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John Patrick McLaughlin,
Jeffrey Lee Gibson,
Bob Colletti,
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Marc Forster,
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: 20th Century Fox
: Drama, Suspense/Thriller
: 99 min.
: English, Spanish, French
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Marc Forster's psychological thriller Stay stars Ewan McGregor as Sam Foster, a psychologist who begins to feel his grip on reality slipping away because of one of his patients. Ryan Gosling plays Henry Letham, a patient who has been offering disturbing predictions that have come true. When he claims that Henry will kill himself in three days, the psychiatrist sets off on a journey to help him. Written by David Benioff, the film co-stars Naomi Watts. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
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| Dark mystical masterpiece
by mdraine
May 19, 2009 - 4:55 PM PDT
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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David Benioff's script tells a story which has been filmed many times, but rarely with such compelling style. Comparison to David Lynch's work is inevitable, but where Lynch thrives on the contradictions of dream logic, director Marc Forster plies surreal devices and Gothic visuals are in the service of story. The story is so well resolved that I was actually left wishing for some loose ends, for more subjective interpretation. Don't even look at the extras before watching STAY; the less you know about the story, the better.
With the aid of well-deployed CGI, Forster (QUANTUM OF SOLACE) and editor Matt Chesse create some of the most elegant, oneiric transitions ever seen in a feature film. Roberto Schaefer's camerawork recalls the darker-than-dark palette Darius Khondji created for SE7EN, while staking out his own painterly, expressionistic look.
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| No, really, stay... Please?
by jujuwiz
July 13, 2006 - 5:30 PM PDT
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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I left this film thinking, "am I crazy for liking that?" Apparently, yes.
Okay, so the script was confused, the dialogue trite at times, and the story not completely interesting. And it kinda looked like a film school project. Still... it sure looked purty. The visual tricks and twists were far from empty; they perfectly matched the confusion that was the basic theme, and each had a purpose.
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by talltale
April 13, 2006 - 3:57 PM PDT
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4 out of 4 members found this review helpful
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Not as bad as you may have heard but nowhere near the acceptable level, STAY sure didn't. Gone practically before it hit theatres, it won't do much better on DVD. Its biggest problem is: Whose story IS this? By the end you'll be rubbing your eyes and wondering. And while that end is actually rather moving, getting there is next to impossible, due to all the silly twists and turns that start to hit the ludicrous level before midpoint.
A splendid cast is spectacularly wasted (Ryan Gosling continues his rise as the most can't-take-your-eyes-off-him young actor around), as are the superb cinematography and art direction. A real head-scratcher, this one, especially as it was released by a major studio rather than an independent or faux-independent (such as Searchlight or Focus). The "extras" include a series of interviews that, should you watch this first, may give away a big plot point--although if this is indeed what the movie was about, it makes even less sense. |
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