welcome to thriller recapped today
i will show you an american
psychological thriller film called one
hour photo spoilers ahead watch out and
take care
the movie starts with seymour parrish
he is a photo technician at a local
studio called one hour photo
he is in police custody detective james
vann reads him his rights
and then he tells him that police check
the camera roll and they found
disturbing pictures in it
the detective asks further that is it
about william yorkin that provoked you
to do this horrendous act
in flashback we see a birthday party
celebration seymour quotes no one wants
to take a photograph of something they
want to forget
a couple is seen nanny yorkin
and her husband william yorkin who is
busy working on a project
and their son jake yorkin seemed to be a
happy family
seymour is working on photographs at one
hour photo studio
while nida is checking out the photo
role she just purchased
he goes and gives her home address to
the cashier even before she says it it
seems like as if he memorized it
she bought a digital camera as well and
he cracks a joke about it that he will
be out of the job if everyone started
using a digital camera
she has one picture roll left in her
camera and he does not want to throw it
so he takes his picture with the camera
the store closes in 40 minutes but he
says she is their best customer so he
will develop films for her before
closing
inside the lab his colleague yoshi is
working on some stuff
seymour starts developing films as he
quotes in the background
he lives only for his work and he
considers that his work is a vital
service
he further quotes
that people think anyone can do his job
with one or two days of training
but his job requires skills that are far
beyond the eye i process these photos as
if they were my own nina arrives there
and he answer the pictures he also gives
her discount
along with a mini camera for free as a
gift for birthday boy
he notices a book in her shopping bag
before she leaves
later that night his shift ends and he
goes outside
there he finds out that windshield of
his car is cracked
at nina's home the family is enjoying
their evening by looking at the pictures
of birthday party
william comes across the picture seymour
took in the store
in a restaurant seymour is looking at
the same set of pictures and he is
appreciating the moments it turns out he
made a set of copy for himself as well
when developing the films earlier
the waitress asks him whose pictures he
is looking at and he claims they are his
family pictures she looks at the
pictures and she says you got a
beautiful family and then she leaves
then he drives back to his home
jake is sad because he realized seymour
is all alone he does not have any
friends and everyone bullies him at the
store about it
she assures him he probably has a lot of
friends and a girlfriend as well
since he's a nice guy they should send
him good thoughts and manifest that next
time when they see him he won't look sad
later seymour gives his hamster some
water
we can see the family pictures of york
and family in the background
william is arguing about the expenses of
his wife
that she bought a new mercedes and she
needs to stop living the life as if they
live in a fairy tale
then she claims that it's not about
money and william is bad husband and a
bad father
then she leaves
later that night
seymour is alone in his room and he is
watching the simpsons
then we see a crazy wall full of
pictures stick to it it turns out it has
all the pictures showing the moments
that the family ever shared
the next day seymour gets back to work
he quotes monday is the busiest day in
their store people tend to take more
pictures on weekend
he further mentions a lady
she only takes pictures of her cats and
he never saw one human being in her
pictures
then he says when a new baby is born the
parents go crazy and they take tons of
pictures which is good for the store
then a corn star comes up he always
takes pictures of women in an artistic
way
later man named larry a technician is
there to fix some issues in the printing
machine
and he makes fun of seymour because he
called him for a very small error in the
color developing system
showing us how seymour is careful and
perfect in his job
it's his lunch break and he finished his
meal
and he is looking at the christmas
picture of york and family
he visions himself there in the
celebration
the manager named bill owens interrupts
him
he advises him not to yell in front of
customers at anyone even if the guy was
at fault
since it creates an uncomfortable
environment
he then suggests him to take some time
off from work and enjoy his life
since seymour never went to any
vacations and he leaves
later that day william comes to the
store and seymour recognizes him and he
introduces himself to him
william is in rush and he needs some
help with computer accessories
so seymour makes an announcement for
assistance manager looks at him from the
top
seymour tells him he has a beautiful
house and a wonderful family and he is a
very lucky man
william is shocked at first but then he
takes it as a compliment and they both
leave
only to come across jake
jake shows him a star wars toy and he
tells him how much he likes the toy and
he leaves
later that day seymour is reading the
same book nina got few days ago
when she went there for photos
seymour then walks in a market as he
quotes
people don't realize these snapshots are
their only chance to stop time for a
blink of an eye as a picture
and these pictures are the only proof of
their existence and their memory to stay
forever
he buys an old picture of a woman
he quotes further that people don't take
pictures of small details in their life
and they miss out on so many things
he then manages to break inside the
family home and he looks at his picture
on their fridge he is full of joy then
he takes a poo in their toilet
he then watches a game in their living
room and enjoys it
nina and the family get back to home he
is caught and he is scared
but the family behaves as if he is part
of their family
and jake's goes to him saying uncle
seymour
he then drives off from there to realize
it was his vision of a family he never
got
the next day a woman named maya runs to
the store
he likes her name
and she says she won't be able to
collect the pictures till tomorrow and
she leaves
jake is having his soccer practice the
coach is not happy with his performance
however seymour waves in the background
and he cheers him
jake goes to him and they talk a bit
seymour cheers him further about his
shot
then he walks into the home and shares
his life story with him
how he used to be fat and nobody spoke
to him
he then learns that jake's dad never
showed up at his soccer practice he then
gives him the star wars toy jake liked
earlier
jake denies it since his parents won't
let him have it and he leaves
later that day seymour notices nina and
the food court so he goes to her and he
sits next to her
then they talk a bit and she invites him
to sit with her
see more compliments about her son jake
and he tells her how he feels like as if
