STAY (2005)

Tagline: You Can't Stay Between the Living and the Dead.

Dir - Marc Forster
Cast - Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, Naomi Watts
Genre - Thriller, Mystery, Drama

Production Budget - $50,000,000

This movie will take you for the ride you were not expecting. & whilst on the ride, you wouldn't be able to distinguish the Real from the Unreal. The film is a classic effort from a director known for his eccentric way of thought about film making. He will definitely give you something which is expected, i.e. The Unexpected. After this movie, i am eager to watch his other films as well, The Kite-Runner (2007), Stranger Than Fiction (2006), Monster's Ball (2001) and the long awaited Quantum Of Solace (2008 p.p.) - James Bond Flick.

Well, enough praise for the director, back to the movie - its about a Psychiatrist, his Artist GF, & his new Patient who is in a highly disturbed stage of his life. How everything starts mixing up, so fast and so unexpected, is for you to see. The cinematography is perfect, especially when you think about it in retrospect.

Regarding the performances, well... the actors are self established ones, and their performances live up to the public's expectations. Forgive me if I'm jumping to conclusions, but I see the next Joker in Ryan Gosling. I think he can take up the mantle after the mind - boggling performance by Heath Ledger (may god rest his soul) in The Dark Knight (2008).

Upsides: Dramatic scenes, ingenious scene transitions

Downsides: Requires too much concentration, inherent message remains lost

Trivia: Many extras in this film are showed doubled, even tripled in the background. Many a times, you can see two or three people walking side by side wearing the same clothes and carrying the same things.

Overall, a 3.5/5.0

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