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Mood:
- TenseBleakContemplativeRoughSuspenseful
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Plot:
- Police DetectiveProtagonist as SuspectMind GamePolice InvestigationUncover TruthHaunted By the PastMurderCrimes more...
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Genres:
- CrimeDramaThriller
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- AlaskaLos AngelesHotelSmall Town
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Style:
- Twists and Turns
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Based on:
- Remake
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Flag:
- Brief NudityViolent Content
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Insomnia, 2002
English
USA, Canada
Profile of Insomnia
The mood of Insomnia is tense, bleak, and contemplative. The plot centers around the protagonist as suspect, mind games, and uncovering the truth. It is a drama, thriller, and crime movie. Stylistically, Insomnia involves twists and turns. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Insomnia takes place, at least partly, in a hotel and in a small town. The setting is Alaska and Los Angeles. It happens in contemporary times. Insomnia is a remake. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed. Note that it includes brief nudity and violent content.
Summary of Insomnia
In a remote Alaskan town called Nightmute, the murder of a teenage girl has shocked the tight-knit community. The Los Angeles Police Department sends two of its cops--both under investigation by Internal Affairs--to try to solve the crime in Christopher Nolan's film based on Erik Skjoldbjærg's 1997 Norwegian film starring Stellan Skarsgård. The experienced, weathered Will Dormer (Al Pacino) has nothing in life except for the force. His younger partner, Hap (Martin Donovan), has a family to support and is willing to turn state's evidence to protect them. Local cop Ellie Burr is excited to work with her hero, Dormer--until she starts uncovering some questionable situations. It isn't long before Dormer finds the murderer--writer Walter Finch, played with subtle nuances by Robin Williams--but Finch knows a secret that could bring Dormer down. Director Nolan, who stunned audiences with 2001's inventive MEMENTO, here crafts an atmospheric psychological thriller that is bathed in whites and grays. The acting is uniformly excellent, especially Pacino's performance as a cop on the edge and Williams as a soft-spoken, low-rent crime novelist. Because it never gets dark in Alaska at this time of year, Dormer (a play off the Spanish word "dormir," which means "to sleep") is unable to fall asleep, light always streaming into his hotel room; watching him slowly unravel is a treat.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA, Canada |
| Release date: | 3 May 2002 |
| Runtime: | 118 min |
Cast and Crew
as Detective Will Dormer
as Walter Finch
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Critics Reviews
USA Today
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- by: Mike Clark
Variety
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- by: Todd McCarthy
Users Reviews
- 18.August.2008
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- by: seinfeld
- seinfeld rated this movie6/10Okay
