Stealing Home
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Movie Reviews of Stealing Home
Movie Review: Deep
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't know why, but this movie is one of my personal favorites. I saw it way back in 1988 when it came out and liked it enough to buy the video. I did not find the film sappy at all. (Fair to say, I expected to before seeing it).
This movie could easily be classified as a "chick flick" so to speak, but that's not really a fair label. Yes, it was profoundly deep and emotional, but it certainly didn't leave me feeling emasculated. There's quite a bit of comedy as well as drama throughout. Definitely worth a rent.
Warning: Baseball is referenced heavily in this film, but it's more of a vehicle for the story than the story itself. Males need not cringe at the word "relationships", but that's about where this movie stays centered.
Movie Review: Nostalgic drama
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always been a big fan of Jodie Foster. It is only now that I'm able to see most of her works before her "Silence of the Lambs" film and I must say that she is charming even in her early movie performances.
Stealing Home is one of her movies where one gets to enjoy her child-like performance and fall in love with the nostalgic feel of the whole movie theme. After watching this movie, I started thinking about my childhood, teenage and post-university life and start to wonder where could all the people who made my past very meaningful and interesting be now. It's not a tear-jerking movie but it makes you feel human. It creeps into your heart because you know you've been there before -- falling in love when you were young.
Movie Review: sad but happy beautiful movie
Summary: 5 Stars
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.Movie Review: A Homerun!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a film produced two decades ago but with an enduring quality that makes you want to go back and see it again, and again, and again. In many ways it has all the characteristics of a classic: simple theme, uncomplicated characters, clear imagery in its presentation, and a soundtrack that supports the imagery and doesn't obscure the message. There is a simple innocence portrayed very effectively in characters played by actors who have since earned justifiably the admiration of peers and audiences alike for their depth of professional capacity,led by Jodie Foster and Mark Harmon. A great movie to just get comfortable with; no twisting plot moves; you can see everything coming - and it's nice when it works out that way.Movie Review: An Overlooked Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
It seems that many reviews before me have all presented sentiments similar to my own about this movie. I saw it for the first time as a freshman in college, purchased it on video a few years later, and I'm now adding the DVD version to my wish list.The story ties together a magical combination of love, friendship, family relationships, being lost/found again, spirituality, youth, and longing for understanding.
Obviously this movie has the power to touch people. How many other movies on Amazon have an *average* rating of 5 stars?
Buy it, watch it, love it. The soundtrack is also wonderful. It calms me and makes it seem like there are no worries in the world...