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One Hour Photo (2002)

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4.7931 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2026

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Prep your photo wall and cancel the room service because we're talking Mark Romanek's One Hour Photo (2002). C/W: Childhood sexual abuse

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0:00.0

I hate to say it, but his parents have been feeling unwell as of late, and I'm staying with them to help take care of Alex.

0:16.9

Oh, so it's serious?

0:19.1

Oh, no, no, it's not serious. Nothing terminal.

0:21.3

It's just a touch of consumption.

0:30.9

And welcome back to horror queers.

0:33.5

We're talking, is it the anal sex fiend again?

0:36.9

We're talking the word snapshot was originally a hunting term. And we're talking, is it the anal sex fiend again? We're talking the word snapshot was originally a hunting term.

0:41.4

And we're talking, I just took pictures. And I'm Joe. And I'm Trace. And we are talking one

0:48.1

unforgivable. Point three blue shift. It's a big deal, Trace. It's a big deal.

1:11.4

Sion, man. Like, what are you going to do? I mean, admittedly, if the pictures did start to take on a blue tint, it would be a big deal. But we know that this guy is also losing his mind. But the pictures are they showing? I don't think we get a good look at them, but like we can see them on his like screen or something on the desk. They look blue.

1:11.9

They look blue.

1:11.6

Like, Bill, it's a big deal.

1:16.1

Everyone, we are discussing Mark Romantic's 2002 psychological thriller one hour photo starring the one and only Robin Williams.

1:25.5

Yes, he's in his dark period. This is one of the trilogy, right? Yes. Oh my God. Have you seen the others? I've seen insomnia, and we have talked about the other one, and no, I have not seen it. Death to Smoochie is one of those ones that, like, I really want you to watch it, but I'm also like, I don't know if you'd like it. I mean, I think you would, but, I mean, Again, it's one of those ones that like I really want you to watch it but I'm also like I don't know if you'd

1:44.3

like it I mean I think you would but I mean again it's one of those famous bombs that got

1:49.1

butchered by critics when it came out and developed a cult following but um it's tricky right

1:53.2

dark comedies I think are a little bit more your forte than mine I feel like I should just double

1:58.2

bill that and drowning Mona and just get it over with and then we can have a conversation about it if we want to.

2:03.9

We can. And granted, I mean, drowning Mona is the safer pick there, which actually between those two, you might like that to Smoochie more because that has the bite that you're looking for.

2:13.0

I do love bite.

2:14.2

Yeah, but either way, yes, this is, I think Robin Williams referred to this as his triptych of evil.

2:20.0

Yeah, one hour photo, which, oh, Joe, I have to say, I was right.

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