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Sy (Robin Williams) follows Nina (Connie Nielsen) to the mall and tries to get to know her better.
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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 great pride in his work. Sy's favorite customers are Nina and Will Yorkin (Connie Nielsen and Michael Vartan), an attractive and cheerful young couple with a nine-year-old boy, Jake (Dylan Smith). Sy dotes on the Yorkins and their son whenever they drop off film to be processed -- something they've been doing quite often ever since Jake was born -- and Nina and Will are indulgent of Sy's attentions, regarding his as a harmless eccentric. What the Yorkins don't know is Sy is a desperately lonely man with no real life of his own, and he's been obsessively making copies of their photos, for years, imagining himself to be "Uncle Sy," a member of the family. Sy's tenuous hold on reality begins to collapse when he develops a roll of film brought in by a new customer that suggests Will has been unfaithful to Nina; the notion that his ideal family may be falling apart is troubling enough for Sy, and when he loses his job, Sy reaches the breaking point. One Hour Photo was screened in competition at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival.
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Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Cast: Robin Williams, Connie Nielsen
Director: Mark Romanek
Producers: Jeremy W. Barber, Robert Katz, Pamela Koffler, Robert B. Sturm, Christine Vachon, John Wells, Stan Wlodkowski
Screenwriter: Mark Romanek
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0:52 Robin pulled off that "Shit, maybe I shouldn't have said that" type of moment perfectly.
In some countries it would be seen as an acceptable harmless remark to make but in America the nuclear family is more insular and closed off.
Wrz2e interesting, but not necessarily. i'm from america and i call all of my parent's close friends my aunts/uncles & call their kids my cousins. almost everyone i know does the same. i obviously can't speak for other cultures in the U.S. such as white, asian-american, etc. but it's extremely common in black & african-american cultures here. but america has sooo many different cultures & backgrounds that it's hard to overgeneralize the entire country lol.
@@Wrz2e That's quite a blanket statement to make for a country as diverse in cultures as The United States. There are areas of the US you would never say that, but in others, it's perfectly fine.
Jason Smith The US is no more diverse than any other country, and there IS an overarching American culture present across many states.
in this movie its weird because we know the context. But I genuinely don't think that was a weird or unacceptable thing to say. Especially since he's been aquatinted with the family since their son was born pretty much.
I get the feeling she did slowly suspect Sy was stalking her, but when she saw the book it somehow took her mind of that suspicion.
I dont think she ever suspected him of stalking until the police came. She was very naive and blinded, same with the cheating.
It should have increased that suspicion. He is even stalking her books.
@@borood1188 agreed, or she just thought it was one big coincidence.
@@jamesreed2366 When he said that Uncle Sy line, that should have made her blood curdle
@@borood1188 obviously, if I were her I would just get up and leave, even if Sy was reading Lord of the Rings or any book I love so much.
Robin was such a genius at acting. Once in a lifetime actor.
not a die hard fan but this was his best work. Liked him better in serious roles. Sy was so alone n wanted to be in their perfect life but once that vision was destroyed he then became dangerous....tragic for such a lonely man n millions like him
@@actuary33 Eleanor Rigby...All the lonely people...where do they all come from?
The lyrics to that song are so fitting for this sort of movie.
We'll see him again someday
He could still act another time
@@RemoGutierrez1 You know he's dead right?
It's strange, but of all the scenes in this film, I found this one of the most disturbing and moving. It really gives an insight into Sy's loneliness and desperation to feel like part of a family, and also his subconscious deviousness. When he explains that he was at the Dairy Queen and 'thought he'd say hello', you can just imagine he'd been rehearsing and going over that line in his head in an effort to sound as normal and 'matter of fact' as possible. Inevitably when he says it, it seems awkward and contrived rather than the natural conversation people have when they just happen to bump into eachother. This was such a clever and subtle film, and one of the best psychological thrillers ever made I think.
