One Hour Photo by Mark Romanek - 2002
If you are looking for a good drama with enough suspense and thrill, then Mark Romanek’s One Hour Photo is a good option for you. It is not your usual dosage of thriller with a killer chasing his victims in every second shot, but writer-director Romanke has been quite successful in presenting us this beautiful yet tragic tale of human relationships from a point of view an overly obsessed photo developer, which actually gives One Hour Photo a different angle and feel.
Seymour Parrish (Robin Williams), the photo developer is the main character of this movie. It is not just a job for Parrish, but a passion and he takes immense care while developing each and every photograph. The ever smiling Yorkin family has been developing photographs from him for a long time. Parrish slowly gets interested in their life. However, his interest soon becomes an obsession but Parrish quickly realises that behind the ever smiling faces of the Yorkin family, lays the darkest secret.
Robin Williams has given one of his best performances in One Hour Photo. This drama-thriller would have been entirely different without Robbie. From a family less photo developer to an overly obsessed deranged person - Robin Williams gives us an excellent performance while Michael Vartan and Connie Nielsen play the Yorkin couple proficiently in One Hour Photo. The story is all about human relationships and how one mistake of your life can turn your whole beautiful world upside down; all narrated from the point of view of Seymour Parrish, a slightly deranged yet a very caring and loving photo developer in this movie One Hour Photo. The movie has been well executed by Mark Romanek and definitely the credit goes to a very tight screenplay along with Robin Williams’ brilliant acting. One Hour Photo is not a pure thriller movie per se, but it is definitely worth a watch.
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My Rating - 8/10
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