One Hour Photo

We hang our heads in shame for leading dear readers astray when we declared Death to Smoochy was Robin Williams’ triumphant escape from the touchy-feely pablum he starred in during most of the 90s. One reviewer declared that only an amazingly talented group of people could have made something that horrible. A month later, Williams’ creepy turn in Insomnia (with Al Pacino and Hilary Swank) was well-reviewed, but little-seen. In One Hour Photo , Williams plays Sy Parrish, who works the photo development counter at a SavMart. Sy goes virtually unnoticed by the patrons that surround him, so when wife and mother Nina Yorkin (Gladiator’s Connie Nielsen) actually acknowledges his existence, Sy becomes obsessed with her family, living vicariously through the photos she has developed at his counter. Williams, in white, thinning hair and oversized glasses, plays this simmering psycho with skillful aplomb. This could be the movie that helps Robin decide between more challenging, complex roles and Patch Adams II . Please help him decide. Seek out One Hour Photo for a quality case of the heeby-jeebies.