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Stay (2005)
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Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.
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Best movie of this year hands down!
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If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
What an utter load of pretentious nonsense. A film should be a story, that story ought to engage you, and entertain or inform you in some way. This film does none of that. I fell asleep twice while I tried to finish it, and I really resented having to watch til the end, I feel I let myself down and ought to have not wasted a full hour and a half on it. Some say it is Lynch-esque. That's simply trying to help justify wasting a small part of your life on it, and imbue it with some sort of historical validation from a supposed great director. The truth is it is Lynch-esque because like some David Lynch films, they're disjointed and disconnected scenes pretending to be art but instead simply being bad stories, badly filmed and with no real flow or point to them. Throughout the film Ewan McGregors character wears trousers much too short which shows him looking slightly ridiculous. Supposedly this is because in one tiny scene he appears to this way to Ryan Goslings character who is lying on the ground looking up at him. Firstly, we don't see that view, and secondly even if we did how could we possibly connect the two things? And even if it was possibly to connect the two things....why?? Why would you make a person seem ridiculous through a whole film just because of one view another person had that we didn't even see? I don't rate Ewan McGregor anyway I think he's highly overrated. Naomi Watts acts very well, but she acts the same person in every single film she does so I don't really rate her either. Honestly, if like me you came late to the party and haven't watched this yet...please, don't! You will regret the waste of time.
There are some movies that arrive from time to time that confuses people but this movie was not one of them, although the people who do not understand it say so. The reasons to watch it right now are 1) It's screenplay and direction is admirable 2) The Performances are shivering 3) It surprises you from time to time 4) It's an under rated flick you have to seeand if your heart has understood this movie, you cry at the end, shut your laptop or wherever you watch it and smile. Because that is the motive of any artist in the world.This movie will stay with you. forever.
If you spend the time to watch this movie from beginning to end, hoping for a brilliant resolution to an extremely layered plot, you will be disappointed. I found this movie completely vapid, after promising to be brilliant. The production designers made a gorgeous work of art with all kinds of nods & winks included, a busy background of suspicious distractions to draw our attention away from the fact that nothing makes sense. Even if this movie is some kind of study in overlaps between waking & dream states, it never delivers anything. Everything is beautiful, from Ewan McGregor to Naomi Watts to Ryan Gosling to Janeane Garafolo to NYC to the architectural chess set. It's all vacuumed & coiffed & shined up & cheated with special effects to make it all the more glossy & glimmery. But what promises to be a never-before-conceived-of psychological thriller ends up being a pile of unresolved detritus. Don't get your hopes up. Submerge yourself in the shiny pretty sets & clothes & pictures. That's all there is here.
I love quirky stories that play with the concept of perceived reality. At first this film seems part sci-fi, but as it unfolds it reveals hidden layers, becoming more gritty drama examining the turbulent lives of various broken characters in a way that keeps you guessing and wondering about not only the characters' sanity but also your own as the plot twists and turns in unpredictable ways.As a fan of Shakespeare, I loved the allusions to Hamlet, adding an extra dimension to the story. Performances by Ewan McGregor and Ryan Gosling are fantastic and I loved the art angle. This movie also has one of my favourite bits of dialogue ever, delivered by Ryan Gosling to his shrink played by Ewan McGregor. When McGregor's character asks Henry why he burns himself, Henry replies that he's practicing for hell - it's that sort of wry humor that adds another dimension to this somewhat bleak film. This would've been a ten for sure had the ending not felt a little too contrived and like a bit of a cop-out.