica of Christopher Nolan's batmobile...just saying. -
Andreas_N23 November 2005Yeah, 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.
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Yeah, this movie sucks the big one. Read the other reviews, ALMOST everything that needs to be said has been said already. There is however, one big thing that other reviews have either not mentioned enough of or forgot about entirely, and that's how terrible the main character's parents are!
This kid is suffering with parents who lets the two older brothers take over his room for their stupid lawn moving business, not to mention buys them a new computer. And then there are the lectures about how the older brothers know how to make money and save money, while the younger son doesn't. Later on, the kid almost gets ran over, but luckily only his bike is destroyed, and the parents care more about the cost of the bike, than the safety of their child, and lecture him about protecting your valuables and ground him.
OK. 2 teeny-tiny eency-weency little things.
1: HE'S 11!!!!!!!!!! He's not even supposed to be saving money or making money at that age! You might as well be saying, "Well son, you've just finished kindergarten, so when are ya getting' that job?"
2: THOSE PARENTS SHOULD BE SHOT!!!!!! The only reason this kid is obsessed with money in the first place is because his parents are! And they ground him for nearly getting hit by a car and possibly seriously injured or even killed because he didn't protect his bike? I'd bet if he did get killed, they probably would celebrate because of the money they'd now save.
You know what, after having to deal with these parents, I'd say give the kid $1,000,000 and a hot chick! And sentence his parents to death by firing squad!
I'm not gonna talk any more of this film, because those parents disgust me enough. The rest of the film isn't any better.
Except for one little bit of trivia: The actress Karen Duffy (who was the only good thing about this movie) plays the character Shay, and then plays another unrelated character also named Shay in "Dumb & Dumber" which came out only 10 months after "Blank Check". Do you think the Farrelly Brothers did that on purpose to remind us that Karen Duffy was in this piece of crap? I certainly hope so. Because this movie sucks the big one! And if you do wanna see Karen Duffy, check out "Dumb & Dumber" instead. -
blacklist-127 March 2021Oh man! I loved watching Blank Check as a kid! The amount of times I viewed this in my childhood I've lost count. The story of Preston Waters (Brian Bonsall) getting a blank check from a guy in a car who totally ruins his bike, and cashes it in for one million dollars brings back a lot of nostalgic memories of viewing. He gets filthy rich and goes on a spending spree, but soon gets into more trouble than he bargained for when the money he stole comes back to haunt him in more ways than one.
I had forgot all about this movie until recently when I saw a cheap DVD copy and decided to purchase it. Even after 27 years re-watching this after so long still brought a smile to my face. Yes the plot makes absolutely no sense whatsover and has the typical cliche message that family and love should be valued over money and that it can't buy happiness. But you know it doesn't bother me. This is not a film that should be taken seriously. I still found it quite entertaining, with the acting across the cast being decent. I smiled all the way through and laughed sometimes at the silliness of it all. This film for me has become a guilty pleasure and as other reviewers as reiterated is fun for the whole family. It's an hour and a half of fun enjoyment and you could certainly spend your time watching a lot worse movies! -
neiljones198115 May 2005Blank Cheque, a story about a boy who gets a blank cheque, cashes a million dollars and blows it in the space of about a week. On the way he ends up having to keep track of a few lies, including the whereabouts of the elusive Mr Macintosh (who never actually existed).
Not the best film in the known universe but worth a watch to see what the fuss is about. Unfortunately, everybody looks bored on this movie, including the main star, Brian Bonsall, who looks bored from the outset, and so the movie develops a sense of "well the character doesn't seem to care so the viewer doesn't care either". This is its weakest link really, in spite of the generally half baked plot and a half baked sequence of events.
By the movie's nature, it opens up a whole can of worms for plot hole purposes for anybody over the age the movie's aimed at. Such as whether any bank in the known universe actually hands out this much money to one so young, or whether said backpack is capable of holding such vast amounts of cash in the first place. Still, if Preston didn't get the million dollars, the movie would only be about 15mins long and not go anywhere.
Worth showing the kids who aren't going to try and pick the plot holes out (there are a few in here, see if you can spot them) and is generally good clean entertainment that one comes to expect from Disney, even if it doesn't lend itself well to repeat viewing. -
Lady_Targaryen29 November 2005Preston Waters, a 11 years old boy,has problems with his parents and brothers specially because of money issues. He is crazy to have his own house and his own rules,since his brothers always stole his saved money and his parents neglect his wishes. One awful day, Preston was riding his bicycle; It was the same day that the villain of the story,Quigley, was trying to scape from the Police and accidentally ran the car over Preston's bike. Needing to be far away from the police, Quigley gives in a hurry, a check to cover the damages of Preston's bike. The problem was: It was a blank check! Preston is a clever boy and decides to have a high price on that check: 1 million dollars! All that money gives Preston things that he always wished for, like a mansion with pool,lots of toys, and even a limousine! The problems start to begin when the FBI and Quigley wants to know where the money is, making Preston in a hard situation and facing many problems.
