One Hour Photo

Name: One Hour Photo
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: August 21, 2002
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Robin Williams

2002

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Movie Details & Credits

Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: August 21, 2002 | R

Starring: Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Robin Williams

Summary: A young suburban family finds themselves the objects of obsession of an employee (Williams) at their local one-hour photo lab.

Director: Mark Romanek

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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New Times (L.A.) Luke Y. Thompson

Robin Williams just may have found the greatest role of his career. Playing beautifully both to fans and haters, Williams' Sy is a character you don't know whether to hug or go vigilante on his ass, a balance Bob Hoskins couldn't quite capture in "Felicia's Journey."

Roger Ebert

Watching the film, I thought of Michael Powell's great 1960 British thriller "Peeping Tom," which was about a photographer who killed his victims with a stiletto concealed in his camera. Sy uses a psychological stiletto, but he's the same kind of character. Read full review

Desson Thomson

Intense and absorbing experience. Read full review

Ken Fox

Too bad that Romanek feels compelled to tie it all up with a banal pop psych explanation that offers an all-too simplistic solution to an otherwise uncommonly complex thriller. Read full review

Marjorie Baumgarten

Offers a very interesting snapshot of some decidedly modern pathologies. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

All too predictably, as if obeying some rule of genre, the director trades in his more involved ideas about alienation and voyeurism for an eruption of violence, then tags on some nonsense about marital fidelity. Read full review

Charles Taylor

An art-house horror movie, and like most art-house versions of genre films, all the vitality and juice of genre conventions have been sucked right out. The irony of the movie is that it puts you into the same torpor that's supposed to be afflicting the characters. Read full review

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Carouse97

May 14, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Robin gives a fascinating 360 degree turn performance in this thriller about a lonely photo developer who works at a one hour photo lab and is obsessed with a family who are regular customers at the store. His performance is among his best work and he imbued as much depth into the character as possible. One of the best movies of 2002.… Expand

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May 14, 2021

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Deanomite

Jul 12, 2020

This is a movie with a lot to say. About community, family, privacy and trust. I don't really see Robin Williams as the villain, I think it is interesting that we feel inclined to call him a villain when he is as much a part of the community as anyone, if not the family. I think it isThis is a movie with a lot to say. About community, family, privacy and trust. I don't really see Robin Williams as the villain, I think it is interesting that we feel inclined to call him a villain when he is as much a part of the community as anyone, if not the family. I think it is interesting his character lives in a time that doesn't really exist anymore, like the video store person or librarian.… Expand

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Jun 6, 2021

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May 16, 2021

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ydnar4

Nov 21, 2014

I was sort of expecting this film to generate a cult following after Robin Williams death. He didn't seem to receive much attention for this role but I see it as one of his best. Its weird to see Williams in the villain role but it doesn't take long for you to notice how well he portrays SyI was sort of expecting this film to generate a cult following after Robin Williams death. He didn't seem to receive much attention for this role but I see it as one of his best. Its weird to see Williams in the villain role but it doesn't take long for you to notice how well he portrays Sy the Photo Guy. One Hour Photo kept me guessing until the end.… Expand

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imthenoob

Aug 7, 2019

A solid performance by Williams doesn't stop this film from being mediocre. There wasn't much dialogue, Some parts of the film felt needless or out of place and I thought that they made the film too much about Williams' character and not enough about the family he is stalking.

Another bigA solid performance by Williams doesn't stop this film from being mediocre. There wasn't much dialogue, Some parts of the film felt needless or out of place and I thought that they made the film too much about Williams' character and not enough about the family he is stalking.

Another big reason why it's so mediocre is because of studio involvement. Originally the film was supposed to be longer and featured a lot more dialogue but the studio stepped in to curb that idea in hopes of being more of a commercial success. Would that have made the film a masterpiece? Probably not but it more than likely would have made for a better film.… Expand

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