One Hour Photo

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Richard L @KaneLives Aug 1 For a film that is building towards a singular conclusion which is revealed straight from the start, One Hour Photo is a fairly interesting ride, mostly thanks to Williams's restrained performance. Still, one never truly *feels* Sy's mental or emotional state of mind, which is where a film like this triumphs or falls. With the sudden and narratively essential revelation at the end coming out of left field, one can't help but feel like the film'd be much more poignant if it had gone the extra mile to really get into its main character's head. See more Meri S. @mschroeder May 29 It was pretty good. It was a creepy movie without being over the top like most movies are made now. Not sure if robin Williams was cast correctly. Struggling with that since I like his acting. See more Gi S @Gistevenn Mar 24 A weird kind of movie, made even weirder with robin williams in the starring role as sy the photo guy. See more R T @RT32247610 Mar 21 A bone chilling and haunting performance by the late Robin Williams. Sy works as a photo processing technician at the local Savmart and takes pride in his work. Unbeknownst to his patrons he is secretly making copies of a family's photos and pinning them to his apartments wall. He has been developing photos for the same family for eleven years and considers himself as a personal part of their family. He has seen their son grow from a baby to a young teenager in his work. It seems strange but also understandable as Sy is a lonely single man with no friends or family. The twist comes in the third act when Sy discovers a family secret and exposed it for the family to see. Sy's life unravels after he's fired for making extra prints for himself. He takes matters into his own hands and serves his own type of sadistic justice on the family member who he thinks has betrayed his family. I don't want to spoil the ending but you'll understand Sy's motivation. An unlikely, uncharacteristic role. See more Jack F @MovieFan111 Feb 9 I'm surprised Robin Williams signed up for a movie like this. It was pretty creepy. You find yourself constantly saying "What the heck is this movie?!" It's definitely worth a watch though. See more Laura D @lauruhh Dec 22 I find this movie to be very well thought out. I think it puts an interesting spin on the idea of motives behind crimes as it's done for unselfish reasons, but is still morally wrong from an outside perspective. I found it interesting that Sy makes Will and Maya do sick things, but only photographs the mundane during the crime because according to him no one pays attention to the mundane, but to him it's the most important parts of life. Sy's obsession and loneliness is the driving force behind the plot and is an uncomfortable perspective to view from which makes this movie as compelling as it is. Robin Williams' performance conveyed the emotions behind the storyline perfectly. However, the things that were lacking to me were a few confusing plot details like Sy's nightmare or the almost mediocrity of the resolution with the family. Really gives you that uneasy feeling when watching. Would recommend. See more Read all reviews

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