and then that bombshell at the end of the film…
Good insight
@@xruraldustx the scripts or earlier ones indicate that Sy was reaching a desperation point by this juncture whereby he had to connect by any means necessary. Hence he starts actively stalking the family and falsely creating a false past. Yet when he feels he's made his first "connection" he's fired for stealing their prints and this pushes his psyche over the edge, to a point where the wall is all he has so he discovers the affair and goes to a point of no return
@@patriceaqa288 I think what draws me to this film is that Robin really incredibly drives the sense of sadness and loneliness in the character to the point where I feel so bad for Sy. I end up relating to Sy's just wanting to be loved and included in this world, however sick it gets to be. That there are really people like this, good at heart and desperate for connections with people. I also get a sense that the character had a tough time being understood in life. Robin paints a whole picture of Sy. A whole background really. This is the genius of Robin Williams.
@@jbdixon4020 "You would *never* take *disgusting, sick, degrading* pictures of your children *doing these things!"*
Robin Williams voice over narration about how people never photograph the painful or mundane parts of life, so all the onlookers or other observers see is the fun, exciting and good parts of other's lives....is spot on. This is even truer today, 16 years later with the advent of social media, and how we aren't necessarily making extra copies or going out of our way to view stranger's lives through photos like Sy was, but rather, people's "fun" and "happy"lives are shoved in our faces almost daily now, anytime we log onto Facebook or other social media. We put people on pedestals and idolize them much like Sy did, only because of the two dimensional side of them. One example of this, would be how Sy runs into the husband, Will Yorkin at Savmart, and instantly starts gushing like a teenage girl meeting her favorite celebrity. He even says "....and here you are, in the flesh!"
I need to watch the movie again. I only watched it once when it came out yet it is such a deep wonderful movie. Only Robin Williams could play this character so brilliantly. I have things in common with Robin Williams like my own suicide attempt. I remember so many people not understanding why he took his own life and it was all around the fact he appeared to have 'everything' which he did in the materialistic sense however this is never enough and can never be enough. He gave us so much pleasure and fun through his wondrous ability in his work yet what he needed in his own life surely wasn't met and I can understand this..I know this feeling like so many people do. Communities need to start caring about everyone. This is how we evolved in groups and small communities not isolated and distinctly separate from each other.
I'd like to take pictures of mundane parts of my life, years after I can tell what was I doing in that exact moment, nothing fancy, perhaps listening to music, or eating an orange
There's a false depiction of reality in today's social media photos and video clips.
Digital photos suck
"The things we fear the most.... have already happened to us." is one of those lines that hits way harder on the second viewing of the film, having heard what Sy confides to the detective much later on.
That phrase can't be interpret in black or white.
So sad how he was lonely and depressed makes it even more sadder that Robin ended up taking his life later on
But he did have a family. So no this is actual acting and good acting. Do you see the pain on his face when he recite that line it was about his abusive father.
Back then, the only person who had access to your pictures was the photo crew at the supermarket. Now any wacko can screen shot your pictures on social media
I'm proud to be that Wacko!
@@MrParkerman6 😂😂😂
Dam dude, so true
Literally
So don't put them there
The mom has the most late 90s hairstyle ever.
Nostalgia like 98-99 too be exact
It's the "Bjork Hair."
Yup! First thing that came to my mind when I watched this clip
@@FabienTeulieres93she walked off the matrix set
Well this movie came out in the early 2000’s so pretty close.
I think its sad that he has no one and he tries to make some kind of connection and then you realize he has nothing and he is dead and when he took a picture of himself for the family they look at him and tossed it away and you realize he wasn't important to them! If you ask me there are alot of people like Sly out there! Loneliness can be a very scary thing and I think that Sly was a lonely man and probbaly lonely in his youth and he said his father degraded him and abused him and took pictures of him! I am sure Sly was in a school where he didn't fit in and he wasn't important to people and he probbaly was dead along time ago! Sly is the victim here but I think him being the villian is harsh he is the victim!
Painful reading all the "Sly"s when it's Sy.
