Watch This One Wide Awake

Rating: 8/10 (2 July 2002)

Insomnia is another great movie from Christopher Nolan. While not as avant-garde as Memento or Following, it is still very suspenseful, and it makes the viewer focus on the moment rather than thinking about the sequence of events.
What makes this movie interesting is that Dormer (Pacino) knows who his adversary is early on. Finch (Williams) makes Dormer suffer for the rest of the story, sometimes it seemed almost unbearable to see Dormer being tormented.
As for the acting, Pacino, Williams, and Swank are well cast and gave remarkable performances. I expected good acting and an excellent story. However, I found the story good and the acting excellent. Will Dormer is one of Al Pacino's more memorable roles, ranking up there with the characters Frank Serpico, Michael Corleone, Tony Montana, and Vincent Hanna.
This was a movie that I could not rate right after seeing it. I had to sleep on it...when I woke I rated it an 8 out of 10.