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Brian Boswell plays 11 year old Preston who only wants one thing. Well, everything. But it mainly boils down to money. It doesn't help that his older brothers have stolen what little life savings he had and on top of that need his room for their marketing job.
Things keep getting worse when a town bully decides to embarrass him and later steal his birthday check. Incidentally bad guy Carl Quigley (played by Miguel Ferrer) happens to run over Preston's bike and explodes at him, but the town bully seems to decide to give Quigley some trouble. Quigley apparently just out of prison decides to write a check for the bike but seeing a cop, gives Preston the check with only his signature and takes off in haste. Preston later realizes this and fills it out for $1,000,000. But what's really going on is that bank owner Biderman (Michael Lerner) is supposed to give $1 million to a guy named Juice (Tone Loc), and just so happens to mistaken Preston for Juice.
So now, the theme takes place with Preston (also using alias Macintosh, the name he gave when prompted after buying the house, where he used his Macintosh computer to speak) partying like no tomorrow and dating an undercover bank lady Shay (Karen Duffy). But these three guys are after Preston, yet unaware that Shay and the FBI are also after these three guys and eager to meet this so called Macintosh. And one thing for sure is that this ain't going to end to happy (well, it might for a PG film but it'll get a bit tense before a happy ending) While this film has so many flaws, I have found it very addicting to this day. I've probably seen it +20 times.
For one thing, the cast of actors/actresses is pretty decent.
Miguel Ferrer (from Another Stakeout and Hot Shots 2) seems to be his usual 'bad behavior' bad guy (popping a little kid's balloon and cutting Biderman's phone).
James Rebhorn (from Carlito's Way and My Cousin Vinny) plays as Preston's dad, and seems very PC type.
Jayne Atkinson (from 24 as Karen Hayes) plays as Preston's mom.
Tone Loc plays as bad guy Juice who was supposed to get the million dollars. He makes several wise cracks throughout the film.
Michael Lerner (from When do we Eat) plays as a big fat bank owner Biderman, who seems very funny when it comes to making excuses.
Karen Duffy plays as the undercover FBI agent passing off as a bank teller who Preston has the hots for.
Debbie Allen plays as Preston's party planner, who just seems to show up out of the blew and seems to take over the film in the few scenes she can (although it's very funny when someone pulls part of her fake wig off and she screeches).
And Rick Ducommun plays as Preston's friendly limo driver who at one point goes on about how he doesn't understand those philosophical expressions.
Overall a very flawed but enjoyable film. The actors/actresses above really keep the film entertaining. -
SnoopyStyle18 March 2016Preston 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. -
jwhale938223 June 2006I 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. -
Honestly I am genuinely surprised that this movie has such high reviews this movie isn't some innocent cute movie it's a movie about a little kid being groomed by a grown ass woman oh right I forgot that if a woman is the predator it's not grooming it's just playtime the fact that at the end of the movie AN OFFICER OF THE LAW kisses an 11 year old boy just baffles me and even more baffling it's Disney and we all know Disney just loves it's squeaky clean image but a woman grooming a boy is just a Friday night movie night for the family.
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Bad Actors, bad filming, choppy dialog, shallow characters, but then again it was a bad premise in the first place. Basically, an 11 year old who is bullied because he has very little money is given a blank check by a moronic criminal. Of course, the 11 year old happens to possess enough technology and intelligence to purchase a house, cash a check for 1,000,000 dollars, and even foil three bumbling idiots, reminiscent of the three stooges.
Preston Blake is an annoying, obnoxious, boy, who decides that, when written a blank check by a complete stranger, he will take advantage of the situation as best as he can. In other words, he wanders into a bank,
hands a teller a check he makes in his printer, and miraculously walks out with a million bucks in cash. Preston is also apparently capable of reaching incredible speeds on his bicycle, due to the fact that a man driving a Jaguar after Preston and his 10-speed could not catch him, even when Preston jumped a row of cars.
Of course, with every hokey adventure movie, there has to be hot heroine. In this case our hot heroine is a child molesting FBI agent who dates the eleven year old Preston, and promises another date when he turns 17.
