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GENIUS!
Like a young Paul Newman, Brian Bonsall bursts onto the screen in his first full-length feature like an acting tsunami. And his acting chops are so powerful that he leaves lots of damage in his wake (much like the horribly tragic real-life tsunamis).
If you haven't seen this wonderful comedy yet, you must check it out immediately. Any hesitation on your part will only lead to minutes of your life that are ticking away in sorrow and despair.
The plot of this movie is that Brian Bonsall gets a lot of money and--whoo boy!--that's when the fun kicks in. What will this little kid do with all the money? Well, you better get this movie now and find out!!! Hint: he spends it on things.
I wish Skippy were in it too.
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And the Moral of the Story Is...
There are several ways to watch this movie. The easiest way is to watch the movie as a comedy about a wimpy kid that seems to have self-esteem issues. However, if you look deeper, there are some interesting lessons regarding being yourself and loving your family, even when it seems like they do not love you. Somewhere in all this there is another moral about a fool and his money parting in six days.
Preston Waters (Brian Bonsall - the cute little kid in "Family Ties" who has now disappeared from acting) is the invisible kid in his family. Preston seems to have difficulty catching a break. He has to ride the awful rides at a theme park. His brothers move their junk into his room because they are enterprising and are starting a business. Preston is unable to start a checking account because he has less than the $200 minimum balance. However, Preston meets beautiful Shay Stanley (Karen Duffy) while at the bank, little realizing that Shay had an itty bitty secret.
Preston's life reaches a low point when a fellow named Quigley (Miguel Ferrer) runs over his bicycle and destroys it. Quigley is writing a check when a police car shows up. Since Quigley is on the run from the police, Quigley hands Preston a signed blank check to pay for the damaged bicycle and leaves as quickly as possible.
Preston gets a very clever idea. Preston wonders whether he might be able to write a check for a thousand...no, wait...a MILLION dollars. I could tell that Preston did not actually think he would be able to get away with writing a check for a million dollars. To Preston, and my, surprise, a shady bank executive named Biderman (Michael Lerner) honors the million dollar check, thinking that Quigley had sent Preston to pick the money up.
Preston departs with his new fortune as Juice (Tone Loc) shows up, sent by Quigley to pick the money up. Soon Quigley, Juice and Biderman are all searching for Preston.
Preston quickly becomes accustomed to having a million dollars and spends the money quickly. Preston acquires a house, lots of high tech toys, a chauffeur, and nice clothes. Preston culminates his short career as a boy of wealth by throwing a birthday party for himself that quickly turns bittersweet, with emphasis on the bitter.
Once you ignore the potential consequences, the movie suddenly becomes interesting and enjoyable. I admit to occasionally wondering how Preston would get himself out of the hole that he insisted on digging for himself as he created the persona of Macintosh, who was busily breaking a number of laws. Disney decides to keep the ending light and happy, and neglects the details as the bad guys get theirs and Preston learns a lesson about love and family and life in general.
As the credits roll, focus on the fun aspects of this movie. We know that it would be impossible to do what Preston did without going to jail, or serving some sort of sentence. Quigley made the unfortunate mistake of being a criminal in a Disney movie, and criminals have never fared well in Disney movies. In this movie, the criminal gets his just desserts as the essentially good kid walks back to his family and avoids responsibility as the funny bad guy Quigley walks back to prison, accepting all the responsibility. Perhaps Preston might have learned more had he accepted responsibility for his mistakes, but we have always enjoyed lovable rogues, and Brian Bonsall was a cute underdog who we wanted to walk away from his mistakes without repercussions. The clever and tidy ending allows Preston a happy ending, and lets you know that you have watched another nicely packaged Disney movie. Enjoy!
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Extremely funny
I liked this movie because it didn't contain SEX... I'm not old fashion, but I do like to see a good movie without the nonsense of sex.
If you want sex - rent PORN! This is an all around good family type movie. Being older with grandchildren - I tend to be more cautious of what I will watch with them. Thank You Disney!
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Riot!
There is nothing funnier than a kid getting the better of adults and getting away with things like writing a check to himself for $1,000,000! Kids these days are SO clever - I wouldn't be a bit surpised if something like this really has happened - even here in Seattle (where I live). My uncle is a detective, I'll ask him if he's ever heard of something like this happening. Like I said, I wouldn't be a bit surpised if it has.
Strong scriptwriting and excellent cinematography - this is the type of movie that can put a Producer on the map!
This movie certainly makes you think of how closely you need to watch children. THEY'RE JUST SO DARN CUTE! Hard not to believe 'em....
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Music?
This film would have been perfect if the music was available. But once again like "Saved", there is no soundtrack. Not a hint not a tune is easily available from this movie except for "I'll Wait" by taylor dayne & Bow wow wow's "I want candy". So for anyone out there who's pondering, trying to find the songs here is the only info i know of: The Scene where preston and henry are play boxing:song: "Wonderman" by right said fred. This is not available in the U.S. for sale, your best bet is amazon.com for a used copy of it on right said fred's "Sex and Travel" CD. The next probably most fun song is the movie was "Money (That what i want)" by Zendetta. This song is probably the hardest to locate. I'm still looking for it. The other songs in the film: "Wild Obsession" by L.A. Guns
"Flava" by MMC
"Proud To Be loud" by Marc Ferrari
"Gimme Back My Groove" by MMC
"Heaven" by Rymes With Orange
All songs i have listed are spelled correctly and are directly from the film's credits.
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