STEALING HOME (1988) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Steven Kampmann, William Porter
Mark Harmon, Jodie Foster, Jonathan Silverman,
William McNamara, Blair Brown, Harold Ramis,
John Shea, Richard Jenkins, Thacher Goodwin
A washed-up ballplayer heads back home to carry out a friend's last request, and flashes back on the time when he was a young kid and then a teenager, and the girl who changed his life. A sweet little coming-of-age story, unpretentious, nicely played and not too cute. If you watch it thinking that Mark Harmon's role would be perfect for Kevin Costner, stick around for the scene toward the end when Harmon goes up to bat and the voice over the PA announces that the player he's pinch-hitting for is Costner. A coincidence? I don't think so.
