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.
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.