Catch That Kid! is a 2004 film directed by Bart Freundlich. It is a remake of the Danish blockbuster Klatretøsen (2002). The movie's working titles were Mission Without Permission (also the film's UK title) and Catch That Girl. It's usually referred to as Catch That Kid!.
Plot
Madeline "Maddy" Phillips (Kristen Stewart) is a 12-year old girl who loves to climb. Her father (Sam Robards) has climbed Mount Everest, so it runs in the family. Several years earlier Maddy's father fell more than 100 feet during a climb, and because her parents are afraid she might hurt herself, they have ordered Maddy not to climb. Maddy's father had some internal injuries from that earlier fall, which he didn't know, and now the injury has paralyzed him from the neck down. There is an experimental operation, costing $250,000, which can save Maddy's father. Insurance won't pay for the operation, and the family doesn't have the money.
She steals three go carts from her father and convinces her two friends Gus (Max Thieriot) and Austin (Corbin Bleu) to help her. They remain hesitant, so she tells both of them that she loves him and doesn't care for the other, and gives half of her friendship necklace to each of them, claiming she has the other half and kissing them both. They break into Harderbach Financial, a bank in which Maddy's mother (Jennifer Beals) had begun to work for, creating a security system. They manage to break in, but with her mother at the hospital visiting their father, she is forced to babysit her younger brother Max (Grant Hayden Scott and Sean Avery Scott). She and Gus progress to a room with thousands of security deposit boxes while Austin keeps the guards away from them. Maddy has to free climb to get to the exit when her hook gets caught in a crack when using the handhelds. She cracks the code, finding it is Madeline, and they flee the room, unintentionally seting off an alarm. While escaping from the guard dogs, at which point Austin demonstrates his dog-training skills, the trio is caught by Gus's brother, who tases his partner (and then himself, though accidentally) after understanding the situation.However, just before escaping, Gus and Austin find out that Maddy played them after seeing each others necklaces.
The two hop into their go carts, trailed by the police, but Austin holds all the cash in his cart, running out of gas. He then leaps into Gus's cart, and they escape to the hospital. However, they are caught up to by Maddy's mother, the bank security, the police, and the press. Maddy's mother then takes responsibility, saying that this was an authorized test for the bank's security. The press sympathises with them, allowing them to hold a fundraiser the day after, earning enough money for Maddy's father's surgery. At the go cart rally after the operation, Gus and Austin make Maddy decide who she loves. She backs away while they argue, and they run to catch after her when they realize she is trying to ditch them, which is how the movie ends.
Cast
Novelization
A novelization of the story was released in conjunction with the film. The novel was written by American fantasy and science fiction author Suzanne Weyn.
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