Review of Stay (2005) by Jess M — 20 Dec 2008
This could have been an amazing movie... but it fell short on a number of levels. [SPOILER AHEAD] Notably, the timeline you're eventually asked to accept doesn't make any sense unless you infer that Henry and Sam are the same character in some delusion, which isn't played out. The visual effects, split in timeline, and so forth, are all wonderfully done. If only there was actually a point to it all, or the conclusion even made sense on any level.
The sum total of this movie is similar to taking a whole bunch of possible scripts, deleted scenes, and reshots of the development of some dramatic movie, scrambling them up with no respect to cohesion, plot, or consistency, and then throwing it out into theaters.
This was a big letdown.
This review of Stay (2005) was written by Jess M on 20 Dec 2008.
Stay has generally received positive reviews.
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