Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Fatma Suarez The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Spikeopath An American remake of Danish 2002 film Klatretøsen, Catch That Kid is undemanding family fare for the, well, undemanding. Plot sees Kristen Stewart as Maddy, whose father is rendered paralysed from an old mountaineering accident. Unable to raise the $250,000 needed for the potential life changing operation, Maddy and her mother are at a dead end. But Maddy hits upon the idea of robbing the bank where her mother has been the security consultant, so enlisting the help of her two young pals, she sets about committing the perfect robbery.Plot suggests it is what it is, kiddie friendly fodder that's as preposterous as it gets. But it's still a likable enough tale, stitched together competently enough by director Bart Freundlich, and the actual robbery itself is well crafted and not without genuine tension. The child actors, led by future Twilight star Stewart, don't annoy, and the writers even plant the strains of puppy love on the edges of the narrative. It's all heading to an obvious conclusion, one that is very It's A Wonderful Life in intent, but it does it's job well enough and closes off with a smugness that's hard to get mad at.An easy enough time filler to watch with the kids or to do your ironing too. 6/10

bkoganbing I'm noting that Catch That Kid was based on a popular Danish film, Klatretosen that only came out a few years ago. There had to be another motivation for what these three enterprising juveniles did because Denmark unlike the USA has socialized medicine and the problem that the kids need the money for wouldn't exist there.What that problem is that Kristen Stewart's dad John Carroll Lynch has aggravated an old spinal injury that has left him bedridden and paralyzed. The only hope of a treatment is an experimental procedure that our insurance won't pay and will cost $250,000.00 for the operation. So Kristen enlists her two friends, Max Thierot and Corbin Bleu to do a bank robbery.Getting inside information is easy because Kristen's mom, Jennifer Beals runs a security company and on a take your daughter to work day she accompanies mom and pays very close attention to the procedures installed in the bank that Beal's is contracted to work for. Although they don't say so, it's pretty obvious these kids were weaned on heist films like To Catch A Thief and The Asphalt Jungle. Cary Grant never pulled off a neater robbery than this trio. Catch That Kid is a nice enough film that might send a wrong message out there to younger viewers. Truth be told these kids are almost caught, but get some help from an unexpected source. They never should have gotten as far as they did.

Jonas_fan11 All of the actors and actresses were absolutely amazing! All of the teen actors produced adult quality, even Max Thieriot, even though this was his first movie! I love how they balanced out all of the different types of movies this was, to make it all just roll together. I have watched this movie numerous times, and yet I still absolutely adore it! The emotional scenes are just fantastic, and when i saw this in theaters I was just amazed at how good all of the acting was done. It has some parts that could really happen, and some that would never happen, but that is normally just what movies are usually lacking. I would most definitely recommend this movie to practically anybody, and I am almost absolutely sure that they would love it.

Patrick Welsh I believe this movie is one of the best family movies made in 2004. I mean, who cares what critics say? I think the acting was good,(especially on Kristen Stewart's part). Plus, this movie showed excellent storyline and some key morals. Sure there were a couple of plot holes. But there was humor to make up for that flaw. I think anyone who calls this film a spy-kids wanna-be is just looking for an excuse to criticize this film. Critics only look for flaws in movies. And people who see movies based on critical reviews should see the film for themselves before making a decision on how good a movie is. In my opinion, Catch That Kid is a 10 out of 10 film.