Doesn't feel like a Nolan movie. It's not as good as a majority of them. But it's still a great film.

Rating: 9/10 (22 July 2010)

Al Pacino is a cop who isn't what you think in a film that you don't see coming, Christopher Nolan's Insomnia. Christopher Nolan, the greatest film maker alive, has done better films. It's a Nolan film that isn't like a Nolan film. But yet I was amazed by it. As he always seems to do with every one of his films. This one isn't a mind bender. It's a mind messer.
Pacino plays Detective Will Dormer, a detective with a secret past. When he travels down to Alaska to investigate a teen's murder, he accidentally kills his partner. And frames the killer of the teen so then when they catch him he will be put on death row.
When he meets Finch(played terrificly by Robin Williams, who had a villianish year that year), he finds out that he shares something in common with him. And the two of them kind of become partners in crime.
The story plot isn't what you'd expect is it? I expected Pacino to go down there and try and solve some murder. It starts off that way, but goes down a road that you never saw coming. That is one thing that I love about it. Another thing is that the acting is terrific. I mean, Nolan directs three Oscar winners: Pacino, Williams, and Hillary Swank who plays a cop hoping to crack a big case.
Insomnia is a very intriguing thriller. Nolan is my favorite director. But this movie doesn't seem like a Nolan movie. It's not as good as The Dark knight, Inception, The Prestige, or Memento. I left out Batman begins because though that was an amazing film, I still thought Insomnia was a little better.
Christopher Nolan has done three out of five of my favorite films. My top five: The Dark knight, Magnolia, Inception, The Prestige, Boogie nights. Insomnia isn't as good as those films, or Memento, but it's a great movie. Nolan hasn't done anything even remotely bad. And at this day and age, i'm beginning to wonder if he ever will.
Insomnia:A+