The story is written in the light that the kid(s) is to be celebrated. In any other movie this would be a dark movie with a nationwide manhunt. It's not a good story and should be frowned upon. We can't celebrate this. These kids are ridiculous. There's like zero sense. At some point one of the "smart" kids would have said, "hey, this could be really dangerous" and try and stop this whole thing. And what's up with the girlfriend supporting theft and being an accomplice. Super annoying. All that said, yeah, the movie was so outlandish that it was able to keep my attention. Still hate the movie and don't plan to watch it a second time.
Review of The Manhattan Project
