Rotten
Stay is interesting, but it's hard to recommend to anyone but the small cadre of David Lynch devotees who will inhale anything with a whiff of similarity to their favorite auteur's scent.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Stay
Between the worlds of the living and the dead there is a place you're not supposed to stay.
2005 · 1h 39m · R
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Marc Forster
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Marc Forster Director
- Ewan McGregor as Sam Foster
- Ryan Gosling as Henry Letham
- Naomi Watts as Lila Culpepper
- Kate Burton as Mrs. Letham
- Elizabeth Reaser as Athena
- Bob Hoskins as Dr. Leon Patterson
- Janeane Garofalo as Dr. Beth Levy
- Jessica Hecht as Boy's Mother
- BD Wong as Bradley Ren
- John Tormey as Custodian / Piano Mover #1
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
27%
Tomatometer
Rotten
In Marc Forster's humorless thriller, going insane is an exciting, luxurious affair.
Rachel Aviv, Village Voice
Rotten
This is the kind of flop that makes even the popcorn taste lousy.
Rex Reed, New York Observer
Rotten
There's a lot of talent at work here from the cast to the screenwriter to the director and the visuals, but it's all so arbitrary and cheap and the payoff is so, so lame.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
S lot of talent gets expended in Stay. (I'm not including whoever dressed McGregor.) Too bad the movie they made, while effective in short spurts, is almost a complete waste of time.
Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
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