Review of Insomnia (2002) by Amateurfilmvwr — 27 Dec 2022
Insomnia is so under-rated. It doesn't get brought up enough when discussing Nolan or his filmography and it often gets lost in the shuffle of his more high profile films like The Dark Knight series, Interstellar, Inception or Dunkirk.
Its pretty similar to films like Se7en and Wind River where the environment is just as much a character as the humans on screen. You have Hillary Swank, who is fantastic as this young, starstruck local detective whose a fan of Pacino, an LAPD detective whose slowly going mad from sleep deprivation and being unable to solve the murder of a young local girl. Robin Williams gives one of his best "bad guy" performances here as a local crime writer whose a suspect in the murder. Its not as flashy as Nolans aforementioned work but its still very very good.
This review of Insomnia (2002) was written by Amateurfilmvwr on 27 December 2022.
Insomnia has generally received very positive reviews.
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