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- 1994
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 33 m
- 1994
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 33 m
Summary A young boy inadvertently gains possession of a check for one million dollars, which he proceeds to spend, unaware that the gangsters it belongs to are in pursuit.
Directed By: Rupert Wainwright
Written By: Blake Snyder, Colby Carr
- 1994
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 33 m
- 1994
- PG
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- 1 h 33 m
Blank Check
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5.6
Summary A young boy inadvertently gains possession of a check for one million dollars, which he proceeds to spend, unaware that the gangsters it belongs to are in pursuit.
Directed By: Rupert Wainwright
Written By: Blake Snyder, Colby Carr
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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22% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
42
22% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
56% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Blank Check, which was written by Blake Snyder and Colby Carr, directed by Rupert Wainwright and filmed with grace and style by cinematographer Bill Pope, is definitely a guilty pleasure, but more the latter than the former.
Blank Check turns schmaltzy toward the end by borrowing gimmicks from the Home Alone movies and resorting to the cavalry-to-the-rescue formula ending. This is de rigueur Disney, best when it's kept light and fantastical. [11 Feb 1994, p.G4]
In the end, family ties are re-strung, but the morals remain annoyingly at loose ends.
Because I’m not a 9-year-old boy, however, this story of a kid who acquires a blank check, cashes it for a million bucks, spends it all, and learns that having stuff isn’t nearly as satisfying as having a father’s love comes across as a calculated, mechanical production owing much too much to Home Alone.
While the script occasionally plummets to the nadir of un-funny, there are plenty of MTV-style pop interludes to keep the little ones from drifting, and a stonking version of Money (That's What I Want) by Zendetta that is reason enough to sit beside them.
Blank Check will get a few big laughs from kids, but that doesn't stop this vapid, morally bankrupt and wretchedly written Disney comedy from being genuinely disgusting. [11 Feb 1994, p.D28]
This movie simply reeks.
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