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2005
Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) is a young psychiatrist who is filling in for a colleague on leave. Among his new patients is Henry Letham (Ryan Gosling), a young art student who hears voices and is seriously contemplating suicide. This resonates strongly with Sam, who rescued his painter girlfriend, Lila (Naomi Watts), from a wrist-.. Read more
| Starring | Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling, Kate Burton |
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| Director | Marc Forster |
| Genres | Thriller |
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Sam Foster (Ewan McGregor) is a young psychiatrist who is filling in for a colleague on leave. Among his new patients is Henry Letham (Ryan Gosling), a young art student who hears voices and is seriously contemplating suicide. This resonates strongly with Sam, who rescued his painter girlfriend, Lila (Naomi Watts), from a wrist-slashing. The extremely volatile Henry begins to threaten Sam's hold on his own sanity, as he races against time to figure out the truth about Henry's past, the source of his troubles, and the cause of the seemingly unexplainable things that are happening to both of them. Sam investigates the ghostly figures of Henry's life, including Athena (Elizabeth Reaser), the girl Henry loved, and also his parents (Bob Hoskins and Kate Burton), uncovering ever more disturbing idiosyncrasies along the way.
| Starring | Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling, Kate Burton, Bob Hoskins, Elizabeth Reaser, Janeane Garofalo, B.D. Wong, Michael D'Angelo, Noah Bean, Michael Devine, Michael Gaston, Michael Gray, Amber Gristak |
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| Director | Marc Forster |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
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| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 03 Jul 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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Forster's visionary brilliance demands and gets uncommon depth and subtlety from the actors. But it's Watts who guides us home. Stay with her
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An arty, richly layered, complex and challenging psychological thriller, Marc Forsters follow up to Finding... read more on Time Out
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35 out of 37 people found this review helpful
Nothing Like Donnie Darko!
I see alot of reviews comparing Stay with Donnie Darko, but the films are nothing alike, Donnie leaves you scratching your head and thinking did I enjoy that or not?, where Stay (like The Machinist) lets you know what is was all about in the last 10 mins and knowing exactly what you thought of the film. The majority of the film and the acting was great, it was the ending that disappointed me, it had so much more potential to end as cleverly as it began.
My advice is if you want a film that will baffle you but ultimatly not be that hard to understand this is for you, if you prefer a film where its all laid out on a plate and there's no surprises then maybe a Stallone film is more your cup of tea.
Get it, and enjoy! -
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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Why the short trousers...read on
I got caught up in this; it is a puzzle that even now I am still fitting together. I rewatched the last 45 minutes again and a number of elements clicked (see below for the short trousers). As well as the mental workout, this is a visual treat. Many scenes meld, use reverse camera angles or repeats to create a dream like feel - clearly relevant to the plot.
As for the plot - in essence the story is straightforward - it begins with a car crash and we then see the survivor Henry (Ryan Gosling) seeing a psychiarist (Ewan McGregor). It isn't clear whether we are in future or the past - hence the surreal look and feel to many of the scenes. Henry states he is going to kill himself in 3 days on his 21st birthday....setting McGregor's character off on a race to understand more about Henry and his life, to head off the suicide. In the process of this, McGregor starts to lose his own grip on reality.
Many characters emerge and re-emerge in different scenes - once you spot this you need to start asking why.....and then this film takes off to a different level.......it will encourage you to go back and spot the clues.
.....oh and the trousers. Well as McGregor's character is squatting down in the final scenes, his trousers ride up exposing socks and ankles. I can't say any more without touching on the plot reveal.
In summary though, a movie to watch, to study and then to discuss. If you are after a neatly wrapped up Hollywood ending, go elsewhere, this will infuriate you. -
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