This movie is at one time a coming of age drama and a story for those who go through a mid life crisis. It is not about a washed up ball player dealing with the end of one life and adjusting to another. This isn't Bull Durham in any way. Mark Hamon plays a guy who quit baseball before his prime and basically drifts for 14 years until he learns someone very important to him took her own life back where he grew up.
Half the story is flashbacks to memories of Katie played excellently by Jodie Foster and half is the story of Wyatt grown up (played equally well by Mark Harmon) figuring out what to do about Katie's ashes because she left the responsibility up to him in her will which in itself is a mystery since neither of them saw each other in nearly 15 years.
Stealing Home likely didn't appear in many theaters. It's not really for the 14 to 24 crowd. It did get alot of showings on cable when I was a kid. I vaguely related to having a Katie in my life, still do, but mostly I didn't understand or appreciate the story. Now I am middle aged and experienced the directionlessness after being defeated by some of life's challenges. I understand it better now and like it more.
Also I live about a 10 minute bike ride from where many of the flashback scenes were filmed. It also features a scene shot in the Vet. Sure it ended up being a rathole but it is gone but not forgotten and still fondly remembered.
Harold Ramis, Jonathan Silverman and Blair Brown are also all excellent in the movie. Well acted with some light comedy (second city alumni wrote and directed it) but nothing too major.
Half the story is flashbacks to memories of Katie played excellently by Jodie Foster and half is the story of Wyatt grown up (played equally well by Mark Harmon) figuring out what to do about Katie's ashes because she left the responsibility up to him in her will which in itself is a mystery since neither of them saw each other in nearly 15 years.
Stealing Home likely didn't appear in many theaters. It's not really for the 14 to 24 crowd. It did get alot of showings on cable when I was a kid. I vaguely related to having a Katie in my life, still do, but mostly I didn't understand or appreciate the story. Now I am middle aged and experienced the directionlessness after being defeated by some of life's challenges. I understand it better now and like it more.
Also I live about a 10 minute bike ride from where many of the flashback scenes were filmed. It also features a scene shot in the Vet. Sure it ended up being a rathole but it is gone but not forgotten and still fondly remembered.
Harold Ramis, Jonathan Silverman and Blair Brown are also all excellent in the movie. Well acted with some light comedy (second city alumni wrote and directed it) but nothing too major.