Catch That Kid (2004)

Catch That Kid: Directed by Bart Freundlich. With Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot, Jennifer Beals. A girl and her two friends raid a bank, looking for the money needed for financing the cure of her dying father.

“Iu0026#39;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 wouldnu0026#39;t exist there.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat that problem is that Kristen Stewartu0026#39;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 wonu0026#39;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.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGetting inside information is easy because Kristenu0026#39;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 Bealu0026#39;s is contracted to work for. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlthough they donu0026#39;t say so, itu0026#39;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. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCatch 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.”