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| Overall Rating:  3.97 out of 5, including 8 reviews
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"Truly, deeply scary" - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Robin Williams delivers his "finest hour" (USA Today) in "one of the eeriest, most absorbing, effective thrillers in years" (NBC-TV). Sy "the photo guy" Parrish (Williams) has lovingly, painstakingly developed photographs for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually convinces himself that he is a 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!" (New York Observer)
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Features:
| Writer/Director/Actor Commentary
Anatomy of a Scene Sundance Channel Featurette
Making Of Featurette
The Charlie Rose Show Interview With Robin Williams and Mark Romanek
Theatrical Trailer and TV Spots
| Video:
| | Widescreen 1.85:1 Color | | Audio: (more info) | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Surround
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Surround
| Subtitles:
| | English, Spanish
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| Studio: 20th Century Fox
Production Year: 2002
Release Date: 8/25/2003
Length: 96 mins
Rating: R
Chapters: 32
| Packaging: Keep Case
Number of Discs: 1
Disc: SS-DL
Item Code: 2006216
UPC Code: 024543062165
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Overall Rating: 3.97 out of 5, including 8 reviews
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Mesmerizing! - 4.75 out of 5 (5/21/2003)
Terrifying and Sympathetic are not two words that are usually used in the
same sentence when describing a character in a film.
But in the case of ONE HOUR PHOTO's Sy Parrish, they seem to match the
character perfectly.
Sy is played by Robin Williams as the man every one of us knows but
ignores. He's the friendly man behind the counter who knows us by name. He
knows our habits, he knows our address and worst of all, he knows our
routine well enough to notice when something is amiss.
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True horror is in the mind of man not in strange creatures - 4.75 out of 5 (2/18/2003)
It is easy to scare an audience with monsters, creatures of power and size that overwhelm us. It takes real talent to frighten the audience with human nature itself. The dark side of our natural emotional makeup if handled properly can be far more deadly than any monster the screen has ever shown. Alfred Hitchcock was the undisputed master of this methodology but there are some that would be heir apparent to his lofty throne. Mark Romanek's 'One Hour Photo' is the latest contender and more than
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The poignancy of one-hour photos! - 4.75 out of 5 (4/7/2003)
Robin Williams appears in a powerful role as a nerdish one-hour photo technician who stalks a seemingly idyllic family, but then goes off of the deep end when he loses his job - and when he discovers that the husband is being unfaithful.
Robin's anal-retentive character, Sy, wears beltless pants, velcroed shoes, has a spotless apartment, and drives about in a hybrid electric car. Need I say more?
The mom, Connie Nielsen, looks great from any angle, even with her asymmetrical haircut. She
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Outstanding Film and DVD! - 4.5 out of 5 (3/4/2003)
One Hour Photo gives off a very methodical, psychological, unexplained, unexpected kinda creepyness to it.
maybe thats why people seem to not like it or they are just perplexed or down right confused by the whole thing.
its the "you never realized the monster that was staring you right in the face everyday until NOW" freaky scary type of thing that gets you.
lot of subtle color patterned scenes and the way the camera pulls you INTO Sy's world really add to the mood in a subtle and nearly
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A modern day Taxi Driver! - 4.75 out of 5 (2/28/2003)
I have no idea what movie these other "reviewers" have been watching, but it certainly isn't this 5 star gem! Awsome movie; gripping, chilling and very disturbing thanks to a career best from Willams and an amazing visual asthetic; the stark whites and long lingering shots, setting the tone from the off and building the perfect atmoshphere. This has echoes of some great movies like Taxi Driver, 2001 and Fight Club.
The transfer is impecable, the best so far this year and the surrounds are pleas
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