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Stealing Home Movie Review Summary

Actors: Mark Harmon, Blair Brown, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Silverman,

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Mark Harmon stars as Billy Wyatt, a baseball player who has gone through some tough times. While living with a cocktail waitress Billy gets a phone from his mother that Katie Chandler (Jodie Foster) has died. He is informed that Katie left a will and that Billy is entrusted with her remains. In long flashback style we learn that Katie was Billy's babysitter when he was ten. Katie was sixteen then but they had a close bond and when Billy was sixteen they became lovers for one summer. When it flashes back to present time Billy goes back to his home town but he doesn't know what to do with Katie's ashes. Her family wants a traditional memorial and burial but Billy knew that's not what Katie would have wanted. But through his failed baseball career he triggers the right memories and ultimately the proper spot for her ashes.
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Plot & Themes

Time/era of movie:    -   1980's-1999 Inner struggle or disability    -   Yes Coping with loss of loved one?    -   Yes Coping with loss of    -   Wife/girlfriend/squeeze

Main Character

Identity:    -   Male Profession/status:    -   athlete Age:    -   20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality    -   White American

Setting

United States    -   Yes The US:    -   Northeast Small town?    -   Yes Small town people:    -   nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Writing Style

Accounts of torture and death?    -   generic/vague references to death/punishment Sex/nudity in movie?    -   Yes What kind of sex:    -   kissing    -   touching of personal anatomy    -   seeing breasts Any profanity?    -   Occasional swearing

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