INSOMNIA [2002] review

This movie certainly did not need to be made.  INSOMNIA is exactly the type of grim, useless movie I cannot stand seeing.  Why did I watch it?  First, I wanted to watch the lone remaining Christopher Nolan film I was yet to see.  Second, I read basically nothing about the movie so as to go in fresh.  It is certainly evident that this is the only film that Nolan did not also write.  Add to that that Al Pacino and Robin Williams are probably my two least favorite actors, and a completely monotone pace, and really this movie can be skipped as I do not view it as a true Nolan work.

Another major problem with the film is that every single character is totally unlikable, save for the too perky to be real police detective played by Hilary Swank.  For a movie titled INSOMNIA, Al Pacino’s character’s insomnia was only touched upon when convenient.  No way can I believe that a person can continue to function past 6 days of no sleep to the level Pacino can.

The only mildly tense parts of the movie involved a search through fog and then a chase over a river of floating logs, which was original.  Who knew floating logs could be so menacing?

Still, the movie did not need to be made.  The movie does not need to be seen, unless you absolutely want to be a Nolan or Pacino complete-ist.

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