The Vidiot Reviews...

Rating: 8/10 (9 December 2010)

Insomnia
When you have insomnia, you finally get the chance to finish listening to those tranquil noise CDs that you always fall asleep during.
Unfortunately, the restless detective in this thriller doesn't have time to listen to humpback whales in the rain forest.
While under investigation for shooting his partner, LAPD detective Dormer (Al Pacino) travels to the land of the midnight sun to find the killer of a 17-year-old girl.
Partnered with a green officer (Hilary Swank), Dormer is drawn towards a local writer (Robin Williams), whose work was found near the body.
Meanwhile, Dormer cannot sleep – thanks to perpetual daylight and guilt over his partner's death.
With strong performances and masterful direction at the hand of Inception creator Christopher Nolan, this melancholy and maddening remake of a Norwegian film is an intense and intelligent contribution to the thriller genre.
The cure for sleeplessness, mind you, is to mainline tryptophan. (Green Light)