Dramatic atmospheric story

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 2005)

Christopher Nolan is one of the best British directors in the world, and actually the more productive if we talk about atmosphere, characters and presentation. With Insomnia, this follow up of Memento, he returns to the regular structured plots, but stills into his world of insane and maniac situations. We see this poor detective performed by Al Pacino, who has a terrible insomnia for many problems and the damn light of Alaska that never really leaves the movie. In a couple of minutes we have the same feelings. We feel tired, but not because of the movie but because of that overwhelming atmosphere, oppressive and uneasy. Our eyes adapt to the few light spots, so when a sun ray hits our retinas we almost got blind. This kind of feelings are hard to introduce to an audience, but if you are so prodigious and intelligent as Chris Nolan, is a piece of cake. But if you are looking for another backwards plot structure like his last movie, dude, you must go to bed and keep trying to get rid out of that damn syndrome.