One Hour Photo

Funnyman Robin Williams steps out of character in this tense, low-key thriller that marked the feature-film directorial debut of music video veteran Mark Romanek. Semour "Sy" Parrish (Williams) runs the photo processing department at a large discount store; Sy is dedicated to his job, and takes ...more

One Hour Photo is a meticulously crafted fluorescent nightmare. Robin Williams, in one of the strongest performances of his checkered career, plays Sy (short for Seymour, as in "see more," one of several "cleverly" named characters in the film), the robotically repressed photo processor at a huge, immaculate department store, SavMart. Writer/director Mark Romanek, whose little-seen 1985 debut feature, Static, was also about an obsessive loner, does an excellent job of getting inside Sy's ...more

Release Date: 02/18/2003