
This is the story of a twelve-year-old named Maddy. Maddy and her adventurous father have always shared a love for mountain climbing. Their hobby, however, has a disastrous effect when a devastating accident on Mount Everest injures his spine, paralyzing him forever--unless he gets a very expensive operation. Determined to procure the money to pay for his surgery, Maddy decides to recruit two of her friends, a computer genius and a mechanical whiz kid, to help her pull off a ... (Full plot summary below)
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This is the story of a twelve-year-old named Maddy. Maddy and her adventurous father have always shared a love for mountain climbing. Their hobby, however, has a disastrous effect when a devastating accident on Mount Everest injures his spine, paralyzing him forever--unless he gets a very expensive operation. Determined to procure the money to pay for his surgery, Maddy decides to recruit two of her friends, a computer genius and a mechanical whiz kid, to help her pull off a risky heist. They plan to break into the local super-high-tech bank, which holds a vault suspended 100 feet off the floor, and get to its safe. To complicate matters even further, Maddy's mother works as the security chief at that very bank. Regardless of what obstacles she faces, Maddy is determined to get to the funds her father needs, by using the amazing climbing skills he taught her.
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| Planet Sick-BoyJon PopickThis movie has it all, including a hysterical gag about child abuse. |
| City Pages, Minneapolis/St. PaulEd GonzalezThe final go-cart chase is halfway exciting, but nothing can prepare you for the movie's maudlin right-wing finale. |
| Eclipse MagazineSean O'Connell(Audiences) quickly will grow tired of the film's childish antics. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertCatch That Kid respects all of the requirements of the genre, and the heist itself is worthy of "Ocean's Eleven" (either one; take your pick). |
| CinemaBlend.comMichael BrodyCatch That Kid is this year's Agent Cody Banks, which, incidentally, was last year's Spy Kids. |
| Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMelinda EnnisParents can catch a nap while the kids catch a dubious lesson that crime can be cool. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerPaula NechakCast and crew have a blast making a family movie that spoofs its James Bond-like premise, is jam-packed with action, sweaty-palm suspense and adventurous, high-tech fun effects, and yet never loses its at-the-core heart and sympathies. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenNeither the planning of the heist, nor its execution is done with the skill needed for it to be compelling. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekThe pits...even by the appallingly low standards of the genre, 'Catch That Kid' is dismal. |
| Worcester Telegram & GazetteDaniel M. KimmelCatch that Kid cleverly allows young viewers to imagine taking adult-style action and then bring[s] them up short by [showing] that [it has] adult-type consequences. |