Synopsis
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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Cast
- Ewan McGregorSam Foster
- Ryan GoslingHenry Letham
- Naomi WattsLila Culpepper
- Kate BurtonMrs. Letham
- Elizabeth ReaserAthena
- Bob HoskinsDr. Leon Patterson
- Janeane GarofaloDr. Beth Levy
- BD WongDr. Bradley Ren
- John TormeyCustodian / Piano Mover #1
- José Ramón RosarioCabbie / Piano Mover #2
Recommandations
- 75
Rolling Stone
Some people find this twisty and twisted psychological thriller arty and pretentious. I find it arty and provocative. - 67
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Yet for a film so affectingly steeped in loss, resignation and the ghosts of memory, the revelation that pulls it all together, while satisfying and even touching, lacks emotional resonance. - 63
Chicago Tribune
Despite the actors, the visuals and Forster's directorial swagger, the movie lacks impact. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
Eventually I gave up on meaning and began instead to study the profuse imagery -- and also the flat characters and anchorless performances. - 40
The A.V. Club
It's become a tired cliché for characters in "serious" science-fiction movies not to realize they're dead or dying, but Stay as a film doesn't seem to realize that it's dead from the outset, an unconvincing automaton grimly going through the motions. - 40
Variety
An ultra-arty "The Sixth Sense" that deliberately inhibits comprehension of the story until the very end -- and arguably continues to inhibit it even then -- pic features certifiably talented people on both sides of the camera collaborating on a project that probably shouldn't have been undertaken in the first place. - 40
Los Angeles Times
The final twist does more to unravel what's come before than to tie it all together, making what's come before feel like a cosmopolitan goose chase. - 30
L.A. Weekly
A steaming compost heap of high-art pretense and half-cocked psychoanalysis that almost makes you sorry Nicolas Roeg isn't making pictures anymore.
