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One Hour Photo
If this movie doesn’t make you stop using your camera, your pulse has stopped.
Former music-video director Mark Romanek gives us a true masterpiece.
Sy Parrish (Williams) a photo-developer becomes obsessed with the family who he develops photos for the Yorkin family (Nielsen, Vartan, and Smith.)
Normal funnyman Robin Williams gives a truly hair-raising performance, as Sy Parrish, the man who develops photos for the Yorkin family, sounds safe enough, right? Yeah, well that’s the same thing a guy told me about cleaning his gun with the safety off. "Sy the photo guy" as he is known by the Yorkin family, soon becomes obsessed with them becomes with some twisted logic he thinks his life is part of their family. It is sad no one can take Robin Williams seriously, as this movie’s box office reflects.
Connie Nielsen plays Nina Yorkin, the mother and wife of the family. She masterfully plays the role of the pretty girl whom the guy has fallen in love with but she acts nice to him but really thinks he is creepy.
Michael Vartan plays Will Yorkin, the father and husband. He really does play a bad guy, and pretends to like Sy but bad talks him behind his back, he’s like a grown up Regina George.
Dylan Smith plays Jake Yorkin, the son of the family. One of the best child star’s performances I have seen in the past 5 years. He is the only one who truly does like Sy, and often feels sorry for him and his lonely existence in this world.
This film is driven and relies heavily on Robin Williams’ serious
performance, which makes it all-the-more great, the music flows very well and the performance by Gary Cole as Sy’s boss, reminds me as his role in Office Space, except ten times more serious. Also the ending makes you think, which I liked. Mark Romanek is a true new master of the game.
If this movie doesn’t make you stop using your camera, your pulse has stopped.
Former music-video director Mark Romanek gives us a true masterpiece.
Sy Parrish (Williams) a photo-developer becomes obsessed with the family who he develops photos for the Yorkin family (Nielsen, Vartan, and Smith.)
Normal funnyman Robin Williams gives a truly hair-raising performance, as Sy Parrish, the man who develops photos for the Yorkin family, sounds safe enough, right? Yeah, well that’s the same thing a guy told me about cleaning his gun with the safety off. "Sy the photo guy" as he is known by the Yorkin family, soon becomes obsessed with them becomes with some twisted logic he thinks his life is part of their family. It is sad no one can take Robin Williams seriously, as this movie’s box office reflects.
Connie Nielsen plays Nina Yorkin, the mother and wife of the family. She masterfully plays the role of the pretty girl whom the guy has fallen in love with but she acts nice to him but really thinks he is creepy.
Michael Vartan plays Will Yorkin, the father and husband. He really does play a bad guy, and pretends to like Sy but bad talks him behind his back, he’s like a grown up Regina George.
Dylan Smith plays Jake Yorkin, the son of the family. One of the best child star’s performances I have seen in the past 5 years. He is the only one who truly does like Sy, and often feels sorry for him and his lonely existence in this world.
This film is driven and relies heavily on Robin Williams’ serious
performance, which makes it all-the-more great, the music flows very well and the performance by Gary Cole as Sy’s boss, reminds me as his role in Office Space, except ten times more serious. Also the ending makes you think, which I liked. Mark Romanek is a true new master of the game.