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The Netflix drama, directed by Tim Mielants and written by Max Porter, is a reimagining of Porter’s best-selling novel Shy and follows a pivotal day in the life of head teacher Steve (Murphy) and his students at a last-chance reform school.
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025
The Londoner — who was recently listed among Variety‘s Actors to Watch — stars alongside Cillian Murphy in the Toronto-bowing film, playing a troubled young man at a reform school for boys with behavioural difficulties.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Skakel made it through reform school and rebuilt his life.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
Steve is a reimagining of Max Porter’s 2023 Sunday Times bestseller Shy, and twists that story on its axis to be told from reform school headteacher Steve’s point of view.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
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Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025
The Londoner — who was recently listed among Variety‘s Actors to Watch — stars alongside Cillian Murphy in the Toronto-bowing film, playing a troubled young man at a reform school for boys with behavioural difficulties.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Skakel made it through reform school and rebuilt his life.
—Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
Steve is a reimagining of Max Porter’s 2023 Sunday Times bestseller Shy, and twists that story on its axis to be told from reform school headteacher Steve’s point of view.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Reform school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reform%20school. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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