Billy Wyatt (Mark Harmon) is a washed up baseball player after reaching the minor leagues. His life is aimless and then he gets a call from his mother. Katie Chandler is dead and she left him her ashes. In flashbacks, Billy is a young boy and Katie (Jodie Foster) is his outgoing babysitter while their parents are away. As a teenager, he is set to follow his baseball dream. After his father dies, Katie becomes a source of comfort.
This is mostly about an idealized coming-of-age story from the past. It goes at a leisurely pace. Despite being headliners, Harmon and Foster do not share any screen time. One is in the present day and the other one is in the past. The movie is aching to have more time with Foster. She presents hints of connections which the movie is desperate for. A better film would be mostly Billy spending the summer with Katie after his father's death. Instead, everything has a haze of nostalgia. This movie is a lazy summer day on a deserted beach outside your large beach house.
This is mostly about an idealized coming-of-age story from the past. It goes at a leisurely pace. Despite being headliners, Harmon and Foster do not share any screen time. One is in the present day and the other one is in the past. The movie is aching to have more time with Foster. She presents hints of connections which the movie is desperate for. A better film would be mostly Billy spending the summer with Katie after his father's death. Instead, everything has a haze of nostalgia. This movie is a lazy summer day on a deserted beach outside your large beach house.