Angel Simone yes, I believe so to he was even abused as a kid
Angel Simone it's obvious that he is the victim at the end of the flashback/film where he says he was doing good
Ironically, Robin's real life was the opposite. He was important to people all over the world, and he made so many people laugh and cry at the same time, However with all of that...He still felt such sadness and dead inside, that he took his own life. RIP Robin
@@stephaniebaker1542 I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel alone. Robin Williams
Music really emphasizes the emptiness in Sy's life
Oh you gotta go? Does “Uncle Sy” creep you out? Lemme just pull out some more proof I’m stalking you.
*opens book*
Sy could have tattooed I'm stalking you on his forehead.
@@mikekling5880That makes it way too obvious
@@bunchofrandomjunkand then he can say I got to go do karate and there’s only one karate school there which happens to be the place she goes.
Sy's book forms an interesting motif. It's titled "The Path To Love," which is Sy's quest throughout the entire movie. However, the book is written by an author by the name of Deepak Chopra, who is often criticized as being a pseudoscientist, perhaps having a disconnect from reality. This theme of disconnect is further expounded upon due to the fact that Sy isn't actually reading the book, a book which might very well help him find the "Path To Love," but he is unable to see the answers right in front of him.
Robin Williams was Terrific in this film.
Her hair is adorable.
it's as late '90s as late '90s can get
Adorable? (Cringe! 😂).
Outstanding acting, cast and filming. Nothing is wasted.
I wish robin was nominated for an oscar for this movie
I’ve said this before … but… Timing is everything . If this film had been made in 1999 or 1998 or even 2000. People would feel very uneasy about surveillance and taking freedoms away in the wooly bully days of fun in 1990s . This was 2002 … people didn’t care about people looking and telling the police on people . They had there minds on other things such as 9/11 .
The awkwardness around the 'Uncle Si' remark is quite culture specific. In many countries it's perfectly normal for a family acquaintance to be regarded as an 'uncle'.
not the photo clerk usually.
Not at all, Americans say that a lot too. A photo guy is not really someone you call “uncle” in these circumstances, that’s where the awkwardness come from.
We dont do that here
It wasn't the idea of a non biological uncle it was the idea of this weirdo popping up in her life everywhere all of a sudden.
I live in one of those countries but if a situation like this happened here Sy wouldn't still be called uncle or tio/tito. At most, he'll be called Mang Sy.
This movie was painfull to watch
Go shine up your shinebox
John D.Rambo hey who you think you are talking to like that!!!! Huh!
You want to go to war!
We’ll go to war mang!
Chimp looking mutha.....
Stannis Baratheon you think so too
Bold One ok bro. But if you are a good looking man with friends and girls, and not a bad lonely man with paranoia the Iife is good
@@Locadel2003 bold one must have described you exactly lol.
Beautifully unsettling movie, from the screenplay to the actors and script.
Robin Williams was imho the greatest actor ever. It's such a shame that it was never enough for him to be content. Just watch him in Good Morning Vietnam, amazing talent!
He actually didn't want to die. But he killed himself because he was dying of some incurable disease. I forget the name of it though :/
@@KH-eo6lg According to reports, he had Lewy body disease, which is very similar to Parkinson's. I could be wrong, but I don't think either necessarily kills you and you're just forced to live with the symptoms. Again, I could be wrong, though.
@@bigb860 if it's like Huntington's disease I can say first hand how horrible that disease is, a friend of mine from highschool has it and it totally destroys your central nervous system.
She’s much prettier than the one her husband cheated on her with.
Always the case though , isn’t it?
@@elizabethowen8559 In movies I guess so.
I’ve seen it happen a lot in real life too. Look at Shanann watts, Chris Watts mistress looked and sounded like an alligator. My Dad left my Mum for a woman less attractive than my Mum. Pretty women are higher maintenance than plain women which is why plain women tend to settle for married men more often than an attractive woman.
@@elizabethowen8559 Damn. But yeah.
Happens that way waaayyy too often. It’s generally not about wanting a prettier woman, but just about wanting to gratify some carnal urge and wanting the thrill of doing something risky and wrong. Sad.
So he died the same time my mentor died who was also a photographer.
