Synopsis
Sy "the photo guy" Parrish has lovingly developed photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually believes he's part of their family. When "Uncle" Sy's picture-perfect fantasy collides with an ugly dose of reality, what happens next "has the spine-tingling elements of the best psychological thrillers!"
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Cast
- Robin WilliamsSeymour Parrish
- Connie NielsenNina Yorkin
- Michael VartanWill Yorkin
- Gary ColeBill Owens
- Erin DanielsMaya Burson
- Clark GreggDet. Paul Outerbridge
- Nick SearcyRepairman
- Dylan SmithJake Yorkin
- Eriq La SalleDet. James Van Der Zee
- Paul Kim Jr.Yoshi Araki
Recommendations
- 88
New York Post
Williams triumphs by exceeding both in sheer actor's craft - and the depths he plumbs in his character's tortured soul. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
In One Hour Photo, Williams is a snapshot of human complexity worth framing. - 80
Variety
This immaculately made first feature from noted musicvid and commercials director Mark Romanek provides Robin Williams with one of his creepiest, atypical roles, and the comic star responds with an unusually restrained performance that is, in the end, quite moving. - 75
USA Today
It is a rare performance when one of the world's most recognizable stars can disappear completely into a character on the screen. - 75
Chicago Tribune
One Hour Photo is a piece of often masterly image-making, a half-brilliant film with a revelatory lead performance by Williams. But it's also a thriller that gets trapped in surfaces: shiny, exciting, full of dread but often only tricks of the camera. - 60
Film Threat
If this is the direction Williams is headed in his career, fantastic. For auteur Romanek, it was at least a good first try. - 50
Chicago Reader
Watchable if relatively threadbare movie. - 50
The A.V. Club
Has a clean, antiseptic chilliness reminiscent of a Kubrick film. But too often, the director's stark visuals underline the naked simplicity of his story and make his picture of the suburbs seem hopelessly generic.
