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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: October 21, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
41
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
15
Negative:
8
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The ending is an explanation, but not a solution. For a solution we have to think back through the whole film, and now the visual style becomes a guide. It is an illustration of the way the materials of life can be shaped for the purposes of the moment. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Some people find this twisty and twisted psychological thriller arty and pretentious. I find it arty and provocative. Read full review
67
Seattle Post-IntelligencerSean Axmaker
Yet for a film so affectingly steeped in loss, resignation and the ghosts of memory, the revelation that pulls it all together, while satisfying and even touching, lacks emotional resonance. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
Despite the actors, the visuals and Forster's directorial swagger, the movie lacks impact. Read full review
63
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
It's all very deep, but in a tricked-up, art-directed sort of way. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Stay is interesting, but it's hard to recommend to anyone but the small cadre of David Lynch devotees who will inhale anything with a whiff of similarity to their favorite auteur's scent. Read full review
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