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Summary: Jodie, Jodie, Jodie
Review: One of my all-time favorites. I always believed that Stealing Home was unjustly overlooked by the viewing audience and critics alike. After reading the Amazon reviews, I realize that I was wrong. Clearly, the film has touched many people on a number of different levels. While Jodie Foster's screen time is limited, in my opinion, this film contains her finest performance to date (including her strong performance in The Courtship of Eddie's Father - TV series, not the film). Mark Harmon plays the lost soul to perfection (although he is not a very good smoker, a pet peave of mine, a non-smoker cannot fake it). Blair Brown, as always, rips it up. Fabulous cinematography. The film uses long shots to perfection, revealing inimate moments from afar rather than the standard close-up. This film reveals the emotion of the characters through their silent reflection, rather than explaining the same with a pile of unnecessary dialogue. A fine example of less is more. The only complaint I have is the quality of the DVD. I assume that the full-screen only release is not the original aspect ratio (if anyone has any information on the original aspect ratio, please contact me.) No extras whatsoever. The transfer is average at best. This film deserves the full treatment, including cast and director's commentary. Please, Warner Brother's, please, revamp and re-release the disc. My heartfelt thanks to the directors, cast and crew for a movie that moves me at every viewing.
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Summary: Your Past Can Help Your Future
Review: Stealing Home is a movie that I initially watched with a lot of skepticism. The title led me to believe that it at least involves some baseball, which it does, so I decided to give it a try. Also I was never a big Jodie Foster fan. Without ever having seen one of her movies I just assumed that they were all chick flicks. I now know that that is not the case.Mark Harmon plays an ex-pro baseball player who has been given the responsibility of finding a final resting place for the ashes of his childhood baby sitter/friend/older crush who has committed suicide. That part is played by Jodie Foster. The movie is essentially Harmon's character remembering his childhood from the time he's about 13 to when he has to make a decision on whether or not to go to college or turn pro. These memories are shown to the viewer as Harmon is traveling back to his family's home in Philadelphia. This is really a story about finding your way in life. I think it tries to show that no matter how lost you may feel in the present, there is always a future for you so long as your alive.
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Summary: Bad Nostalgia Movie from the 80s
Review: Stealing Home is basically a nostalgic movie made in the 80s about a man, Mark Harmon, who looks back on his 60s youth and his first love. In other words, it is the plot to about a thousand other 80's movies. Yep, all the qualities of bad 80's films are here: the WAY overdone soundtrack and background music in every single scene, an homage to baby boomer youth and pop culture, and, of course, someone losing their virginity. On occasion this kind of movie can be good (The Big Chill had its moments), but this movie fails on every level. I found the dialogue predictable and stupid, the characters extremely dull (except for maybe Jodie Foster who plays his babysitter and love interest but she isn't in the film much) and the editing, well, I think a LOT of the film was cut. The talent is there: Jodie Foster, John Shea, Helen Hunt (who has maybe on line of dialogue), Harold Ramis and Mark Harmon. But who can tell when the script, the direction, and the editing are so bad. I wanted to care about these characters but the movie does not take the time to let the audience get to know them. Anyway, I'd never heard of this film until I stumbled onto at 2 am in the morning one night. I now see why.
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Summary: A truly beautiful excursion to the my summers of my youth
Review: Stealing home is beautiful from both a cinematic and expository point of view. It has a bittersweet charm that brings me back to the summers of my youth spent at the beach... of young love... and a time of self exploration and discovery. William McNamara gives a poignant performance and Jodie Foster is the older "girl" we were all in love with. If Bradbury's Dandelion Wine ushered you into adolescence, then Stealing Home will surely take you back.
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Summary: i was in it
Review: Stealing home was a great movie. I was baby hope in it. Some of it was shot inmy grandmothers house. My uncle wrote and directed it. I love it.
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Summary: Reflection
Review: The first time I watched this movie was in the early 90s and I was deeply touched. Enoughed that I realized after watching it recently that inadvertently a year ago I wrote a short story using the basic plot. I purchased the DVD after a long-time friend committed suicide and I was searching for answers regarding her death. I didn't get them, but the movie offered some comfort and made me continue to respect the beauty of life. If any art can help someone do that, then it's accomplished a lofty goal.
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Summary: Great Movie with a very touching story
Review: the first time that i saw Stealing Home was when i was about 10. the only reason that i really liked it then was because it had to do with baseball. Now i'm 20, I have a girlfriend, and when i watched this movie again, i was completley blown away. The movie itself is great and the acting in it is awsome. Jodie and Mark do an excellent job. This movie is great for couples to watch on a night that they feel like cuddling together. Amazing movie that will touch your heart forever.
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Summary: Stealing Home
Review: The movie stealing home writen and directed by Will Aldis and Stephen Kampman is by far the best movie I have ever seen. I am a film student at NYU and I am going to write my thesis on stealing home, and when i graduate i wish to publish the book I have been working on, "Gender Issues in Stealing Home" The film changed the direction of my life, i used to be an astralogist until i saw the film and i was moved to film. This movie changed me.
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Summary: sad but happy beautiful movie
Review: the story of a man named billy wyatte and how since his childhood, his childhood babysitter and life long best friend katie chandler has been the one person whos known what he is and has always been there to make sure hes reminded. they absentmindedly fall into their own livelyhoods and drift apart, katie into 2 failed marriages and billy into a short time in the minor leagues and then into a worthless life without much to live for. This is all suddenly changed when billy gets a phone call that katie was found dead from a suicide at the beach house theyd shared their memories at since they were kids. Billy is resposible for her ashes but to know what he should do with them hes going to have to go back to his memories to find katie again.
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Summary: A must see!
Review: This is a film, if you keep an open heart and open mind, that will touch you deeply, man or woman. Everyone has those moments of innocence that stay with you forever, sometimes you just forget they were there. This movie deals with this in an excellent way showing how your dreams of youth can be a reality, just maybe not what you expected. Mark Harmon plays an excellent role but the real diamond here is Jodi Foster. Outstanding and uplifting. A real inspiration!
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