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Stay

2005 · 99 min

A disorienting, dreamlike descent where reality keeps slipping, demanding close attention and leaving a haunting, melancholic unease.

Directed by
Marc Forster
Genres
Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Starring
Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling
Tagline
Between the worlds of the living and the dead there is a place you're not supposed to stay.
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.

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Directed by
Marc Forster
Genres
Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Starring
Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • guilt
  • identity
  • memory
  • obsession
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror4
Humour2
Realism5
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Genres
mystery, thriller, drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
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