A department store photo clerk, Seymour ‘Sy’ Parrish, is exceptionally knowledgeable about photography, and has been developing photos for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. However, Sy also lives a very solitary and lonely life – with no wife, girlfriend, or family in the picture. Sy begins to develop a disturbing obsession with the Yorkins and what they have, and when he is fired for theft he goes over the top. Having discovered a disturbing secret about Mr. Yorkin, he exacts angry revenge in a chilling manner…

One Hour Photo (2002)
  • Rating: (56,733 votes)
  • Taglines:The things that we fear the most have already happened to us... » There's nothing more dangerous than a familiar face. »
  • Runtime:96 minutes
  • Director: Mark Romanek
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Seymour Parrish
    Robin Williams
    Nina Yorkin
    Connie Nielsen
    Will Yorkin
    Michael Vartan
    Jakob Yorkin
    Dylan Smith
    Maya Burson
    Erin Daniels
    Yoshi Araki (as Paul Hansen Kim)
    Paul H. Kim
    Waitress
    Lee Garlington
    Bill Owens
    Gary Cole
    Mrs. Von Unwerth
    Marion Calvert
    Mr. Siskind
    David Moreland
  • Genres:Drama, Thriller
  • Producers:
    Jeremy W. Barber
    executive producer  
    Robert Katz
    associate producer  
    Pamela Koffler
    producer  
    Robert B. Sturm
    executive producer  
    Christine Vachon
    producer  
    John Wells
    executive producer  
    Stan Wlodkowski
    producer  
  • Plots: Middle aged Sy Parrish works as a technician at a one hour photo lab located in a SavMart store in a suburban mall. Sy is a lonely man, never having had any friends. He knows much about his customers through the photographs they have developed. But he knows more about the Yorkin family - specifically Nina Yorkin and her adolescent son Jake Yorkin, the two in the family who drop off and pick up the family's photofinishing - than anyone else, the family about who he is obsessed. Nina's husband, Will Yorkin, is incidental to his obsession since Sy has only seen him in photographs. Sy's obsession includes fantasizing about being their favorite "Uncle Sy". He has even been making an extra set of prints for himself of all of their photographs since Jake was a newborn. After an incident at work and after Sy finds out more about the family through a set of photographs, he decides to right the injustices he sees in the only way he knows how. His actions demonstrate his true mental state. Written by Huggo
One Hour Photo
  • User's comment:Strong performances save the day. by dirk281

    Yes, Robin Williams does steal the show. He's an underrated actor, who, given a good script can deliver a mind boggling performance. That's exactly what One hour photo is, a good script with brilliant performances. The whole cast does an excellent job of showing how the events of one deranged man can impact the lives of many. Let's get one thing straight, though, this not a mainstream movie. It is very much an independant film. If you don't like movies with little action or a low budget don't see this movie. This film is good because of its' strong performances and decent script. I must say, though, without Williams as the lead, this movie would not have been as good as it was.


  • Quotes: Sy Parrish: According to The Oxford English Dictionary, the word "snapshot" was originally a hunting term. Sy Parrish: Pretend it's all pretend. Sy Parrish: And if these pictures have anything important to say to future generations, it's this: I was here. I existed. I was young, I was happy, and someone cared enough about me in this world to take my picture.
  • Also known as: Retratos de una obsesión (Argentina), Retratos de una obsesión (Mexico), Retratos de una obsesión (Peru), Retratos de una obsesión (Spain), One Hour Photo (Austria), One Hour Photo (Finland - DVD box title), One Hour Photo (Germany), Photo obsession (Canada - French title), Photo obsession (France), Baski (Turkey - Turkish title), Câmara Indiscreta (Portugal), Fotografije za jedan sat (Serbia - imdb display title), Kiirfoto (Estonia), One Hour Photo - Ich beobachte dich (Germany - TV title), Retratos de uma Obsessão (Brazil), Sötétkamra (Hungary), Skoteinos thalamos (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Stalker (Japan - English title), Tunnin kuva (Finland), Zabranjene fotografije (Croatia), Zdjecie w godzine (Poland - imdb display title),

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