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By accident, the 12-year-old Preston is given a blank check and when he fills in $1,000,000 - he is able to get it! He is having fun spending the money, but the gangsters who owned it want it back... Written by
Thomas Meyer <i03a@zfn.uni-bremen.de>
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He knew what to do with a million bucks.
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Trivia
The computer used to provide the voice of "Mr. Macintosh" is an Apple Macintosh Performa 600.
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Goofs
When Mr. and Mrs. Waters are talking to each other about if they have met Mr. MacIntosh there is a napkin on the table which disappears between scenes.
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Quotes
Juice:
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smooth]
Listen lady, you're going to have to take them pearls off on your necklace.
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now reasonable, but says it like he's saying it for the 5th time instead of the 1st]
Juice:
But if you'd be so reasonable to cash this check in for me, I'll be on my way.
Udowitz:
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looks at check]
What do you want? A million bucks?
Juice:
As a matter of fact I do.
Udowitz:
Go see Biederman
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Soundtracks
GIMME BACK MY GROOVE
Written by Robin Kreinces and Warren Rosenstein
Performed by MMC
Courtesy of Walt Disney Records
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I 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.