Insomnia
| release date | May 24 2002 |
| studio | Buena Vista |
| director | Christopher Nolan |
| writer | Erik Skjoldbjærg |
| starring | Robin Williams, Al Pacino |
| rating | R |
| tagline | Don't close your eyes |
| site | insomniamovie.warnerbros.com |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
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It was ok, i would say it is worth watching at least once.
Al Pacino stars as Detective Will Dormer in the powerful psychological thriller, Insomnia. Director Christoper Nolan (Memento) shows he wasn’t just a one hit wonder, and that he’s here to stay as one of the best filmmakers of today with his brilliant direction and landscape shots.
The plot in Insomnia might feel familiar. Detective Dormer and his partner (Martin Donovan) fly to Alaska to solve a murder case involving a teenage girl beaten to death. While trying to apprehend the suspect (Robin Williams) a tragic accident occurs creating a tricky triangle puzzle between Pacino, Williams, and rookie cop Hilary Swank.
Al Pacino gives one of the best performances of his career as Detective Dormer. He makes the audience feel his frustration merely by the way he interacts with the other characters. Little by little you see the effects that this character is going through. Whether it’s guilt, the insomnia, or both, Pacino makes you beleive this character has gone to hell and back through his top caliber performance.
Robin Williams is very solid as the killer. For a while I forgot I was watching a comedian on screen, and looking at a psycho who feels he’s misunderstood. Hilary Swank continues to shine as the determined rookie cop, demanding to get to the bottom of this incredible mess.
Christoper Nolan does an excellent job of creating a creepy atmosphere with his camera work. He gives us numerous chilling shots of the accident, each executed perfectly to flesh out Detective Dormers emotion of guilt. The Alaskan landscape shots are also a sight to see.
The conclusion is above satisfactory, tieing all the loose ends up very smoothly. Insomnia can be best described as a character study of Detective William Dormer, showing us what kind of morals he’s willing to break and just how far hes willing to bend the rules.
Clever thriller well written in a good dramatic pace that leaves you thinking about how good and diverse of an actor robin williams can really be, this and his performance in one hour photo are his best villianous performances. great flick here
Pacino and Williams are amazing in this flick. Definitely above satisfactory and Robin Williams plays one hell of a villain!!
fantastic screenplay and some supurb acting makes for some compelling viewing! It was maybe a tad slow at the beginning but once Robin Williams got involved I was hooked! The finale was brilliant and so were a couple of the chase scenes. True class.
‘Insomnia’ is a 2002 Christopher Nolan/Psychological movie about two Los Angeles homicide detectives who both investigate a local teen murder. The movie directions was absolute perfect for this type of films & that Christopher Nolan can do any type of Movie & has proved it in Insomnia (which is a great cop/murder movie). At the moment this is my fifth movie that I’ve watched of
A solid story with great acting.
They added a lot of subplots compared to the original, and they made it work. Nolan is truly a brilliant filmmaker, and this movie made me like Pacino again. (sometimes pacino is too pacino in his films)
worth watching, but not that memorable.
What happens when you take a neo-noir and remove traditional stereotypes like handsome lead, dark alleys, and femme fatale? This movie! But in a good way! Definitely an overlooked film in the Nolan-verse. More information here:
http://thewolfmancometh.com/2011/07/18/insomnia-2002/