However, the absolute worst aspect of this film was not its casting, nor its sloppy dialog, such as "The only other way I could think of skinning a cat is to stick a hose up it's butt and then pick up the fur". It was, rather, the entire fact that nobody in the entire film seemed to realize that the FBI does not give a damn about random people . What I have failed to explain is that Preston uses the alias "Macintosh" to masquerade as an entrepreneur of sorts. Of course, the FBI finds this intriguing and sends our young heroine after Preston, who uses his 11-year old wit to first scream when lobsters fall on his face, then treat her to hamburgers, finishing with a ridiculous romp through a cemented area where water jettison's from the ground. Our heroine fails to realize during this whole adventure that the criminal the FBI is pursuing is slipping and sliding right behind the two, as they make their way to Preston's limousine, complete with a 1-dimensional driver who never fails to provide cheap, 3rd rate laughs that the whole family can choke on.
Overall: 1/10 is incredibly gracious for this film. I don't see how it only has a 4.4/10. -
majidy_pam2 October 2021Fun 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.
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rosinryanz21 April 2003Blank 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.
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alphaxi4 June 2008My 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. -
jadansmothers20 October 2021I rated it a 2/10 because a 30 year old and an 11 year old KISS. It is very uncomfortable. It also isn't to entertaining in my opinion, and the boy lies like the whole movie, which really aggravates me.
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skatrwrest-939446 February 2022When I was 10yrs old this movie came out and I loved every min of the film. Every one as kid always fantasy or wish they could be millionaires and some do become quite successful in their lives. Especial when parents teach you a life lesson that no movie that is entertaining is not meant to be taken serious doesn't teach kids the important things in life. Preston parents ignore him he bullied by his two older brothers who get rewarded with a new computer he is bullied school. The bad guy run over his bike and brings the chain events depicted in the movie. It's one thing to not like this movie but insulting and claiming that you as reviewer will know how if parents let their kids watch this classic film. Not my job and nether is it anyone else ether.
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sadik3522 June 2006First of all the movie, is an ingenious work of art(movie). The plot was filled with surprises, a little kid pretends to be a grown up inherits one million dollars and how he spends it. I mean how whacked out is this. Walt Disney really outdid themselves this time. The comedy is most of the times expected but the other times unexpected. I mean was this movie OK or was this movie OK. It also teaches a lot about wise youths and I this kid is really wise and a bit time smart pants. But also it sucks. How the heck could a guy like that kid get a hot police babe and his dad let him go free. That's like let a killer get bailed free for ten years. If I were to do that I'd get beaten with a 'suble jack'(a huge stick that stings when used to bench your butts really hard). That kid is really lucky. Back to the story. The movie makers really knew what they were doing when they made this movie but still it's not perfect. The acting was good and bad. The kid and woman had no chemistry neither did the father but the bros were excellent'. The special effects on the other hand was lame. Plus this movie isn't based on reality. I hated and loved it at the same time.
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d_stack0429 August 2021I remember enjoying this one as a child (8yo when it came out) and I decided to rewatch it on Disney+. Outside of the terrible pacing, worse dialogue and some of the weirdest ADR editing I've ever seen, there's so much about this movie that doesn't hold up.
The pedophilia that you're reading about in other negative reviews is a result of this movie's terrible message: money can get you everything you want and is the only route to happiness. They try to gloss over it with a half-assed "family is the TRUE fortune" life lesson at the end but it's heavily outweighed by the glorification of reckless spending, deceit, and thievery.
This kid steals, lies and cheats his way to a week of fun, adventure and a super cringey kiss with a 30 year old woman. Can't recommend enough that you never show this to your children. -
getmeagasmask17 December 2007The summary says it all. Blank Check is just one of those movies.
The story follows Preston, a young boy who obsesses over money just as quickly as he spends it. One day Preston is riding his bike around, and thus the story begins. He's struck by a car, and although he's okay the driver hands him a blank check to avoid any trouble. Preston goes ahead and fills in one million dollars for that check and manages to cash it and purchase a house and several other excessively self-indulgent items. The man who hit Preston, Quigley, has a darker and more dangerous history and is far from happy when he realized one million is missing from a money scandal he's involved in. The story follows Preston as his greed with money leads him down a tunnel that grows only deeper and deeper. As he makes up lies for spending so much time at a mansion that his parents don't realize he owns and manipulates others around him, Quigley embarks on a journey to hunt down the man (or boy) that took his money.
Blank Check is not realistic and is completely implausible in real life. We all have our own little guilty pleasure movies, whether its Spice Girls or Power Rangers or Rugrats or Blank Check. If this movie doesn't become one of those guilty pleasures, chances are you won't enjoy it and will find it shallow and worthy of several "Oh, yeah right"s.
Needless to say, this is a good family film. Any parents out there should be able to put up with it and kids 12 and under will probably enjoy it.