WHAT IT'S ABOUT Oscar winner Cillian Murphy ( "Oppenheimer" ) stars as the title character in "Steve." He's the head of Stanton Wood, a reform school for teenage boys in Britain. Set in 1996, the movie follows one day in the life of the school, as a TV news crew visits for a segment and the institution faces a crisis.

Key characters include Steve's deputy Amanda (Tracey Ullman), the school therapist Jenny (Emily Watson), and the boys that remain at the struggling Stanton Wood, including Shy (Jay Lycurgo), Riley (Joshua J. Parker), Tarone (Tut Nyuot) and others.

The picture is an adaptation by screenwriter Max Porter of his 2023 novel "Shy," and it's directed by Tim Mielants (who worked with Murphy and Watson on last year's "Small Things Like These" ).

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