Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Stay
The first thing wrong with this film is Ewan McGregor's attempt at an American accent. In addition he slips into Scottish on more than one occasion. Note to film makers, always let him just be Scottish. The movie has some impressive moments of surrealism as Mcgregor, playing a therapist attempts to help Ryan Gosling who states he plans to kill himself on his 21st Birthday. Just a few days away. It seems as though McGregor is the one losing his mind and he has conversations with people he is later told are dead and sees the same events occuring multiple times. It never successfully finds a groove to maintain the interest and give just enough away that you may figure it out. If you do sit through this movie then you will see why. In addition to this, the 'payoff' at the end is a poor and lazy conclusion.