" no one wants to take a picture of something they want to forget"
I still keep that quote with me.
The way he tears down her security walls with a book. Oh man, what great writing!
"I have a snapshot of my mother though" Jesus, this man is absolutely lonely.
Especially considering he bought it at a garage sale and it's not even his mom.
He’s basically Arthur Fleck if he didn’t kill anyone.
@@kenthefele113Travis Binkle
'' the things we fear the most have already happened to us ''
This is what lonely looks like
I remember watching this when I was in high school when it came out. I remember that I really liked it, but it's been so long that I barely remember it. I think that perhaps this weekend that's what I'm going to do. Find a copy, get my favorite take out, and enjoy this movie.
There are people are lonely sad empty upset in the world and they have to be shown they are loved and adored cared about and people have a special place in there hearts
Ya don't know me, but my name's Sy
I'm just the SaveMart photo guy.
This would have been a good American psycho sequel..
*American Sycho
What’s heartbreaking tho…is there’s too many ppl like sye out here in the world…
That’s why this movie and his performance hits so well
I'm one of them. Even thinking about ending it at the end of the year.
Very good and I'd say, slightly underrated movie. Robin Williams acting is so brilliant throughout. Sy wants so desperately to be apart of their family, but to them - He's just their "Photo Guy", and that's it. Kind of like your go-to barber. You've been going to the same person for a long time, chit chat while you're there, but for most, when the service is done, you both go on with your lives until next time.
It would be interesting to see a movie similar to this about someone stalking a family via social media.
This is why I got off facebook.
You'd post stuff and then stalkers would be like "oh are you into blah blah blah??" like they didn't just scope your page where you posted it a week prior.
I go on Facebook with no pic on my profile to look at hot women and save pictures of peoples wives 😂
Most guys who pretend to bump into a woman and read what she's reading, etc., are trying to get with her. Sy has no such desire and actually was really disturbed about her husband cheating on her. He just wanted a nice family that he could be a part of. Very innocent in a way.
Yeah he just wanted to be loved and accepted
The way he says Uncle Sy, it’s creepy and sad and pathetic and frightening all at once. Great acting.
I actually envy Sy in a big way. Since he lives alone, no family and nobody bothers him (he lives by his own rules). That's my dream.
uncle sy the photo guy
Robin Williams did really good job playing undepress character she me myself
I was working at the mall when this was filmed downstairs at the food court. This food court scene was shot in Canoga Park Westfield Topanga Mall. The food court is no longer in this same location.
So you’re saying this movie left such a disturbing impression that the food court had to be relocated?
@borood1188 🤦♂️
LA was 1000x safer back then too. I heard the tech support guy say he had to be in Heber Springs by a certain time. Was this movie based in Arkansas?
Well he looked out for her enough that he warned her about the affair. We need more people like that instead of folk being sweet to our faces then mocking and laughing at us behind our backs. There more dangerous in my opinion.
But without being a creeper
@@rogergarrison4271 You call it creepy. I call it crying for compassion, love and acceptance. So many people just need to know they are something in this world. Have you ever see the older people at stores that clearly wish they were not there? Its depressing, they work harder than anyone and are kinder than anyone an soo very alone. I always try to extend a hand because I know what it's like to be alone, or without someone to love.
@@johnsmith6974 ya I do call it creepy. 'Sometimes I feel like Uncle Sy' like dude....I dont even know you. I'm all for making friends and forging relationships in the world but you cannot tell me this is the way to do it
@@rogergarrison4271 He doesn't have a sound mind or the experience talking to anyone. Of course it's bad but it cant be helped. We can either ignore these people and watch them die or we can help.
@@johnsmith6974 so..how do we help, without putting our family at risk? I consider myself a pretty friendly guy, over all, but I don't know about risking my families safety on, what looks like from the outside, a man a few steaks short of a mixed grill. How do we make these people feel welcome at arms length?
He had to open the book to recite that quote?
It shows that he's not very good at lying or planning ahead to lie. Sy is a lonely guy trying to adapt to make a connection...and fails at it. That's the beauty of it all. He's not a bad guy, just lonely.
