B.D. Wong, Bob Hoskins, Elizabeth Reaser
A reality-bending thriller about a psychologist whose suicidal client makes bizarre predictions that, to the psychologist's mounting terror, begin to come true. The shrink must race against time to sa...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 28, 2006
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August 22, 2009not sure what to make of this movie, made me feel kind of disoriented - I guess watching it while I had insomnia didn't help. Ryan Gosling is all kinds of art boy hot in this though, at least that I know for sure.
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July 30, 2009Stay is a film that almost requires at least two viewings. The first will take you on a ride where you will have no idea what's going on until the last fifteen or so minutes. The second viewing will allow you to see how the film's style explains what the last fifteen minutes wi...( read more)
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July 12, 2009A pretty confusing, sometimes even nerve-wracking psychological thriller with an excellent cast and very interesting camera work and editing. The story follows a psychologist who is trying to save a new patient, who announces his suicide for the following weekend. As reality, pas...( read more)
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June 13, 2009A psychiatrist is assigned to a suicidal art student when the boy's regular therapist has a breakdown, and finds the case has metaphysical as well as psychological dimensions. Neatly done psychological thriller is well scripted (up until the final revelation) and is likely to im...( read more)
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May 29, 2009Very interesting, but I didn't actually understand the full meaning of it until I looked up someone else's explanation of it on another site. I did like it though, especially now that I know what it all meant!
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October 25, 2009I think the director try to hard to make look this like a psychological film.
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October 22, 2009A pretty intense film and really hard to understand, it had me confused all the way through as i never knew what was real and what wasn't!!!!!!!!!!!!
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October 16, 2009"It's all in my head
All my hopes and my fears
And I lay it all out
For you all to see and it's
All in my head"...
Ewan Mcgregor plays a psychiatrist with a tough case, one of his patients warns him he will take his own life in the next days. The patient is played by Ryan Gosling...( read more) -
October 14, 2009What a thriller! An enjoyable visual experience- photography, cinematography, editing & transitions linking up between scenes, scenery & filming locations, etc. The scene at the strip club with slides projection & the final scene with light waves ("sprawl") at the Brooklyn Bridge...( read more)
Critic Reviews
October 21, 2005
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
October 21, 2005
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Stay is crowded with layers and symbols, probably too many for one movie, and it ultimately wears out its welcome. But its images are compelling, even as its story fades away. full review
October 21, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Some people find this twisty and twisted psychological thriller arty and pretentious. I find it arty and provocative. full review
October 21, 2005
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
When the movie is over, and we know all that is to be known, it deserves some thought. full review
October 20, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Gosling and McGregor deliver beyond-the-call-of-duty performances that hold you riveted even when the story goes silly. full review
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January 6, 2009Best movie ever.It would be a good thing if we could have more like this.
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June 6, 2008This film is not for everyone. It may be a bit harder to understand than some people may be used to. But if you can see behind that and really were able to get the clues and ideas while watching the film then you must agree that it is pure art. Great actors, awesome cutting and a good story.. and I did not get it till the end, so I really was deeply impressed when the puzzle parts came together and formed a perfect picture. It is a masterpiece.
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January 16, 2008I found it hilarious that Ewan's pants were too short, and I specifically loved the reasoning behind it. Did he have short pants in Trainspotting as well? Great movie.
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June 26, 2007i must be stupid or something because i didin't undersand whjat went on in this movie, it's too jumbled together and confuseing
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June 19, 2007I bought this movie and honestly had I know how terrible it was going to be and I would have just rented it instead. I am one for creative content but this movie wasnt good.
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March 19, 2007I heard somewhere that ewan mc gregor's pants were in reality ryan gosling's pants... Ryan is shorter that ewan so..! =)
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March 18, 2007Ewan McGregor's pants are too short on purpose.
**SPOILER**
as you probably figured out, the whole movie was the length of the last scene on the bridge, portraying the inner struggle of Gosling deciding whether he wants to live or die. The characters in the movie are all from the bridge, and are portrayed as Gosling sees them at that instant. This is why Ewan and Naomi are a couple because he sees them together although they arent together in "real life."
Because Ewan is squatting when he is talking to Gosling, his pants raise higher at the bottom, and this is why his pants are short throughout the movie, because that is how Gosling sees him. -
March 10, 2007I love this movie, I have ONE question for the rest of you however.. What was the deal with the Dr's clothes not fitting?.. It is REALLY noticeable,but I don't see anything at the end to give me a clue.. (I think I get the whole.. yellow pants thing.. , but no one at the end has noticeably ill fitting clothes)
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February 15, 2007i love this movie but the part with the staircase gave me a head ache. great movie though
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November 7, 2006poetic, symbolic, beautiful, deep and a perfect work of art. One of the most tragic, most brilliant movies...ever made.
" An elegant suicide is the ultimate work of art"
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