Insomnia

2002

Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

178
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 92% · 204 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 77% · 100K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 317266 317.3K

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Plot summary

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.


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December 11, 2011 at 02:19 PM

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Al Pacino as Will Dormer
Robin Williams as Walter Finch
Katharine Isabelle as Tanya Francke
Emily Perkins as Girl at Funeral
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Hitchcoc 9 / 10

It Made Me Tired

Al Pacino's character looked tired when he arrived in the Alaskan town. As he attempts to reconcile a serious mistake, he grows wearier and wearier. Enter Robin Williams, a sociopath who plays a cat and mouse game with Pacino. Balance that against the perceptive and admiring Hillary Swank and a lot of baggage from Pacino, and you have the ingredients for a terrific thrill a minute film. I found myself rooting for the Pacino character even though there is a level of dishonesty that will be hard to reconcile. He must cover some huge tracks. There are some issues with Williams' ability to know things that are a little far fetched. Many villains fall into that gap, but that's OK. We take him for what he is. It's an engaging movie.

Reviewed by ccthemovieman-1 8 / 10

Good Acting Elevates This 'Sleeper'

Al Pacino's acting once again is a highlight of a film he's in. He has the capacity to dominate a film with his presence. In this re-make of the Norwegian film, Pacino is excellent as a good-yet-tainted policeman who starts to unravel after not sleeping for four or five days. The Alaskan summer, with light 24 hours of day, can do that to visitors

Robin Williams, meanwhile, plays a killer. It's funny how comedians can do so well playing dramatic roles and Williams is a prime example. He's especially good at creepy nut-cases (See "One Hour Photo") Williams doesn't enter the movie until about halfway through and he's fascinating in a low-key role (until the end).

For a modern-day crime film, this doesn't have a lot of action but that's fine if the acting is this good and the story involving. Here, the acting is better than the story. Kudos to Hillary Swank, too, for her performance as the cop.

The Alaskan scenery ain't bad, either.

Reviewed by MartinHafer 8 / 10

One of Pacino's better films.

"Insomnia" is a film directed by Christopher Nolan. It stars Al Pacino and Robin Williams. Both actors (especially Pacino) had a strong tendency to overact and I attribute the more subtle performances to Nolan's direction. It also was originally a Norwegian film (1997) and unfortunately I have not yet seen this original picture.

Detective Will Dormer (Pacino) and his partner are sent from Los Angeles to Alaska to help the locals work on a murder case in a small village. When Will is able to figure out where the killer (Williams) is, the apprehension goes south VERY quickly. When the surround the suspects home, it's very foggy...and the creep is able to sneak away because of the fog. In the process, there's a shootout and in the confusion and weather conditions, the creep escapes AND Will accidentally shoots his partner.

Instead of letting folks know of the accident, Will stages it so that everyone else will think that the perp killed the detective...and Will plans on just blaming it on him. But unfortunately, Walter DID see what Will did...and soon he begins phoning Will and lets him know what he knows. Soon Walter is blackmailing Will and now solving this murder is VERY complicated and difficult, because if he does bring in this killer, Walter is sure to tell everyone what he knows about Will's shooting.

As I mentioned above, the performances by the two leads are very restrained...and I really appreciated it. Combined with good overall direction and nice location shots (most in British Columbia, not Alaska), I highly recommend the film. And, although it is a remake, I still think it's a heck of a film.

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