He opened it so she could see the cover and pretended to read it so she wouldn't get suspicious, dummys!!!!!
MrParkerman6 lol they know that
@@MrParkerman6that’s why I used to carry around a playboy
And I’m just here having a salad and water
so what lol
I just finished a bowl of dry frosted flakes and a bottle of water because the milk we had in the fridge went bad
I have not watched the movie but the acting is unbelievably amazing and I would love to watch it does any one know if I can watch it on Netflix or any similar movies like this to watch ?😊
It does appear to be on Netflix!
Vanilla Sky has a similar melancholy to it
You can sense how awkward the conversation was
It boggles my mind that Robin Williams wasn’t even nominated for Oscar that year. There were a lot of great performances in 2002 but Williams performance, and Nicolas cages performance in Adaptation, stood out the most.
That hair, so early 2000s
If he was a normal guy he could have been her friend…it’s sad how this movie went.
He was normal.
HOW DO I GET MY HAIR LIKE HERS IN THIS SCENE?????
Part your hair down the middle ... pull hair into ponytail almost to the top of your head , twist hair into a knot , Bobby pin and spike the rest of your hair out
Dont, its early 2000s late 90s fashion
Travel back in time to the late 90s and ask a hairdresser for such hairstyle
I just can't believe that's Lucilla from Gladiator.
I wonder if Sy recently developed a photo with her copy of that book in it?
He saw her buying it when he was doing their photos.....
Caption: Uncle Sock
@vanguelder
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"I almost feel like Uncle Sy". there, right THERE. He gave her the opening. She didn't take it. It happens EVERY day. Some solitary person creates the courage to do that. And see, AGAIN, that the other person does not WANT your presence. It hurts so much when this happens repeatedly.... Dont get me wrong, she has no obligation. But you notice you are getting old, and no one cares. They rather do anything but have your presence!
I relate to this so much. I once tried to get someone’s attention in a similar way. I tried to connect with someone who I noticed always carried a water bottle with the Batman symbol on it. I brought Batman graphic novels with me to read in hopes that they would notice and I could start a conversation with them. They never did and I had to awkwardly bring it up and it didn’t make much of an impact. It was severely depressing because you get too caught up in the fantasy of how people will be once you see a common interest and it’s hard to accept that not everyone will like something the same way you do. I’ve sense learned not to engage in acts like this and just be upfront about everything.
He kinda reminds me of crazy joe devola from Seinfeld in this film he was also a photog lol
Fragrant repose of the soul of the cartridge inventory, I take it.
Well done!
I love these sorts of movies that make your sphincter tense up with simple social situations. This, Joker, Nightcrawler, etc. Creep Studies, I call them. Anyone have some good recommendations?
Taxi Driver
@@arthurculp147 Seen it, but good suggestion
@@dirt_dert_durt the gift .. Jason Bateman
Prisoners with jake Gyllenhaal
I don't see what was so wrong about what Sy did till he crossed the line at the end. I often follow random people and pretend they are members of my family. It's totally normal. It's fun to walk by strangers and make up back stories of their lives, since you'll never know the truth anyways.
But he acted on them
j mula pretty sure he’s being sarcastic lol
So wie viele viele andere Filme ist auch dieser auf deutsch einfach besser. Dank der großartigen synchronsprecher von denen es leider immer weniger gibt.
Jesus, will you turn up the audio on all your clips? Holy hell.
how us introverts are like talking to girls...
Yup
joy papagnis stool
sonny bargers golden rule
one point oh five jewel
Dude even comes across as a creeper. I'd leave abruptly too
texas thunder at least you're truthful about it
Lars ulrich has good taste in women
I've been trying to get the mall background track for a long time. Not the movie track. Can anyone tell me? I think "smile" is in the title of this song.
I Gotcha. It’s called Dear Jacqui by Tim Heinz 😊
He Loves Nina,But She is Married and a very Expensive Woman!!🤔🇦🇹
There's white in every scene of this movie
He should be glad the husband cheated, then he could hook up with the mom.
