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Name: Insomnia
Released: 2002-5-24
Cast: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan

Insomnia

R
1h 58m
2002

92%

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Academy Award winners Robin Williams, Al Pacino and Hilary Swank star in a thriller set in the land of the midnight sun, where the mind of even a tough cop can be threatened by Insomnia. Under the glare of the permanent Alaska sun, two veteran Los Angeles police officers close in on their suspect in the murder of a teenage girl. But when officer Will Dormer (Pacino) accidentally shoots his partner, their murder suspect, reclusive novelist Walter Finch (Williams), witnesses the shooting--and blackmails Dormer. Now, as an idealistic local detective (Swank) investigates the case, and the stakes rise, Dormer's sanity begins to falter.

Director:

Christopher Nolan

Producer:

Paul Junger Witt, Edward L. McDonnell, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove, George Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, Tony Thomas, Kim Roth, Charles J.D. Schlissel

Writer:

Hillary Seitz

Cast:

Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan, Nicky Katt, Paul Dooley, Jonathan Jackson

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

92%

Critics Consensus: Driven by Al Pacino and Robin Williams' performances, Insomnia is a smart and riveting psychological drama.

Reviews

AkhilArora.com

Akhil Arora

The only remake Nolan has ever done and the only time he’s never written his own script—Insomnia was his first step in a studio system—this feels the least like a Nolan film, at least what we would come to expect of it based on what came after and before.

October 17, 2023

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For the Win (USA Today)

Cory Woodroof

An electric police procedural drenched in the terror of sleeplessness, Nolan’s remake of the 1990s Norwegian thriller is perhaps his most underrated film as it shows him coming into his own with his command of mood and atmosphere.

Insomnia may be an underrated Christopher Nolan film but Al Pacino and Robin Williams elevate it to the next level and make audiences forget that it's an English-language remake.

Nolan crafts an expertly balanced drama with a surprising emotional underpinning that transcends what it means to be a good detective thriller.

It’s pretty much a straightforward crime thriller but with some intelligent character twists that push things in unexpected directions.

August 22, 2022

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