Stevie (2002)
This documentary speaks about the complex realities of growing up, family history, and how the system has - despite good intentions - failed to rescue certain kids. (Lions Gate Films)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Steve James
Starring: Steve James, Brenda Hickam, Doug Hickam, Judy James, Stephen Fielding, Tonya Gregory, Bernice Hagler, Verna Hagler
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
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Stevie belongs to 14 collections
1. Best of criticker: Documentary (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr - 20 stars)
2. Doubling The Canon (collaborative - 13 stars)
3. Top 100 Spiritually Significant Films (collaborative - 10 stars)
4. Netflix USA (public: mpowell - 8 stars)
5. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (collaborative: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
6. List: Best of the Decade by The Documentary Blog (collaborative: moderated by KasperL - 5 stars)
7. Aughties Films to See (public: theficionado - 3 stars)
8. gork movies to get (public: gork - 1 star)
9. Best of criticker: 2002 (collaborative: moderated by avgcrtckr)
10. Kartemquin Films (production co.) (collaborative: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer)
11. 2002: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
12. K&A (public: caffe)
13. HDD 151029 (public: caffe)
14. Watchlist (public: GrimsChild)
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| May 06, 2022 | lell186 | 5 93rd |
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Heartbreaking
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| Feb 24, 2020 |  |
fenixdown | 70 36th |
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Interesting subject in spite of the lifeless narration.
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| Jun 20, 2019 |  |
begoniabol | 72 65th |
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Interesting, tragic and frustrating. Very hard to understand Stevie, and trying to see through his flaws is hard. But I couldn't help to feel some sort of sympathy towards him, when he showed his emotional side that he tried so hard to suppress. It wasn't enough however to excuse him for the horrific thing he'd done.
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| Dec 12, 2015 |  |
deaddilly | 70 48th |
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A humanizing spotlight set on the trashiest of white trash. Worth the watch even though it got a little stale after a while.
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| Mar 15, 2012 |  |
AceySaid10% | 88 95th |
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Almost a '90' if it wasn't for the director's baby powder dryness...but his taste is impeccable...
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| Jun 11, 2011 |  |
sebby | 80 91st |
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Really fascinating documentary that is as much about James as his former little brother, Stevie. Serves as a blueprint for how to turn a child into an adult monster, quite frankly.
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| Feb 10, 2010 |  |
Bojangles | 90 97th |
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Steve James summed America with Hoop Dreams, and in the spirit of hoops, he "proves it" with Stevie. H-O-R-S-E, bitch. The ostensibly contrasting urban and rural settings are proven similarly harrowing. Here, James points his bullshit penetrating camera at the rarely seen underbelly of America. The in-bred hicks and grade school drop outs. An intimate character study of the highest order.
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| Dec 15, 2006 |  |
MartinTeller | 83 77th |
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Steve James tears down the wall between filmmaker and subject, creating an intensely honest and revealing study. The movie could have used more judicious editing, however, and occasionally feels very repetitive.
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| Average Percentile 70.44% from 164 Ratings |  |