These charges are the backdrop of the rest of the film. Will Stevie go to prison or not? Should he go to prison or not? It's hard to frame the previous minutes with Stevie...

| Original Score: 90/100 | Aug 19, 2021

...captures an unusually candid portrait of grinding rural poverty.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 19, 2016

emotionally drains while steadfastly refusing to provide easy solutions

| Original Score: B | Apr 5, 2012

... a potent reminder that grace, healing, and resolution are possible for the most broken of families.

| Original Score: A+ | Dec 24, 2008

This is a groundbreaking and important film, and I think its impact will be lost in the shuffle.

| Original Score: A | Jun 21, 2007

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

A touching and unique documentary, Stevie brings the filmmaker and his subject closer together than most films.

Full Review | Original Score: 75/100 | Jun 26, 2004

Steve James, as he did in "Hoop Dreams," gets amazing access to this entire extended family and friends to create a very moving film.

| Original Score: B | Jan 13, 2004

Steve ("Hoop Dreams") James's deep and singular commitment to his subject shines through in this compelling documentary.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 13, 2004

An engrossing but not always pleasing cinema verité documentary.

| Original Score: B- | Dec 21, 2003

If a two-and-half hour long documentary about a redneck child molester doesn't seem particularly appealing, you'd be pleasantly surprised . . .

| Oct 16, 2003

It stumbles at points because of an overlong running time, but it speaks volumes

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 5, 2003

Stevie is a tough movie to watch and an even tougher one to leave, because once you're involved you're implicated.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 14, 2003

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Jul 4, 2003

I liked it in the same way I love watching Big Brother and every other stupid reality show on television.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 25, 2003

| Original Score: 4/4 | May 28, 2003

A spectacle of suffering and liberal guilt.

Full Review | May 9, 2003

A powerful chronicle of a human life.

Full Review | May 9, 2003

Pretty compelling.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 2, 2003

Stevie is a tough movie, but that toughness makes it compelling.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 2, 2003