What happened in the movie "stay?

Question

I thought this was an amazing movie. With all the irony and symbolism. Though i have many ideas to what the ending actually was.

please give me your thoughts on what the movie was trying to show!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

The whole film takes place in Henry's head, as he's oscillating between life and death. The people standing around him as he's lying on the ground after the crash all populate his "dream", complete with what he perceives from them (Sam's pants are always too short because his pants are riding up as he's crouching besides Henry, etc).

Answer 2

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. The quick answer to your question is that Ryan Gosling's character gets into a car accident with his girlfriend and his parents, he doesn't survive the crash. The whole movie take place in his head in his last moments alive. Since he blames himself for the accident, in his mind, he murders his parents and plans to kill himself subconsciously because of the guilt he's actually feeling. He does die at the end because of the accident, not suicide. Everyone in the movie actually plays 2 characters, one each in Ryan's character's mind and the real character helping him and his family after the accident.