Stay

2005
R
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

88K

YOUR RATING

Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, and Naomi Watts in Stay (2005)

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Psychological Thriller Drama Mystery Thriller

A psychiatrist attempts to prevent one of his patients from committing suicide while trying to maintain his own grip on reality.A psychiatrist attempts to prevent one of his patients from committing suicide while trying to maintain his own grip on reality.A psychiatrist attempts to prevent one of his patients from committing suicide while trying to maintain his own grip on reality.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

88K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Videos11

Stay Scene: Maureen Letham

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Stay Scene: Leon Meets Henry

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Storyline

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Trivia
Letham is an anagram of the word "Hamlet" which is referred to numerous times throughout the film.

Goofs
During the chess game, the move "king's rook to e3" was announced. In fact the rook was moved to e1. The next move, "knight to c3, check," didn't put the king in check and Sam didn't move the knight there.

Quotes
Sam Foster: If this is a dream, the whole world is inside it.

Alternate versions
The UK release was cut, the distributor chose to remove a detailed verbal description of a suicide technique, in order to obtain a 15 classification. An uncut 18 classification was available.

Connections
Featured in Writing the Music for 'Stay' (2006)

Soundtracks
Aleph 2
Written by R. Parkes
Performed by Photek
Courtesy of Photek Records Ltd.

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Review

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Really good film

I too was part of a test audience for this film. I do agree with the last comment about the plot. The script was a little predictable and the one liners seemed a little corny at times.

The acting however, I thought was great. Ewan McGregor put in a marvelous performance, demonstrating that he is talented and can easily play a wide variety of roles. Naomi Watts, I think also put in a great performance.

Of course, I haven't as yet seen the fully edited theatre version, but so far I think it's a film that should definitely be seen.

A good film in all. 4/5