Too bad he just want to be an uncle to them
You dumbass, you missed the point of the movie. He doesn’t want to romantically be with her, he pretends in his head that she is his sister. He wants to be an uncle to her son.
He was very lonely very confused man who didn't feel he had a family that loved him and he was alone and think he was very upset and empty
bindis as theye placed
scott andrews bum bum girls spaced
pot paraquot laced
Robin just being robin
told to the marines
carl westermans blouse latrines
scott andrews cut scenes
No one ever shown him what loving was
The unsuspecting Yorkin family. Sy peaked in her purse while dropping off those rolls of film. Thinks of himself as Uncle Sy eh? Uncle pSYcho is more like it.
Suh IMP
darshans digestion
incest out of the question
jodys detention
Am I the only one who thinks she should have left her husband for Sy?
Right! Haha
He loved the surface illusion of her. People rarely live up to our fantasies of them
Sy didn’t like her romantically, he wanted her to be his sister.
I’d wager yes on that.
Yes most likely you are
0:12
Was Nina having an affair too? Who is Jan?
I was thinking it was probably her sister but I could be wrong. She’s telling a woman about her husband acting weird.
kellys time to view
paul collins heritage stew
david graves wifes rue
quakos company
joel richardsons money
mein kampf war gunny
Couldn’t make it a full minute. Too cringe… Uncle Sy… I’m out!
mos defs production
kris kennedys seduction
dave stebbins concoction
Funny how she has a conversation with this man and she has no idea that he has pictures of this family all over his wall in his white apartment and its all white which means "Death!" Its funny even when I watched Fatal Attraction Alex Forrest's apartment is white and these two Alex and Sy should have been a great couple they both are dead and they were abused as kids! The part where Sy is in the hotel room and he said "Dont touch her and he takes pictures of the couple having an affair and he did that because his father abused him as a kid he wanted to make the Father pay for what he did to the wife! Sly & Jodi Arias have alot in common both are strange and there is something off with these characters!
White represents life or purity, black represents death, yu dumbass!
@@MrParkerman6 why?
Those are some very long sentences
"The things we fear the most have already happened to us." So, get ready for all you techno geeks. Technology will be shutting down permanently and your thumbs will be moving for no reason. I can't wait!!!!!!
oprahs teavana
well oiled husquarvana
gregs marijuana
movie was trash
To make this film that little bit more disturbing and complex they should have added a side story of him isolating photos of her and relieving himself to her and her being suspicious that several of her individual photos are missing. I know throughout the movie it depicts him as being lonely and only wanting to be part of the family but I think they missed a trick of making him have an extra layer of psycho and obviously in reality I'm sure someone like that would have a sexual element of obsession with her. Like he wishes he was the male in the relationship instead of only wanting to be part of the family like an extended part of the family
The movie works as well as it does because it has us sympathize with him and feel sorry for him and feel bad for him when he takes things too far. But if the movie made him an unsympathetic perverted sexual predator character like you describe, the viewer would just look down on him. We as viewers would just be against him the whole time. It would make the movie less interesting.
That's a terrible idea. The issue you have with this movie is that there's not a wanking scene
You don't know subtlety at all do you, bet Friends is your favourite show of all time
That totally contradicts the entire point of the movie: he wants to be a part of the family, he doesn't want to destroy the family by replacing the husband. He wants the couple to be together in a perfect relationship. It's almost as if he wants to be a brother to the son and for the couple to be parents to him despite being 20 years younger than him. He actually wants to be as close to the husband as to the wife before he finds out about the affair. He thinks of the husband as the total opposite of his own father that abused and molested Sy as a child. He thinks the husband is the perfect father. They could of had a sub plot about another female customer bringing in naked photos of herself that Sy uses for sexual relief since we do actually see in one scene women are bringing revealing photos in for Sy to develop for them but even that is hardly necessary for the kind of story being told.
His obsession isn't sexual it's wanting to be part of the family. He never had a loving family or someone to have one with.
All the thing of Sy being attached to this family is a bit of unsatisfactory