he is the uncle of jake
she is busy and she prepares to leave so
he opens the book and he pretends to
read it
nida sits back and she is shocked to see
him having an interest in the same book
he reads one quote from the book
the things we fear the most have already
happened to us
she is impressed by his deep thinking
personality
they talk a bit and she learns that he
is single and he does not have any
family only a picture of his mother
he then shows her the picture he bought
from the market
there is a charming smile on her face
and she leaves
the next day seymour is working in the
warehouse and the manager calls him for
a talk
owens is suspicious about the excessive
use of printing material more than
required
and after a brief investigation with
larry
he found out that seymour has used
hundreds of extra developing films
so he decides to fire him on the basis
of fraud
further saying they're not running a
charity here that seymour gave away a
free camera on a birthday
the manager orders him to pack his stuff
and this is his last week and he also
threatens him not to ruin any prince
while working in his last days
seymour rages up and he claims that in
his work history of 11 years he never
ruined even one picture of any customer
[Music]
few hours later he comes across a blank
picture on the floor
nina interrupts him and she is there to
process the films of jake's birthday
camera
they notice his sad demeanor
and he asks her for her home address
it seems he is in shock to the point he
forgot the address of his favorite
family
nina feels he is not all right and she
leaves
inside the lab seymour is being harsh on
the camera and he slams it open
while he is looking at the pictures
he is happy with the pictures
but he breaks down soon knowing this
will be the last time he developed their
pictures
he then gets back to home and he starts
examining the pictures on the wall
he then gets back to the store early in
the morning
and he opens the file of maya
as he goes through it he finds out that
maya took some intimate pictures with
william the husband of nina and he
realizes that he is cheating on her
he is in disbelief and his heart breaks
realizing his conception of yorkin's
family as a perfect family shattered
into pieces
later he deliberately places the
pictures of william and his mistress
maya
into the packet of nina
and he leaves early from work saying
goodbye to his friend yoshi and
revealing it to him that he is fired
yoshi thanks him for teaching him the
stuff and seymour tells him to run the
place with hard work
as seymour walks from there he seems to
be thinking about something
he then takes a knife out of the case
and he leaves from there
he then goes undercover and he starts
taking pictures of nina
paparazzi style
he follows nina's car and sooner nina
recklessly pulls over on the side of the
road it turns out nina just saw the
pictures of william and maya
she's in disbelief and pain
he then spies on them that night he is
waiting for them to fight but nothing
happens
so he rages up aggressively and he
leaves he gets back to home
he looks at the wall of pictures that he
used to cherish and mesmerize
he then gets a dream he is standing
alone in the store
and shockingly his eyes start bleeding
crazily
he wakes up and he takes a shower
the next day he goes out in the
background he quotes that
the word snapshot originated from the
people who used to take pictures of
birds and it was originally a hunting
term
he then gets back to the mall the
manager asks him to leave
but seymour creates a scene that there
is no law that can deny him from
shopping at that mall
then the manager gives a gesture to the
security guard
later he is spying on william and maya
in the studio yoshi goes to the manager
and he shows him the envelope of seymour
it turns out he also spied on his young
daughter and sent her pictures as a
threat
the manager then calls detective james
and they talk about the safety of his
wife and child
the detective assures him that they will
take this as an indirect threat to the
child
and there are already two officers sent
to proctor him
also they already issued a search
warrant for seymour's apartment
then a group of officers go to his
apartment
they come across the wall of pictures
and they notice that face of william is
scratched off
from every single picture on the wall
seymour goes to a hotel he pretends to
be a family member and he asked to talk
to maya on the phone
when the call is transferred to her
he pretends to be room service and asks
for her room number and takes an order
for some drinks
he then calls back to front desk
and pretends to be william and informs
them that they don't need any room
service for the day
meanwhile detective james go to nina's
home and they want to speak with william
but she says william went for an urgent
meeting
seymour goes to front desk
and he books a room on the fifth floor
where william is staying
another detective suggests nina should
call william's office
seymour walks to the room 511 where
william is staying and he covers the spy
hole of the door
then he knocks and pretends to be room
service and he pushes the door and gets
in
they both were about to have a spicy
hormone sandwich
he is armed with a knife
he forces the lovers to get back in the
bed and he orders them to take the robe
off
nina is at home trying to call william
he then forces them to pose for pictures
and he forces maya to pretend as if
she's eating the sausage
while he takes the pictures
he then gets back to his hotel room
he is laying in the bed while thinking
about something
both the detectives arrive to the hotel
and they inquire about seymour
then they both go to his room and they
knock
they get inside but they find it empty
with a knife in the sink and camera near
the bed
seymour escapes from there through the
kitchen to an emergency exit
the exit door trips an alarm
he runs from there in sports mode
some officers catch up with him
right before he leaves the building
meanwhile the other detective goes to
william and maya
and he finds them without any physical
harm
police makes an arrest and he says
i just took pictures
the officers bring william back to the
house
jake hugs him nina seems little
impressed and she looks at him silently
back to the present seymour asks the
detective if he has family
the detective says it's none of your
business
but seymour observes from the way he
handled him and the ring on detective's
finger that he is a good man and a good
husband maybe a good father as well full
of fortune
not someone who cheats on his wife and
betray their trust
and that he would never take sick and
degrading pictures of your children
doing these things
suggesting that seymour's own father
exploited him for child corn
the detective says
i think i understand you now sir and he
leaves
seymour requests that he wants to see
the pictures
and it turns out
seymour took pictures of furniture
instead of william and maya posing
then the film ends with a family picture
of jorken's family and seymour in it
smiling
rest in peace robin williams you'll
always be remembered