One Hour Photo Movie Review 2002

Creepy thriller with Williams treading new ground as Seymour Parrish, Sy the Photo Guy, a disturbed and disturbing one-hour photo clerk. While seeming the mild Milquetoast, Sy becomes a tad obsessed with the suburban Yorkin family, idealizing them in the process. After years of viewing their happiest moments frozen in time, he decides to get involved in their lives when he sees trouble brewing. A breakthrough performance by Williams, he creates an off-kilter character that is surprisingly sympathetic. Romanek's direction is clever and extremely stylish, avoiding cliche, to craft a gripping psychodrama.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 98 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sanity Check, Marriage, Shutterbugs, Adultery, Workin' for a Livin'

Screenplay

Mark Romanek

Cast

Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Gary Cole, Eriq La Salle, Dylan Smith, Erin Daniels, Andy Comeau

Cinematography

Jeff Cronenweth

Director

Mark Romanek

Music

Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek

Other

Richard Van Dyke, Chris Douridas, Jeffrey Ford, Michael Manson, Arianne Phillips, Tom Foden

Producer

Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, Stanley Wlodkowski, Killer Films, Catch 23 Entertainment, Madjak Films, Fox Searchlight