Disney+ users are left OUTRAGED over a deeply disturbing scene in the 1994 comedy Blank Check that shows an adult woman KISSING an 11-year-old boy on the mouth
- Tiktok user Rob Anderson shared a video of himself watching Blank Check on Wednesday, saying the movie ‘has the most awkward scene ever’
- In the film, fifth-grader Preston Waters (Brian Bonsall) gets a kiss from Shay Stanley (Karen Duffy), a 30-something FBI agent posing as a bank teller
- The video has been viewed more than 980,000 times, prompting plenty of outrage from critics who can’t believe Disney+ is streaming the film
- People have also been taking to Twitter to comment on the unsettling scene after watching the film on Disney+ as adults and realizing how troublesome it is
Adults who are rewatching the 1994 comedy Blank Check on Disney+ are appalled to realize the film they loved as children features a romantic kiss between an adult woman and an 11-year-old boy.
Tiktok user Rob Anderson shared a video of himself watching the disturbing moment on Wednesday, writing: ‘This Disney movie Blank Check has the most awkward scene ever.’
In the film, fifth-grader Preston Waters (Brian Bonsall) flirts with Shay Stanley (Karen Duffy), a 30-something FBI agent posing as a bank teller. They later agree to go on a ‘date’ in six years, and she ends up kissing the pre-teen boy on the mouth.
Creepy: Tiktok user Rob Anderson shared a video of a deeply disturbing scene in the 1994 movie Blank Check that shows an adult woman kissing a pre-teen boy
After watching the creepy scene, Anderson turns the camera around to show how shocked he is by what he had just witnessed.
‘Imagine being this grown actress #fyp #foryou #awkward #xycba,’ he wrote when he shared the short clip.
The video has been viewed more than 980,000 times, prompting plenty of outrage from critics who can’t believe Disney+ is streaming the film.
‘Umm … how is this not illegal?’ one person asked.
Just wrong: In the film, fifth-grader Preston Waters (Brian Bonsall) gets a kiss from Shay Stanley (Karen Duffy), a 30-something FBI agent posing as a bank teller
Shocked: After watching the creepy scene, Anderson turns the camera around to show how shocked he is by what he had just witnessed
Say what? The video has been viewed more than 980,000 times, prompting plenty of outrage from critics who can’t believe Disney+ is streaming the film
‘Your expression and my expression were literally identically watching this lmao,’ someone else wrote to Anderson.
‘Trump wrote the screenplay,’ another TikTok user joked.
Some critics slammed Disney+ for streaming Blank Check after moving the Love, Simon spinoff series Love, Victor to Hulu over concerns it wasn’t the right fit for the family-friendly network.
Set in the same world as the 2018 film Love, Simon, the romantic comedy series follows a high school student’s journey of self-discovery as he struggles with his sexual orientation.
‘But they don’t want to play Love, Simon,’ one person commented.
Not OK: Preston flirts with Shay throughout the movie, and she eventually agrees to go on a ‘date’ with him in six years
Yikes: People have also been taking to Twitter to comment on the unsettling scene after watching the film on Disney+ as adults and realizing how troublesome it is
‘Lmao they have the audacity to show this but can’t show guys holding hands cuz it will “corrupt children,”‘ someone else responded.
People have also been taking to Twitter to comment on the unsettling scene after watching the film on Disney+ as adults and realizing how deeply troublesome it is.
‘Watching Blank Check on Disney+ has got me shook,’ one person wrote. ‘Like an 11 yr old child really took [a] grown woman on a date and by the end of the movie she kisses him ON THE LIPS!!! 90s movies really wildin.’
‘Rewatched Blank Check on Disney+ and I guess I completely forgot the FBI agent KISSES THE CHILD?? lol WTF,’ another added.
‘I’m honestly shocked Disney+ put up Blank check. A grown a** woman is the love interest in this movie and goes on a date with and kisses a *pre-teen boyo*!!!!!! The 90s were wild.’