Tom and Molly (Sam Robards and Jennifer Beals) are Maddy’s (Kristen Stewart of "Panic Room") parents. She’s a rambunctious teen who likes to rock climb. Tom owns a go-cart racetrack and is a former mountain climber who once stood atop Mt. Everest. Molly is a security consultant for a new bank in town, whose president is not happy that a grand opening will occur before the new security system has all the bugs worked out. Molly works long hours, and for the time being is a somewhat absent mother and wife. Maddy often has to baby sit her younger brother. This is a remake of the huge Danish hit movie, "Klatretosen" ("The Climbing Girl").

On the way home from a practice climb, where she almost had a serious accident, Maddy passes her father’s racetrack and stops to talk to two of her friends, Gus (Max Thieriot) and Austin (Corbin Bleu), who both have a crush on her. Gus is a budding mechanic who has to work on his "attention to detail." It’s great to make a fast pit stop and change the tires in a flash, but it helps if the lug bolts are put back on before the driver takes off. Austin is the high tech part of the trio, who is into video cameras and computers.

Tom’s key bond with his daughter Maddy is their mutual love for climbing. He has recovered from a climbing accident, which for the most part causes no problem until he is attacked with spasms that leave him paralyzed from the waist down. The diagnosis is that with an experimental treatment from overseas, which is not covered by his insurance, he may have a high probability of recovery. Molly tries everything she can to raise the needed $250,000 but comes up empty handed. Bank president Mr. Brisbane (Michael Des Barres) is not only mean when it comes to his employees, he’s a total jerk without sympathy who could loan Molly the money if he really wanted to.

Now we have the makings of a problem with a possible solution. The kids could rob the state of the art bank – with the faulty security system - get the money for the operation and replace it pretty quick when an inheritance comes through. Maddy cases the bank, a la "Mission Impossible," and she, Austin and Gus roll out a plan to snatch the cash.

The overall quality of the story, acting, dialogue and production made us think we should have been at home watching Saturday morning TV. Inserting oddball characters such as the security guards at the bank helped a bit, but it tended to make the movie silly, sort of like "Charlie’s Angel: Full Throttle" for kids. We wanted to like it more than we did.

The kids are engaging and likable. The competition by the two boys for Maddy’s attention is well done. The moral issues related to the robbery are eventually addressed, but by that time, you’ve been worn out with the actual robbery and escape (hence, "catch that kid"). If we were accomplished screenwriters, possibly we could say what could have been done to make the film connect with us. As critics, our main objective is to see an average of 5 films a week so we can make suggestions to you as to the one or two films you might see in a month. Using that as our baseline, this is a movie that should never have been made. It gets to first base and stays there until the game is over and the credits roll. The biggest problem with "Catch that Kid" is probably that it’s too cute. Where is that MTV edge when you really need it?