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Netflix’s new drama with Cillian Murphy is one of the most chaotic movies I’ve ever seen — and you can stream it now

Set over 24 intense hours, Steve struggles to guide troubled boys at a 1990s English reform school while facing threats of closure and government scrutiny.

  • October 3 marks the global Netflix launch of Steve, reuniting Oscar-winning actor Cillian Murphy with director Tim Mielants.
  • Adapted from Max Porter's novella Shy, the film shifts perspective to Steve and is set at Stanton Wood, reform school, in 1996.
  • Charting one 24-hour period, staff face closure, a documentary film crew, a member of Parliament visit and a suicide attempt amid chaotic students at Stanton Wood.
  • Murphy's production company Big Things Films debuted this project, spotlighting Stanton Wood pupils and the emotional toll on educators and caregivers.
  • Critics call Steve a smaller but urgent Netflix contender, praising its propulsive, frenetic pacing across a 92 minutes runtime shaped by Tim Mielants' stylistic influence.
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The actor with a Oscar for "Oppenheimer" returns this Friday on Netflix, in the role of a teacher of a desperate recovery school, faced with very convincing young actors.

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