Insomnia R

A tough cop. A brilliant killer. An unspeakable crime.
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 58 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: June 15, 2010
  • Originally Released: 2002
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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Rating: 3/4 -- Insomnia is not so much about the murder mystery as it is about Will's internal struggle with what's right and what's possibly okay. Full Review
New York Daily News
Aug 25, 2014
The film represents a triumph of atmosphere over a none-too-mysterious mystery. Which is to say that Nolan makes you feel the end-of-the-earth bleakness of his setting, makes you feel the way it can discombobulate people once they internalize it. Full Review
TIME Magazine
Aug 5, 2013
...Intensely sharp-witted....The anomalous proliferation of scenic beauty gives Mr. Nolan irony to play with, and he uses it spectacularly...
New York Times
May 24, 2002
Rating: 3.5/4 -- Insomnia proves that Memento wasn't a fluke: Nolan is a major talent with many more good films ahead of him.
Florida Times-Union
Aug 25, 2014
...[INSOMNIA] has a marvelous sense of place....Al Pacino bares the soul of this agonized tragic figure; it's one of his most memorable performances...
Movieline's Hollywood Life
Jun 1, 2002
Nolan uses visual pyrotechnics to pump up the tension and add to Pacino's sense of disorientation, but the feeling he evokes isn't as forlorn, creepy, or ambiguous as in the original (though the mountain wilderness is just as forbidding). Full Review
Chicago Reader
Aug 5, 2013
...INSOMNIA is a gripping, highly dramatic thriller that more than confirms the distinctive talent of young Brit helmer Christopher Nolan...
Variety
May 13, 2002

Product Description:

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.

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  • UPC: 883929124145
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