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Stay (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 114 Fresh: 30  Rotten:84 Average Rating: 4.6/10
 
Consensus: A muddled brain-teaser, Stay has a solid cast and innovative visuals but little beneath the surface.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Theatrical Release: Oct 21, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $3,349,167

Synopsis: In the space between desire and fear, between reality and illusion, between life and death lies a whole other alternate world that is brought to life in the mind-bending thriller STAY. From the acclaimed director of the award-winning Monster's Ball and Finding Neverland, Marc Forster,... In the space between desire and fear, between reality and illusion, between life and death lies a whole other alternate world that is brought to life in the mind-bending thriller STAY. From the acclaimed director of the award-winning Monster's Ball and Finding Neverland, Marc Forster, comes this moving and mesmerizing double story that plunges beneath the surface of ordinary experience to take a man on a spiraling descent through the mysteries of identity, dreams and the very fabric of existence. STAY appears at face value to be the suspenseful story of dedicated New York psychiatrist Sam Foster (EWAN McGREGOR) and his urgent attempt to stop a secretive and unusual young patient he inherited, Henry Lethem (RYAN GOSLING), from carrying out a planned suicide on the eve of his 21st birthday. But behind the primary tale of STAY lies a far more unsettling and surreal mystery: that of the reality-shattering effect that investigating Henry starts to have on Sam. As Sam is drawn deeper into the web of Henry's life -- and then into the labyrinth of his subconscious -- at first it simply puts stress on Sam's relationship with his artist girlfriend and former patient Lila (NAOMI WATTS). But soon Sam's own tightly-held grip on the rational world begins to melt away. Faced with increasingly surreal encounters and a Manhattan transformed into a wildly shifting dreamscape, Sam can no longer figure out what is true and what is happening only in his head, nor where he begins and Henry ends. So just who is Henry Lethem and why is he fracturing Sam's reality so profoundly? As clues and suspense simultaneously build to the story's climax on the Brooklyn Bridge, both Sam -- and the audience ­ must grapple with thought-provoking questions about perception, awareness, forgiveness and final moments of redemption. For it soon becomes clear that what is happening to Sam and Henry is taking place not in this world but in the twilight state between living and dying . . . a place where no one can stay for long. [More]

Genre: Thriller, Theatrical Release

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling, Kate Burton, Bob Hoskins

Director: Marc Forster
Producer: Bill Carraro, Guymon Casady, Arnon Milchan, Tom Lassally, Eric Kopeloff
Composer: Asche & Spencer

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 28, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Dual Side

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Surround - French, Spanish
  • Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
  • Disc 1/Side A: STAY - Full Frame Version
  • Full Frame - 1.33

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurette - "The Music of STAY"
  • Trailers - Theatrical Trailer
  • Disc 1/Side B: STAY - Widescreen Version

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Marc Forster - Director, Ryan Gosling - Star (Specific Scenes)
  • 2. Marc Forster - Director, Matt Chesse - Editor, Kevin Tod Haug - Visual Effects Designer, Roberto Schaefer - Cinematographer (Specific Scenes)
  • Featurette - "Departing Visions"

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The effect is something indescribably cinematic, as the inner mechanics of the mind's eye are vividly translated onto the big screen. Beautiful, haunting and ultimately transcendent...

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08/06/07
Anton Bitel
Eye for Film
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1.5/4

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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound
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Stay wants to be good, creepy fun, but by the middle of the film, I was so uninterested in the plot I became obsessed with McGregor's pants

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03/01/07
Lewis Beale
Film Journal International
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12/30/06
Los Angeles Daily News
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1.5/4

Ultimately the film delivers such a weak payoff that it makes nearly everything that came before it seem rather pointless.

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10/11/06
Peter T. Chattaway
Christianity Today
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2/5

A head-scratching thriller...

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09/06/06
Matthew Leyland
BBC
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05/12/06
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review
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4.5/5

So often, I have seen films like this that try to walk the fine line between creativity and confusion. Director Marc Forster manages to walk that line with precision.

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04/05/06
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures
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2/5

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04/01/06
Empire Magazine
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6/10

The technical virtues of the film may outstrip the content, but it's an entertaining film, nonetheless. You might want to stay around for this one.

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03/25/06
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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3/5

Pretty to look at, tough to follow, and, ultimately, difficult to swallow, Stay certainly isn't a bad film ... but it sure as heck isn't one you'll be raving about anytime soon.

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03/21/06
Scott Weinberg
DVDTalk.com
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03/04/06
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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03/02/06
Time Out
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A disaster from beginning to end. If you're going to Stay anywhere, Stay at home.

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03/02/06
Matthew Turner
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01/17/06
Sydney Morning Herald
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3/5

Revela-se apenas mais uma variação de uma premissa utilizada por vários outros filmes.

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12/29/05
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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...there is nothing interesting about the payoff; it seems like little more than a convenient excuse for a director to have fun, throwing a bunch of wild stuff up on the screen.

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11/23/05
Andy Klein
Los Angeles CityBeat
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A psychological thriller in a category by itself.

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11/10/05
Todd Gilchrist
IGN Movies
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Foster's payoff is so chintzy it would make even Freud run away.

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11/04/05
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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3.5/4

OK, all you folks who loved the bizarre “Mulholland Drive” as much as I did. You’re in for another mind-boggling, brain-teasing treat.

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11/02/05
Linda Cook
KWQC-TV (Iowa)
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