commercial trash!

Rating: 1/10 (7 May 2002)

Okay, so I saw INSOMNIA last week in Austin. Going into it, I was excited. I loved MEMENTO and wanted an encore. What a let down. PACINO aside, this movie was just another piece of commercial trash. I think I was actually more taken with the Alaskan scenery than anything substantive. SWANK may have been good in BOYS DON'T CRY, but not in this one. I have no idea what people are talking about when they refer to her a "great" actress. Lest we forget that before BOYS she was best known for her stunning performance in THE NEXT KARATE KID! As far as WILLIAMS is concerned, I really wasn't that impressed. I'm thinking that this role wasn't for him, or was that the role wasn't worthy of him. I can never remember these things. I know what you're thinking. But what about the story? I don't know where I've seen it before, but I know I have. And that, my friends, is a BIG a problem. Prediction: Initially people will see the film for its star power, but, in the end, word-of-mouth will do it in at the box office. OUT, -T