Catch That Kid (2004)
11 %
Reviews Counted: 83 Fresh: 9 Rotten:74 Average Rating: 3.8/10
Consensus:
An unimaginative heist movie aimed strictly at the preteen set.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Theatrical Release: Feb 6, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $16,532,227
Synopsis: Heist adventures and bank robberies are not just for adults, at least not according to Maddy (Kristen Stewart), the plucky 12-year-old star of CATCH THAT KID. Directed by Bart Freundlich, this remake of the Danish film KLATRETØSEN, turns the heist genre on its head in an action-packed... [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot, Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards
Director: Bart Freundlich
Screenwriter: Derek Haas, Michael Brandt
Producer: Andrew Lazar
Composer: George S. Clinton
Screenwriter: Derek Haas, Michael Brandt
Producer: Andrew Lazar
Composer: George S. Clinton
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07/21/05
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Neither the planning of the heist, nor its execution is done with the skill needed for it to be compelling.
08/16/04
Catch That Kid, though not produced by Disney, has all the feel of a Disney Channel TV special.
06/17/04
If screenwriters Michael Brandt and Derek Haas atempted to write a servicable script, it isn't obvious.
06/04/04
Your 8-year-old sister will love it... but then again, it was only a few years ago that she was eating poop - clearly her judgment can't be trusted.
05/26/04
The script by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas strains credulity -to say the least! -- but if nothing else, it manages to work in all the obligatory heist movie cliches.
02/23/04
...[an] implausible hyperactive giddy go-cart caper...this junior-sized Mission: Impossible wannabe is nothing but an overwrought knockoff that doesn’t measure up
02/22/04
It's neither as funny as it needs to be nor serious enough to elicit more than a few crinkled brows from kids and their parents alike.
02/15/04
Apart from a few serious leaps in logic, the story moves along swiftly and painlessly, and is not needlessly cute or stupid. But that's not much of a recommendation.
02/14/04
It's doubtful that anyone involved in Catch That Kid ever considered this anything more than a paycheck.
02/14/04
What...you thought the Spy Kids trilogy wouldn't spawn its own line of copycats? Puh-leeze.
02/14/04
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02/12/04
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