No one expects One Hour Photo, with its arthouse content and subversive intentions, to become a $100-million summer blockbuster, but it is singular, original and refreshing, even with its gloomy mood.
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08/23/02
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
141 - 160 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Robin Williams gives one of his best performances to date.
08/23/02
All in all, One Hour Photo is an outstanding showcase for both the veteran star and the rookie filmmaker.
08/23/02
No review available.
08/23/02
Deftly conveys a certain, and significant, creepiness.
08/23/02
I'm glad Williams is taking chances. I wish Romanek had shown an adventurous spirit to match.
08/23/02
Unfortunately, One Hour Photo lives down to its title. Thanks largely to Williams, all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film.
08/23/02
Frightening realism is always scarier than gore, and Williams is frighteningly realistic.
08/23/02
One of the best examples of how to treat a subject, you’re not fully aware is being examined, much like a photo of yourself you didn’t know was being taken.
08/22/02
Using only a few colors, Williams paints a deep portrait of a disturbed man whose lines of reality are becoming blurred.
08/22/02
Robin Williams fans have seen all the faces and heard all the voices before, but rarely have so many skills combined to forge one creepy, unforgettable character with such uncharacteristic subtlety.
08/22/02
He's the scariest guy you'll see all summer.
08/22/02
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.
08/22/02
Playing beautifully both to fans and haters, Williams' Sy is a character you don't know whether to hug or go vigilante on his ***
08/22/02
One Hour Photo wins the prize for being the summer's creepiest film, as well as one of its more intriguing.
08/22/02
An intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time.
08/22/02
One Hour Photo takes Robin Williams to darker and more complex places that we can't turn our eyes away from.
08/21/02
The gradual build-up to the final moments of this smart and deeply unsettling psychological thriller from ace music video director Mark Romanek is so good that the actual climax comes as something of a disappointment.
08/21/02
One Hour Photo is an intriguing snapshot of one man and his delusions; it's just too bad it doesn't have more flashes of insight.
08/21/02
Mark Romanek's creepy, oddly humane debut thriller is not your usual Williams day at the beach: Leave the automatic laugh track at home.
08/21/02
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