Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Theatrical Release: 08/21/2002(USA)
Release Date: 02/18/2003
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DS/DD5.1
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
Funnyman
Robin Williams steps out of character in this tense, low-key
thriller that marked the feature-film directorial debut of music video veteran
Mark Romanek.
Semour "Sy" Parrish (
Williams) runs the photo processing department at a large discount store;
Sy is dedicated to his job, and takes great pride in his work.
Sy's favorite customers are
Nina and
Will Yorkin (
Connie Nielsen and
Michael Vartan), an attractive and cheerful young couple with a nine-year-old boy,
Jake (
Dylan Smith).
Sy dotes on the
Yorkins and their son whenever they drop off film to be processed -- something they've been doing quite often ever since
Jake was born -- and
Nina and
Will are indulgent of
Sy's attentions, regarding his as a harmless eccentric. What the
Yorkins don't know is
Sy is a desperately lonely man with no real life of his own, and he's been obsessively making copies of their photos, for years, imagining himself to be "
Uncle Sy," a member of the family.
Sy's tenuous hold on reality begins to collapse when he develops a roll of film brought in by a new customer that suggests
Will has been unfaithful to
Nina; the notion that his ideal family may be falling apart is troubling enough for
Sy, and when he loses his job,
Sy reaches the breaking point.
One Hour Photo was screened in competition at
the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
