Robin Williams has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of Bicentennial Man in favour of an altogether darker side.
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09/23/02
One Hour Photo (2002)
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Reviews Counted:190
Fresh:155
Rotten:35
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: Robin Williams is every effective in this creepy thriller.
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Gary Cole
Director: Mark Romanek
Reviews for One Hour Photo
Top CriticFormer video director Mark Romanek has written and directed a very entertaining, if overdesigned movie.
11/19/02
Top CriticWilliams gauges the performance perfectly, starting out as a kind of Forrest Gump character but getting deeper and richer as the plot turns until we are both terrified of him and worried for him.
08/29/02
The craftsmanship is so strenuously neat that every frame should be awarded a gold star, but there isn't a breath of spontaneous life.
09/03/02
It has arresting things to say about how the family photo is used less to record than to project, and how far that projection can be from the truth.
01/26/06
Top CriticThe stylistic flourishes are there, but they're done quietly and slowly, and besides, our attention is drawn to Williams. This is a fascinating and piercing character study, unpredictable in small ways that are made to seem vitally important.
10/08/02
Oddly-moving, slow-burning thriller with a career-best performance from Robin Williams. Yes, that’s right. Robin Williams.
10/30/02
One Hour Photo is one of those films that springs from an interesting, original premise and then doesn't know what to do with itself once it's halfway complete.
12/17/02
Has it ever been possible to say that Williams has truly inhabited a character? It is now.
08/15/02
A riveting portrait of the way one sorrowful man tries unsuccessfully to fill a void in his life.
11/07/02
One Hour Photo is a meticulously crafted flourescent nightmare [featuring] Robin Williams in one of the strongest performances of his checkered career.
09/09/02
If you were left uneasy by nannies and obstetricians after 'The Hand That Rocks The Cradle,' this movie will make you wonder what happens after you hand over your film, and you'll now be leery of the vest-wearing automatons at your local big box retailer.
09/14/02
Taken on its own merits, the wrapup is poignant, and it underlines Sy's motivations.
09/13/02
(Williams) has never slipped this far under the radar, and the result is a spooky, unsettling performance.
08/30/02
Romanek's themes are every bit as distinctive as his visuals. Beyond the cleverness, the weirdness and the pristine camerawork, One Hour Photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures.
08/31/02
A finely nuanced character study of insecurity and suppressed malevolence.
08/30/02
One Hour Photo offers a very interesting snapshot of some decidedly modern pathologies -- suburban alienation and the illusions generated by the advent of the photographic image.
09/15/02
Too often, the director's stark visuals underline the naked simplicity of his story and make his picture of the suburbs seem hopelessly generic.
08/20/02
Robin Williams creates a character who earns our revulsion--and somehow also our sympathy.
08/05/07
While Robin 'Rubberface' Williams won't make you pee your pants from laughter -- he will manage to scare the smirk right off your face in this serious psychological thriller.
08/23/02
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