Release Date: 2/18/2003 Original Release: 2002 Format: DVD Length: 96 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: For Sexual Content and Language UPC: 024543066248 Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainm
Dramas, Family Interaction, Live-Action, Thriller, Infidelity, Stalkers, Theatrical Release, Parents, Family Crises, Photographers, Couples
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. 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.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Single Side - Dual Layer Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Surround - French Dolby Surround - Spanish Additional Release Material: Interviews: Charlie Rose excerpt Audio Commentary: Mark Romanek - Director, Robin Williams - Star Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer Featurette: 1. Cinemax Special 2. ANATOMY OF A SCENE
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Terribly boring movie. The story was pure drudgery from beginnng to end. I couldn't imagine Robin Williams reading the script and agreeing to play the part of Parrish. In fact, I can't imagine... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
