SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Tua Sane this doco kept me glued to my seat through its entirety strictly because of the tragic and appalling set of circumstances and revelations that kept this story about a boys broken life moving forward so miserably that i needed to know what became of him....i should of known! Im not sure whether the director's intentions were to solely benefit himself but as an "ex big brother" he didn't offer much guidance. In a way i blame Steve James for Stevies full 10year jail sentence because Stevie was convinced he had done nothing wrong and wouldn't admit to nothing... i think Steve could have talked sense into him and he would of got a much lighter sentence had he just admitted to it then gotten the real help he needed.

coal_jackson this dirty guy should have got life he had or tried to have sex with an 8 year old girl and look at the way he acts no way should this idiot be let out on the streets so he can do something worse and then this girlfriend of his the worse says i don't want him to go to jail i love him don't you realize this guy done a sex crime on an 8 year old little girl you are a true moron you are as stupid as a box of rocks and so is that idiot girlfriend of yours you should be locked up for the rest of your life you are also a very ugly looking person and the inside of you is even worse you act stupid you look stupid and you are a filthy dirty sex offender on a little 8 year old girl i truly hope one day i read about a horrible death that became you because the world would be a better place without you in it

judyscout First of all, let me repeat what others have already stated...lots of of people are reared in the the same, and worse, abject conditions as Stevie...I grew up with people who had it just as bad if not worse.The trick is rising above all that...there's no sin in making a mistake...the sin comes in making the same mistake over and over again and expecting the world to to say "Poor little thing...what a life..."...We've all in one form or another had less than heavenly lives...The self-serving film-maker needs his ass kicked for preening in front of the cameras all but demanding our collective forgiveness...Sorry, I gave at the office.As to the film's subject, this kid had deep seated problems LONG before he decided to molest an 8 year old girl...and for God's sake, let's not mention the hell that angel will suffer for years to come.Yes, child abuse is a self-fulfilling cycle...that far too often forgets the little ones who suffer in silence.I consider myself a political progressive...well-educated and sickened by the horror stories about the "poor Stevies" of the world who are pitied...I'll save my prayers, thoughts and energies for their victims...Let's hope that becomes the case for more people.

customtatz I really can't decide if Steve James is one of many I had met when I lived in Carbondale who came down from Chicago and viewed locals as stupid inbred hicks ripe for exploiting.If all of Rural Southern IL could fit into Chicago this would not happen as much.Jackson Co DCFS does have some major problems and this case cannot be found among the JUDCI records on the Jackson county court records website.I don't think James would have made this movie about a troubled Chicago area "Little Brother" because it just wouldn't be as interesting.I don't know why so many people come down to So IL for college when they have several great schools in northern IL.I think it's less of a challenge when someone migrates to an area where they are higher on the food chain and can make a profit from the misery of others who have no control over the geographical location in which they were born.I really can't tell if the scene where Steve James is Crying is Real or Technique..