One Hour Photo

One Hour Photo

One Hour Photo is film that was produced in 2002; it was written and directed by Mark Romanek.

The film is about an employee of a one-hour photo lab becomes obsessed with a young suburban family. The role of the employee is played by Robin Williams; he is a famous actor that has worked in many films before. Having a famous and well known actor such as Robin, helps draw in an audience, as may be people have a personal liking to him and enjoy his work.

Story Line

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.

The Cast

The main cast crew involve, Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen, Michael Vartan, Dylan Smith, Erin Daniels, Paul H. Kim, and also Gary Cole. Having a well known cast list definitely helps attract an audience, as it tells you that the film has a high possibility of being a decent film.

An employee of a one-hour photo lab becomes obsessed with a young suburban family.

This is the DVD cover for the film, it doesnt look like a horror, and doesn't convey as scary image to the audience. This would leave the audience a suprise and they would be curious of what is going to happen in the film.