Blank Check
Seen it?1994 | 93 min | Comedy, Family
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With just 9% on Rotten Tomatoes, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh and families. If you loved Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Light and funny, feel-good.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 33 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG. Worth a look first if you have very young kids.
- Critics were cooler on it than audiences.
Bullied by his siblings and nagged by his parents, 11-year-old Preston Waters is fed up with his family — especially their frugality. But he gets his chance to teach them a lesson when a money-laundering criminal nearly bulldozes Preston with his car and compensates the boy with a blank check. Preston makes the check out for $1 million and goes on a spending spree he'll never forget.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
9% on Rotten Tomatoes, 42 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.0 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$31 million worldwide on a $13 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 169K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Rupert Wainwright
- Brian BonsallPreston Waters
- Karen DuffyShay Stanley
- James RebhornFred Waters
- Jayne AtkinsonSandra Waters
- Michael FaustinoRalph Waters
- Chris DemetralDamian Waters
- Miguel FerrerQuigley
- Tone LocJuice
- Michael LernerBiderman
- Rick DucommunHenry