Poignant and troubling.
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01/29/03
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Stevie (2003)
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Reviews Counted:74
Fresh:67
Rotten:7
Average Rating:7.6/10
Consensus: Poignant documentary that's hard to forget.
Theatrical Release:Mar 28, 2003 Limited
Synopsis: "This is the hardest film I've ever made. But, I also think it's the most honest in its attempt to portray the complexity of family relationships." - Director Steve James Steve James, Academy... [More]
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Reviews for Stevie
James probes into some terrifyingly difficult places in an attempt to discover Stevie's soul as well as his own.
04/11/03
A devastating portrait of a lost family in a forgotten corner of the country, utterly failed by a bankrupt social-services system.
04/10/03
Stevie is one of the saddest and most appalling documentaries extant, particularly for what it says about American society in general.
04/11/03
In this complex and soulful documentary, Steve James (Hoop Dreams) explores his caring relationship with a troubled young man and in the process reveals that no one can save another person despite good intentions.
03/28/03
...one of the most overwhelmingly compassionate, humane and transcendent experiences I've ever had in a movie theater.
04/22/03
Steve (Hoop Dreams) James's deep and singular commitment to his subject shines through in this compelling documentary.
01/13/04
The director allows both lead characters to be seen as failures, remarkable for the fact that he himself is one of them.
04/15/03
A monster weighted by the same human blemishes and stains that prevented us from caring when it might have mattered.
04/10/03
Filmmaker Steve James brings the same access, passion and skill to Stevie that he brought to 1994's Hoop Dreams.
03/27/03
Top Critic["Stevie"] should be watched by any aspiring documentary filmmakers as a standard of excellence.
04/22/03
Possibly looking for a personal catharsis, James gets a whole lot of heartbreak, yet still presents an unblinking portrait of a complex personality.
04/19/03
Some viewers will feel moved to tears of compassion, and others will point to Stevie Fielding as an argument for more barbed wire on the prison walls. But there's no denying this is an important film.
04/18/03
Top CriticJames makes visible the process by which a lost soul cuts himself off from emotion in order to survive, only to find that, in the bargain, he's lost the ability to open himself up to anyone who might want to throw him a line.
04/03/03
A brave and painful film.
03/28/03
Top CriticThe resulting two-hour-plus journey feels like an agonizing guilt trip.
03/27/03
Stevie has nothing to say about uninteresting people.
02/15/03
Bring Kleenex.
04/17/03
Top CriticStevie is gripping in its intimacy.
03/28/03
Top CriticRepeatedly, the miserable-looking filmmaker assures Stevie (or himself) that he'll 'be there' for him. With a camera in hand?
03/25/03
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