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Cillian Murphy portrays a headteacher fighting to keep a financially unsustainable reform school open while managing his own mental health during a critical 24-hour period.
- Recently, Netflix began streaming Steve after its Toronto International Film Festival premiere, starring Academy Award winner Cillian Murphy as the troubled headteacher.
- Murphy and producer Alan Moloney developed Steve under their Big Things Films imprint, with Max Porter adapting his novella Shy and Tim Mielants directing from Porter's screenplay.
- The film unfolds across 24 hours at Stanton Wood, a last‑chance reform school, as Steve and Shy face the school’s imminent sale and closure in six months.
- Reviewers describe the film as emotionally impactful and resonant, with many critics singling out Murphy's performance as a standout that steadies the film.
- Set in the mid‑1990s, the film leans on handheld, vérité filmmaking style and period music to probe education, mental health and real consequences of withdrawn social supports.
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Is The Netflix Movie 'Steve' A True Story? What To Know About Cillian Murphy Film
Following its premiere at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival , Cillian Murphy’s new film, Steve , has now premiered on Netflix. The movie, an adaptation of Max Porter’s novella Shy, which Murphy told Deadline “broke my heart,” tells the story of the titular headteacher, played by Murphy, who struggles to keep his students in line at a reform school as he battles his own mental health struggles. “I think everyone is struggling — it’s jus
Steve Review: Cillian Murphy delivers a stunning performance as a teacher fighting for troubled students
Plot: Set in the mid-90s, the film follows a pivotal day in the life of headteacher Steve and his students at a last-chance reform school amidst a world that has forsaken them. As Steve fights to protect the school’s integrity and impending closure, we witness him grappling with his own mental health. In parallel to Steve’s struggles, we meet Shy, a troubled teen caught between his past and what lies ahead as he tries to reconcile his inner frag…
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