One Hour Photo

Production year: 2002

Thriller R   Running time: 1:36 

IMDB rating:   6.8     Aspect: Wide;  Languages: English, French, Spanish;  Subtitles: English, Spanish;  Audio: DD 5.1

One Hour Photo may be more civilized than Taxi Driver, but it's just as effectively creepy. Like Martin Scorsese's classic, this riveting character study is so compassionately detailed that we sympathize with poor Sy Parrish (Robin Williams) even as he grows increasingly unhinged. Sy is a meticulously dedicated one-hour-photo technician, but the pictures he processes--particularly those belonging to the successful, seemingly happy family of Nina and Will Yorkin (Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan)--turn into the unhealthiest kind of obsession. The Yorkins' snapshots portray a joyful life that the lonely and traumatized Sy could never hope to achieve, and he sinks deeper and deeper into the solace they bring... until evidence of infidelity turns him into a seething crucible of righteous indignation. Propelled by Williams's flawless escape from the feel-good schmaltz of earlier roles, One Hour Photo is a simmering tour de force, tempered by writer-director Mark Romanek for maximum psychological impact.

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Features

Audio commentary
Featurettes/Behind-The-Scenes/Documentaries
Interviews
Trailers/TV spots

Special features

Writer/Director/Actor Commentary
Anatomy of a Scene Sundance Channel Featurette
Making Of Featurette
The Charlie Rose Show Interview With Robin Williams and Mark Romanek
One Hour Photo