one hour photo, comedy at its best!
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Creature22
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07-23-2010 5:23 AM
This weekend funny man Robin Williams returns to DUSK with the comedic masterpiece One Hour Photo. In this hilarious romp, Robin plays an alienated photo developer named Sy who just can't catch a break. The laughs continue as Sy's unhealthy obsession with an ordinary family boils over as he pictures himself as the family's favourite, wacky, off-the-wall "Uncle Sy!" Catch all the chaotic fun as Sy loses his job and stops at nothing to try and save the family from their own jester of a father!
This is the movie I expected One Hour Photo to be when they casted legendary comedian Robin Williams. Robin has tried playing the creepy guy a few times—and it doesn't work for me. I want the jokes, the wacky, the strange. These roles just make me think the punch-line is around the corner, never to appear. Only a small handful of actors have made the switch from comedy to creepy—and from the DUSK Twitter feed, I just read that Jack Nicholson was approached to play the lead. Now that would have been great!
Just to warn you, my opinion is not shared by everyone. After all, over at rottentomatoes.com, the film is sitting at 80% of reviewers giving it a positive review and many of them applaud Robin's creepy, loner performance. Ah...but what do they know?!
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