Stevie (TV 2008)

After a long and unsuccessful period trying to have a family, Claire and Adrian finally adopt a girl. The coming of Isabel is desired by almost the whole family but making a eight-year-old ... See full summary »

Director:

Bryan Goeres

Writer:

David Markus (screenplay)

Stars:

Catherine McCormack, Jordi Mollà, Silvia Tortosa

Cast

Credited cast:
Catherine McCormack	...	Claire
Jordi Mollà	...	Adrián
Silvia Tortosa	...	Carmen
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lana Buchyk	...	Nurse
Liliana Cabal	...	Co-Worker
Jordi Cadellans
Michael Tyrone Dozie	...	Mr. Dozie
Richard Felix	...	Surgeon
Ida Jorgensen	...	Isabel
Lina Lambert
Angelina Llongueras
Molly Malcolm
Christian Rodrigo	...	Brother in law
Mark Schardan	...	Architect

Storyline

After a long and unsuccessful period trying to have a family, Claire and Adrian finally adopt a girl. The coming of Isabel is desired by almost the whole family but making a eight-year-old girl with a past of her own fit into her new life might be something more complicated than they expected. Strange things start to happen from the moment Isabel "and her imaginary friend, Stevie", come to live with them. The situation becomes more complicated when Stevie's behavior becomes aggressive. Only Claire and Isabel know that Stevie is more than just a figment of Isabel's imagination. Claire, with the no one's support, will do everything to find out who Stevie is and what he wants. Perhaps if she succeeds, she will be able to recoup their lives and have the family she had desired for so long.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for thematic material and brief strong language

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

English

Company Credits

Production Co:

Drimtim Entertainment, FishCorb Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Pretty flawed Horror/Drama effort

After adopting a nice girl, a workaholic couple come to learn the truth behind her fear of an imaginary friend only she can see, and as their lives begin to unravel they find the true cause of the being's appearance and must stop it before it's too late.

A pretty flawed effort, this one really has a lot to really drag it down but not a great deal that it gets right. The few bright spots are the few times it really lets the ghost's presence be felt, which isn't often but generate some fine sequences nonetheless, including the dollhouse attack and the fire in the kitchen among a few others. Beyond those, though, there's not a whole lot this really gets right as it's an endless series of clichés built upon the nonsensical nature of no one believing the mother who they continually claim to be unbalanced and mentally unstable, which goes nowhere and has become very tired overall. That really drags the middle of the film down and really brings the film to a halt far too often, giving this one a pretty dragged-out feeling and more of a Drama feel than out-and-out Horror. On top of that, it's not sure what kind of film it wants to be, since there's a feeling of it being either the ghost of the girl's deceased adoption home friend or the spirit of her unborn baby seeking revenge for being forgotten, and it plays both out while never connecting any threads and making it one big mess. It's been done before and better, so this is a very flawed effort.

Rated PG-13: Violence, Language and children-in-jeopardy.