A Great Psychological Thriller!

Rating: 8/10 (18 March 2013)

Insomnia, directed by the great Christopher Nolan, is a film that shows why Nolan is one of the most gifted directors to take the camera. He creates a film thats different than his other films but still somehow makes this film seem like his own. This is a great psychological thriller that will play with your mind and has some heart-moving twists and turns. People say this is Nolan's weakest film, but this is not a bombastic film like the Batman trilogy or Inception. This is designed to be a quiet "cat and mouse" game that affects your mind and only your mind.
This film is about a detective, Will Dormer who is flown to Nightmute, Alaska to investigate a murder to a high school girl. Working with the local police, Dormer begins to set eyes on an author Walter Finch. While working on the investigation, he never gets sleep because of the 24-hour light outside so he begins to be affected mind and body and that may lead to some interesting things.
Al Pacino and Robin Williams give very strong performances in their roles. Pacino just looks exhausted throughout and that is essential for that character in this film. I would never thought Williams would play a convincing sociopath but he did. I associate Williams with comedy which this film obviously is not.
Overall, this is a mind-thrilling mystery thriller that furthered the career of Christopher Nolan into the Batman films. I liked how I had to think about the movie as I do with most of his films and how different it is from those films. This is a quiet film that will silently grab you with it's plot, script, and twists and not visual effects as movies rely on upon today. I rate this film 8/10.