What my almost immediate impression was of One Hour Photo when I first read about it was simply that it just looks like another psychological thriller with nothing that changes and well, that is pretty much everything that it was but not quite as amazing as I was hoping it to be. Time and time again, we see that one character that meets someone or a group of people and begins to become deeply obse... read more
Description:Viewed through our photographs, it would seem we have lived a joyous, leisurely existence. Sy Parrish (Robin Williams), who makes this observation, adversely leads a lonely life, operating a photo lab in a SavMart department store. He escapes his dreary reality through the family photos of Nancy Yorkin (Connie Nielsen) and her family.Viewed through our photographs, it would seem we have lived a joyous, leisurely existence. Sy Parrish (Robin Williams), who makes this observation, adversely leads a lonely life, operating a photo lab in a SavMart department store. He escapes his dreary reality through the family photos of Nancy Yorkin (Connie Nielsen) and her family. His admiration of the Yorkins becomes an obsession, as he fashions himself as Uncle Sy to little Jake (Dylan Smith). Sy's judgment becomes impaired by his unhealthy interest, causing him to lose his job of 11 years. As his final day approaches, Sy develops photographs revealing an indiscretion on the part of Mr. Yorkin (Michael Vartan). The unstable Sy now develops a disturbing, calculated plan to instill family values to the Yorkin clan. Much of ONE HOUR PHOTO takes place inside a department store similar to a Wal-Mart, bordered in an icy blue. This cold atmosphere creates a solitary framework for the disturbed photo developer Sy Parrish, played with a melancholic detachment by Williams, working here against type. Director Mark Romanek (STATIC) has created a thriller with little violence. Instead, it is permeated with an uncomfortable fear emanating from its damaged protagonist.... (more)(less)
Release date : 13 September 2002 UPC: 024543066248
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An employee of a one-hour photo lab becomes obsessed with a young suburban family.
I have been hearing about this only just recently and it sounds pretty interesting. It has a few actors I am familiar with including Robin Williams, Connie Nielson, Michael Vartan, Gary Cole, and Clark Gregg. Robin Williams was quite creepy in this. The acting was good. It is disturbing to think that there is a possibility that this could actually happen. It had an interesting twist I wasn't expecting. The endin"
"Many people haven't seen this movie, but they should. At first you could think this character skillfully played by Robin Williams is not that scary, but the fact that the guy you know from One Hour Photo could see all your pictures, become obsessed with your life and family and then turn your life into a psychological thriller is something that really, rea"
"September 21
Very interesting movie. Robin William's performance in this movie was excellent. I think the less you know about the movie that the better it is."
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