Catch That Kid

 

Catch That Kid 2004

• Director: Bart Freundlich
• Seen by this director: The Theory of Everything
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Kristen Stewart, Sam Robards, Jennifer Beals, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot, John Carroll Lynch, Michael Des Barres
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Kristen Stewart – Certain Women, Clouds over Sils Maria, The Runaways, Welcome to the Rileys, Twilight, Jumper, Into the Wild, Fierce People, Undertow, Panic Room
• Sam Robards – AI, American Beauty, Beautiful Girls, The Ballad of Little Jo
• Jennifer Beals – The Book of Eli, The Feast of All Saints, The Last Days of Disco, Devil in a Blue Dress, Flash Dance
• Corbin Bleu – Galaxy Quest
• Max Thieriot – Jumper
• John Carroll Lynch – Shutter Island, Things We Lost in the Fire, Zodiac, The Good Girl, Anywhere but Here, A Thousand Acres, Face-Off, Feeling Minnesota, Fargo, Beautiful Girls, Grumpy Old Men
• Michael des Barres – TV series
• Why? Maybe good.
• Seen:  21 October 2022      

       After the grim Red Riding Trilogy, I need something lightweight. I assume that this is guaranteed lightweight.

       Maddy (Stewart) is a façade climber with an overworked IT security expert mother (Beals) and an ex-mountain climber dad (Robards). Her friends (Bleu and Thieriot) are go-cart enthusiasts.

       When her dad becomes paralysed from an old injury the family needs $250,000 to take him to Denmark for surgery. The mean and nasty bank director (Des Barres) won’t give her mother a loan, so, obviously, the only solution is for the kids to rob the bank.

       It’s a remake of the Danish Klatretösen. If I had known that I probably wouldn’t have bothered. American remakes are usually worthless. Exception: Insomnia. There are probably others. This is not one of them. It’s definitely not grim so that’s a relief. Because it’s mildly amusing, because the very young Stewart reminds me slightly of Hermione, and because a young girl is the hero, I’ll give it 

2 ½ * of 5