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Stealing Home

1988 · 98 min · Director: Steven Kampmann, William Porter ★ IMDb 6.6 · 5,524 ratings

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Billy Wyatt is a washed-up baseball player who is called back home to handle the ashes of his childhood sweetheart/first love who had committed suicide. As he searches for what to do with them, he remembers the past and the relationship they had. In doing so he finds himself again.

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Stealing Home (1988) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Nostalgia 30%, Melancholy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Nostalgia, Melancholy, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Romance, Sport. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Nostalgia, Melancholy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.6/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Nostalgia
  • Sadness
  • Love

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Nostalgia

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Nostalgia
Sadness
Love
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 18 %, then peaks around 73 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityNostalgiaSadnessLove
2.5 %≈ 2′Nostalgia63 %48 %55 %30 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Sadness69 %46 %50 %30 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor66 %46 %30 %27 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Nostalgia60 %50 %19 %28 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Nostalgia60 %50 %13 %35 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Nostalgia63 %40 %25 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Sadness69 %39 %52 %35 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Nostalgia66 %49 %57 %40 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Sadness65 %44 %60 %38 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Sadness70 %34 %59 %31 %
52.5 %≈ 51′Humor65 %40 %39 %36 %
57.5 %≈ 56′Nostalgia60 %50 %36 %43 %
62.5 %≈ 61′Sadness63 %46 %54 %40 %
67.5 %≈ 66′Sadness74 %50 %70 %49 %
72.5 %≈ 71′Nostalgia77 %65 %68 %57 %
77.5 %≈ 76′Nostalgia69 %65 %43 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 81′Nostalgia68 %64 %33 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 86′Nostalgia69 %64 %43 %53 %
92.5 %≈ 91′Hope70 %55 %35 %48 %
97.5 %≈ 96′Hope75 %50 %17 %37 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Mark Harmon

Billy Wyatt

WM
William McNamara

Teenage Billy Wyatt

Helen Hunt

Hope Wyatt

Jonathan Silverman

Teenage Alan Appleby

Harold Ramis

Alan Appleby

JS
John Shea

Sam Wyatt

BB
Blair Brown

Ginny Wyatt

Richard Jenkins

Hank Chandler

BS
Brooke Stacy Mills

Tennis Girl

CJ
Christine Jones

Grace Chandler

BB
Beth Broderick

Sexy Neighbor

JB
Jane Brucker

Sheryl

TR
Ted Ross

Bud Scott

TG
Thacher Goodwin

Young Billy Wyatt

YC
Yvette Croskey

Young Robin Parks

OB
Ollie Boston

Robin Parks

JK
Judith Kahan

Laura Appleby

SC
Sam Chew Jr.

Nathan Appleby

Miriam Flynn

Mrs. Parks

Details

Type
Movies
Released
1988
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.6 · 5,524 ratings
Feels mostly
Nostalgia
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