Genre: Drama
Plot: In Steal Me, writer/director Melissa Painter (Admissions, Wildflowers) has crafted a refreshingly honest portrayal of relationships - sexual and otherwise - around a 15-year-old kleptomaniac boy, Jake (Danny Alexander), who arrives in a small Montana town searching for his prostitute mother.Through Jake’s trouble of tracking down his mother, he befriends Tucker (Hunter Parrish), a corn-fed local boy who catches Jake red-handed stealing the radio right out of his truck. After a foot chase and a brief scuffle, the boys ultimately become friends, discovering that each has something the other wants -- Jake has a quiet mystery and total freedom, while Tucker has stability and a happy home. At first, Jake brings Tucker out of his shell, convincing him to pursue his longtime crush, Lily Rose (Paz de la Huerta). However, when Tucker’s family reluctantly takes Jake in, offering him food, shelter and eventually a job, things grow more complicated. Tucker’s mother, Sarah (Cara Seymour), uneasy about Jake being there insists he sleep in the barn, but over time a bond begins to grow. Jake, however, is an accomplished and incorrigible thief, and begins stealing small items around the house, not because they are valuable, but for the fetish factor and sentimental value. Soon he meets the
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