Disney Movie Accused of Having ‘Most Awkward Scene Ever’ Over Age-Gap Kiss

A Disney film has been slammed for having the “most awkward scene ever” by viewers over a kiss between two actors with a considerable age gap.

Viewers have expressed outrage at the 1994 film Clear Check, which reveals an grownup woman kissing a toddler actor.

The movie stars Brian Bonsall as 12-year-old Preston Waters, alongside Shay Stanley, a 30-something FBI agent posing as a monetary establishment teller, carried out by actress Karen Duffy.

The plot sees the fifth-grader end up with $1 million in cash, and the plot follows Waters’ ridiculous escapades as he spends it and evades criminals.

Nevertheless the far-fetched script just isn’t the one problematic angle of the movie, after viewers re-watching the movie as adults noticed the questionable kiss shared between the pair.

Waters takes Stanley out for dinner and provides her jewelry, sooner than trying to rearrange one different date. “So when can I see you as soon as extra Shay?” he asks, to which she replies: “Why don’t you give me a reputation in, say, about ten years?”

They negotiate the timeframe, going from 5 to seven then six years, which Stanley lastly agrees upon, saying: “Okay, it’s a date.” Nevertheless shockingly, she then leans in to kiss the middle schooler on the lips.

A snippet of the film was shared to TikTok by Rob Anderson, who talked about throughout the on-screen caption: “This Disney movie Clear Check has in all probability probably the most awkward scene ever.”

Anderson captioned it “Take into consideration being this grown actress,” alongside along with his clip seen virtually 4 million cases since being uploaded in 2020.

Nevertheless his video was shared to Reddit‘s Trashy dialogue board on Wednesday, by @thetypeotakulike, amassing virtually 13,000 upvotes in just a few hours, igniting a current wave of criticism.

Whereas it isn’t clear exactly when the movie was filmed, Stanley would have been spherical 32, and Bonsall roughly 13.

“Wait just isn’t this illegal,” Maariyaa requested.

Tcup2020 thought: “As a kid, I remember it being a cool scene. Nevertheless not anymore.”

Klausable7 wrote: “Exactly, I assumed it was so cool now, now all I can see is just a few weird outdated woman trying to get with a 13 yo.”

Robertbnyc requested: “Give it some thought was some heart age man saying that to a 13 12 months outdated girl in a Disney movie like wtf.”

“Regarded this up and the boy actor was 13 And the woman was 32!! In six years he may very well be 19 nevertheless this scene continues to be fallacious,” Utterperusal talked about.

Bong_and_a_blitz commented: “Holy s***!!! I watched this quite a few cases as a toddler and would possibly’t keep in mind this ever being one factor that weirded me out… nevertheless holy c*** watching that now as an grownup Wtf! So fallacious.”

Smurb15 recognized: “I’m not saying it excuses it but it surely certainly was a novel time once more then. I keep in mind wishing to be in his sneakers. I doubt it holds a candle to the nostalgia I’ve from it.”

Electroniclog agreed, saying: “The early 90s have been an odd time…”

Some drew parallels with movement footage with comparable plots or scenes, along with Enormous, launched in 1988, starring Tom Hanks. Character Josh Baskin is a 12-year-old who must be a grown-up, and wakes up as an grownup and shares a kiss with colleague Susan Lawrence, carried out by Elizabeth Perkins.

Others pointed to the 1996 film, Beautiful Women, starring Natalie Portman, as portraying comparable themes. The youthful actress was strong as 13-year-old Marty, who develops a crush on Willie, carried out by Timothy Hutton.

Addressing that operate, and ones from that interval, Portman beforehand suggested People: “I was undoubtedly aware of the reality that I was being portrayed.. as this ‘Lolita’ decide.”

Whereas others drew parallels with the 1994 cult primary Interview With a Vampire, starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst.

In it Dunst, then 11, shares a kiss with Pitt, which she later often known as “gross.” In an interview with Yahoo in 2019, she talked about, referencing the smooch: “Yeah, it was gross! I stand by that.

“It may have been lots creepier if an 11-year-old was like, ‘It was good.’ You’ll be like, ‘There’s one factor fallacious with this teenager.’”

Newsweek has reached out to Disney Plus, Bonsall and Duffy for comment.