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Steam (2009)

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Three women struggle with the joys and sorrows of love in this three-part drama from writer and director Kyle Schickner. Teenaged Elizabeth (Kate Siegel) has been raised in a conservative, deeply religious household, and when she goes away to college she revels in her first taste of freedom. Elizabeth falls into a relationship with Niala (Reshma Shetty), an attractive and free-spirited bisexual, and is introduced to the heady pleasures of sex. However, while Elizabeth is deeply in love with

Unrated, 1 hr. 58 min.

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Sep 29, 2009

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All Critics (7) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (6)

The clichés are thicker than the Steam in Kyle Schickner's hackneyed dramedy.

March 20, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Post | Comment
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So cheesy and so poorly acted that it should never have seen the light of day.

March 20, 2009 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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Writer-director Kyle Schickner embraces every cliche with gusto. (Behold the cruel intolerance of the patriarchy!)

March 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Village Voice | Comment
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[Director] Schickner's reach exceeds his grasp. In trying to tell three stories simultaneously in a two-hour running time, he allows for too many developments that seem driven more by plot than character.

March 13, 2009 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
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This is a movie that I can safely recommend to both my sister and my mom, to Republicans and Democrats, to my students in college to my son's elementary school teachers, to my close friends and even total strangers. Not many movies are like that. There's

August 18, 2009 Full Review Source: International Press Academy | Comment
International Press Academy

Convoluted, contrived and bland while failing to be truly endearing, insightful or believable in terms of drama and romance.

March 21, 2009 Full Review Source: NYC Movie Guru | Comment
NYC Movie Guru

If these one-dimensional stereotypes were to hit the steam room, they'd go quite limp.

March 18, 2009 Full Review Source: Time Out New York | Comment
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I am not so sure about this one. The women did not get a happy ending, just some temporary relief sitting in the steam in a sauna. The ending was very abrupt and unsatisfying.

April 3, 2010
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