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Directed by | Tim Mielants |
Screenplay by | Max Porter |
Based on | Shy by Max Porter |
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Cinematography | Robrecht Heyvaert |
Edited by | Danielle Palmer |
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Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 92 minutes [1] |
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Language | English |
Steve is a drama film directed by Tim Mielants and written by Max Porter, based on his 2023 novella Shy . It stars Cillian Murphy, Tracey Ullman, Jay Lycurgo, Simbi Ajikawo, and Emily Watson.
The film will have its world premiere in the Platform Prize section of the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival, followed by its global release by Netflix on 3 October 2025.
Steve (Murphy) is a headteacher in charge of a school for boys with societal and behavioural difficulties. [2]
The project was announced for Netflix in February 2024 as being produced by Cillian Murphy's production company, Big Things Films, with his collaborator Alan Moloney also a producer. Tim Mielants is directing, and Max Porter has adapted his own novel Shy for the film. [5] Murphy and Porter previously collaborated on the stage adaptation of Porter's Grief Is the Thing with Feathers and on the short film All of This Unreal Time. Porter gave Murphy a copy of Shy in a proof edition before it was completed and Murphy was quoted as saying "it just broke my heart. They're the sorts of things I love as a reader and as a performer". [6] Jay Lycurgo also joined the cast. [7]
Principal photography began on May 24, 2024, and wrapped on July 5 in the UK. [8] Filming locations included Bath, Somerset. [9]
Steve is scheduled to be released in select theaters in the United States on 19 September, before being released worldwide on Netflix on 3 October 2025. [10]
Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [11]