Catch That Kid (2004)

Director:

Bart Freundlich

Writers (WGA):

Nikolaj Arcel (film "Klatretøsen" written by) and
Hans Fabian Wullenweber (film "Klatretøsen" written by) ...

Release Date:

6 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Family

Tagline:

They're on a mission without permission.

Plot:

A girl and her two friends raid a bank, looking for the money needed for financing the cure of her dying father.

Plot Keywords:

Heist | Computer Genius | Caper | Bank Vault | Dog

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Kristen Stewart	...	Maddy
Corbin Bleu	...	Austin
Max Thieriot	...	Gus
Jennifer Beals	...	Molly
Sam Robards	...	Tom
John Carroll Lynch	...	Mr. Hartmann
James LeGros	...	Ferrell (as James Le Gros)
Michael Des Barres	...	Brisbane
Stark Sands	...	Brad
Lennie Loftin	...	Flagler
François Giroday	...	Nuffaut
Christine Estabrook	...	Sharon
Kevin G. Schmidt	...	Skip
Audrey Wasilewski	...	Nurse
Meagen Fay	...	Doctor

Also Known As:

Mission Without Permission (Europe: English title) (USA) (working title)
Catch That Girl (USA) (working title)
Mission: Possible - Diese Kids sind nicht zu fassen! (Germany) (TV title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some language, thematic elements and rude humor.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

France:U | Netherlands:6 | Australia:PG | Canada:G | Finland:K-7 | Germany:6 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #40086) | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Glendale, California, USA

Company:

Fox 2000 Pictures

Trivia:

When Maddy gets stuck babysitting Max and brings him to the go cart track, we see him walking. Kristen Stewart tried to pick him up before they started filming the scene but the baby didn't want to be picked up.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Maddie is climbing up the wall in her red dress, she turns to look at the surveillance camera, but when the camera switches angle, she is turning around again.

Quotes:

Gus: [to Maddy and Austin, about Chad] He's an intern!
Brad: Trainee! Buttmunch!
[hits him]
Gus: Yeah, he's training to be a buttmunch

Movie Connections:

References Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Soundtrack:

In My Arms

I recommend this movie as a fun and touching movie for the whole family to see.

Catch That Kid, an enjoyable movie for the whole family? I think so. The story is about a young girl named Maddy, a tomboy who loves climbing. Her parents, however, have forbidden her to climb due to an accident her father had had which seriously injured his back. Though he had apparently recovered, something goes wrong which leaves him paralyzed from the neck down. Maddy's mother Molly does everything she can to find the money needed - $250,000 - for an opperation to save him. But there is nothing she can do. Maddy, still determined to save her dad, sees robbing the bank at which her mother is setting up a security system as her only option. She quickly enlists the help of her two best friends - Gus, a go-cart mechanic and Austin, a computer geek - who both happen to be in puppy love with her. What ensues as they make their plan to rob the bank and begin to carry it out is funny, incredibly unrealistic, and touching.

Most of the humor comes from the two boys' crush on Maddy, the wannabe actor who works at the bank, and later the fact that Maddy is left in charge of her little brother at the last minute and decides to take him with her to the robbery. I would have liked to see more humor, and the slapstick comedy from the security officer was not very funny. Nevertheless, the movie overall was fun.

The movie is unrealistic, but I like it that way, because in reality life is complicated and hard, but in movies everything is possible. I also enjoyed the hi-tech security measures employed at the bank, very nifty.

The touching scenes come in where Maddy shows her deep love for her father and learns how very deep her mother's love is for her.

The movie did not, however, teach any real moral values. That is, of course, easily remedied by talking to your children about right and wrong and the real consequences of choosing actions you know are wrong.

I recommend this movie as a fun movie for the whole family to see together, if only because the kids will definitely love it, but I think the adults will enjoy it too. 8/10