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2003 Certificate PG
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Heist adventures and bank robberies are not just for adults, at least not according to Maddy (Kristen Stewart), the plucky 12-year-old star of CATCH THAT KID. Directed by Bart Freundlich, this remake of the Danish film KLATRET SEN, turns the heist genre on its head in an action-packed combination of SPY KIDS and MISSION .. Read more

Starring Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot, Jennifer Beals
Director Bart Freundlich
Genres Action/Adventure, Comedy, Family

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Mission Without Permission

Heist adventures and bank robberies are not just for adults, at least not according to Maddy (Kristen Stewart), the plucky 12-year-old star of CATCH THAT KID. Directed by Bart Freundlich, this remake of the Danish film KLATRET SEN, turns the heist genre on its head in an action-packed combination of SPY KIDS and MISSION IMPOSSIBLE. Maddy is a pre-teen adventure lover, determined to follow in her mountain climbing father's (Sam Robards) footsteps. Tragedy strikes when a mountain climbing injury causes him to become paralyzed and the family needs $250,000 for an experimental operation that they cannot afford. Even Maddy's mother (Jennifer Beals), a bank security systems designer, is incapable of receiving a loan from a bank where she had previously worked. Determined to save her father's life by providing the money for the operation, Maddy convinces two of her friends to help her pull off a heist on the very same bank. Together with Gus (Max Thieriot), a computer whiz, and Austin (Corbin Bleu), a mechanical genius, Maddy is ready to take on the bank, its villainous owner (Michael Des Barres) and the seemingly impenetrable bank vault suspended thirty feet in the air. The trio of pre-teens combine their skills and hatch a daredevil heist in this exciting caper led by Maddy, a savvy heroine for a new generation of fearless young women.

Starring Kristen Stewart, Corbin Bleu, Max Thieriot, Jennifer Beals, Sam Robards, John Carroll Lynch, James Le Gros
Director Bart Freundlich
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 27 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Collections 100 Big Adventures
Genres Action/Adventure, Comedy, Family
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 18 Oct 2004
Production year: 2003
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (2) of Mission Without Permission

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  • Thumbs Up! As much fun as Spy Kids and more fun than Agent Cody Banks!

    • Ebert And Roeper
  • Jam-packed with action...suspense and high-tech fun!

    • Seattle Post
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  • 22 out of 26 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Unbelievable Rubbish

    This piece of immoral rubbish where a group of inept children are rewarded for robbing a bank in order to obtain money for an operation to help their father walk should come with a warning to parents. The film teaches children that not only is it alright to steal, but that if you do steal it is probably your parents' fault for not taking the time to help you with your homework! The film also teaches that no one should have to put up with disability, even if it is their own fault, if stealing money will relieve your suffering. All in all a great message to give children these days. Added to which there is just so much of a grumpy, accusatory and stupid (the actual bank robbery is a farce) teenager you can take, and this film has far too much of it. My advice don't touch this film with a barge pole!

      • A customer from Cambs., England
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  • 5 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    great

    great stuff for 8 and 9 year olds

      • A customer from north yorks
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    • Heist adventures and bank robberies are not just for adults, at least not according to Maddy (Kristen Stewart), the plucky 12-year-old star of CATCH THAT KID. Directed by Bart Freundlich, this remake ...