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Posted by: Puck Bond at May 24, 2002, 9:19 pm

Topic: Reviews: Insomnia Forum: JoBlo

Insomnia 8/10... Insomnia is a taut, intense, terrific thriller from Christopher Nolan with a great setting and premise and three terrific performances. Al Pacino plays Will Dormer a L.A. detective sent to the small Alaska town of Night Mute to solve the murder of a young high-school girl. The film's atmosphere and setting adds so much to this film the town is Night Mute where the sun doesn't go down during the summer and never comes up during the winter...surrounded by picturesque snow-capped moutains and lush green forrests...and an icy cold feel. There is a great shot of the icy glaciers at the beginning of the movie when Pacino is flying in. Pacino is excellent as a confident detective who is hampered by his partner and an Internal Affairs investigation. After a stakeout goes horribly wrong Pacino becomes deeply and inescapably involved with the suspect(played creepily by Robin Williams) and is losing his sense of reality from not being able to sleep due to the constant sunlight. Hillary Swank is also excellent as a young cop who admires Dormer's history and style...but becomes increasingly suspicious of Dormer and his investigation. There is a great line that Pacino says "A good cop can't sleep because some important clue is escpaing him, a bad cop can't sleep because his conscience won't let him." That is really what the film is all about Pacino can't sleep not because of the constant sunlight, but because his conscience won't let him. So, overall Insomnia is a great follow-up from Memento director christopher Nolan...that features a terrific setting and premise and equally terrific performances by the entire cast especially Al Pacino in another rock solid effort.

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