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Steve + Sky (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 12

Fresh: 1

Rotten:11

Average Rating: 3.6/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Jul 8, 2005 Limited

Synopsis: Flemish filmmaker Felix Van Groeningen's debut feature STEVE + SKY, a gritty romantic drama about a struggling petty criminal and his shockingly beautiful stripper lover, takes place amidst a... Flemish filmmaker Felix Van Groeningen's debut feature STEVE + SKY, a gritty romantic drama about a struggling petty criminal and his shockingly beautiful stripper lover, takes place amidst a backdrop of crime and shady goings-on in the red light district of Ghent. Recently released from a prison stint for a drug violation, scrawny Steve (Titus De Voogdt) looks up his cell-mate Jean-Claude (Johan Heldenbergh) and immediately joins him in a motorcycle-stealing racket and the reopening of his exotic dance club. Along the way, he meets the gorgeous Sky (Van Groeningen's girlfriend and fashion model Delfine Bafort), a wounded soul looking for her place in the world. As their unlikely romance develops and Sky grows dependent on Steve's affections, he rejects her love and his alienation places a nearly fatal strain on Sky's fragile psyche. Influenced by films like PULP FICTION and ALL THE REAL GIRLS, Van Groeningen has created a whirlwind of a story, with a constantly thumping soundtrack by Belgian DJs Soulwax (aka 2 Many DJs) setting off the action. In Flemish Dutch language, STEVE + SKY is the first feature film to use the Ghent dialect of the language rather than the usual Antwerp dialect. Additionally, there is a brief cameo as a bouncer from former Belgian boxer Jean-Pierre Coopman, famous for a 1976 fight with Muhammad Ali. An admirable mix of action and intense character drama, STEVE + SKY is a fast-paced and touching drama about real people trying to fulfill their hopes and dreams as they dodge both the law and social conformity. [More]

Starring: Titus De Voogdt, Delfine Bafort, Johan Heldenbergh

Starring: Titus De Voogdt, Delfine Bafort, Johan Heldenbergh

Director: Felix Van Groeningen

Director: Felix Van Groeningen
Screenwriter: Felix Van Groeningen
Producer: Dirk Impens
Studio: Lifesize Entertainment

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Eddie Cockrell
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...empty and ultimately pointless...

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09/26/05
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1 + 1 may equal two, but Steve + Sky doesn't add up quite as well.

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09/02/05
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
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A tedious movie about very unpleasant people.

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08/28/05
Frank Swietek
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08/27/05
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With its deliberately washed-out color palette, affectless dialogue and nearly event-free story line, Steve + Sky is a mere slip of a movie, a wan character study of people who add up to little more than a series of studied quirks.

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07/08/05
Dana Stevens
New York Times
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Though undeniably gorgeous, there's considerably less to Van Groeningen's film than meets the eye.

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07/08/05
Maitland McDonagh
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Felix Van Groeningen's low-budget romance is also sly -- if utterly superficial -- fun.

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07/08/05
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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Hugely tedious and mostly incomprehensible, Quentin Tarantino-wannabe Dutch director Felix van Groeningen's Steve + Sky is the kind of foreign movie that gives subtitles a bad name.

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07/08/05
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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The sense of midnight-movie déja vu carries into the herky-jerk, non-linear screenplay and the fluorescent, life-is-a-sex-club-at-two-a.m. art design.

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07/07/05
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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As aimless as its protagonists, Steve + Sky proves equally inept at irreverence and profundity.

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07/06/05
Drew Tillman
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The film never decides where it wants to go.

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06/25/05
Donald J. Levit
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The completely random Steve + Sky competes with The Bridge of San Luis Rey for The Most Torturously Banal Cinematic Experience of 2005.

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06/24/05
Ed Gonzalez
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