Insomnia Movie Review 2002

American remake of a 1997 Norwegian films finds veteran police detective Will Dormer (Pacino), under Internal Affairs investigation back home, sent to a small Alaskan town to investigate the murder of a 17-year-old girl. Primary suspect Walter Finch (Williams) plays a game of psychological chicken after witnessing a moment of Dormer's increasing weakness. Pacino, in service to an excellent script, gives an outstanding performance as the guilt-ridden, exhausted supercop, and Swank impresses (again) as the idol-worshipping but self-assured local deputy. "Memento" helmer Nolan proves there doesn't have to be a letdown after a breakout, groundbreaking hit.

Distribution

Warner Home Video, Inc., 5775 Linder Canyon Rd., Westlake Village, CA 91362, URL: http://whv.warnerbros.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 116 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Alaska, Stolen from Europe, Police Detectives, Homicide

Screenplay

Hillary Seitz

Cast

Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Maura Tierney, Martin Donovan, Nicky Katt, Paul Dooley, Jonathan Jackson, Katharine Isabelle, Larry Holden, Crystal Lowe, Tasha Simms

Cinematography

Wally Pfister

Director

Christopher Nolan

Music

David Julyan

Other

Larry Sutton, Dody Dorn, Michael Diner, Tish Monaghan, Nathan Crowley

Producer

Paul Junger Witt, Broderick Johnson, Andrew A. Kosove, Edward L. McDonnell, Alcon Entertainment, Section Eight, Warner Bros.