A brave and painful film.
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03/28/03
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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
Top CriticIt stands with the most thoughtful releases of recent months, and will linger in memory.
03/27/03
Because Stevie has none of the glamour of Hoop Dreams, with its portrait of gifted teenage athletes struggling for glory, it is not nearly as likable a film; but in its earnest, plodding way it is every bit as deep.
03/27/03
Top CriticFilmmaker Steve James brings the same access, passion and skill to Stevie that he brought to 1994's Hoop Dreams.
03/27/03
Top CriticJames's unflinching portrait of concentric hells of family dysfunction is heartbreaking and horrifying in equal parts, and to James's credit, he addresses his own role in determining Stevie's stunted future.
03/27/03
The resulting two-hour-plus journey feels like an agonizing guilt trip.
03/27/03
Deeply human, consummate reportage.
03/27/03
Top Criticemotionally drains while steadfastly refusing to provide easy solutions for our dysfunctional health care system
03/26/03
Repeatedly, the miserable-looking filmmaker assures Stevie (or himself) that he'll 'be there' for him. With a camera in hand?
03/25/03
Top CriticAn exceptionally humane look at real people owning up to their real sins, suffering real regret -- and hoping, ultimately, for forgiveness and real redemption.
03/22/03
Emerges painfully but profoundly as one of the most unusual, if not absolutely unique, efforts in the field of nonfiction filmmaking.
03/20/03
Top CriticStevie is a depressing account of the ways in which violence perpetuates more violence, and a somber portrait of a family’s (and health care system’s) failure to give a young child the love and stability he so desperately needed.
03/18/03
Compelling, while at the same time off-putting, the documentary presents what seems to be a sincere and boldly honest glimpse into the life one Stevie Dale Fielding. Some ten years prior, the filmmaker (Steve James) offered himself as a big brother to the
03/05/03
A well-crafted documentary that uses improvisation to unearth the character of Stevie Fielding, a common criminal with a sad past.
02/25/03
Influential, Inspiring and ultimately enriching..2003’s answer to “Bowling for Columbine”
02/19/03
Stevie has nothing to say about uninteresting people.
02/15/03
Stevie is a brave work, with a deeply personal touch that few documentaries ever achieve.
02/04/03
While it was well worth seeing, it didn't have the lift that I might have liked, literally and figuratively.
01/29/03
Poignant and troubling.
01/29/03
Demonstrates how an exceptional documentary can be every bit as emotionally compelling, original and surprising as any first-rate fictional work.
01/29/03
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