A True, insightful thriller (SPOILERS)

Rating: Null/10 (26 May 2002)

While watching this movie, half the time I was sitting in the theater with my mouth open, wondering what the hell will happen next.
Simply put, this movie is thrilling, entertaining, and smart. Even Will Dormer's name has a hidden meaning, since Dormer is really close to the french word dormir which means to sleep. The fact that Dormer can't get any sleep because it's always daytime for six months in Nightmute, Alaska heightens the psychological feeling more. The movie is about Detective Will Dormer (Al Pacino) and his partner Detective Eckhart, who come from Los Angeles to help solve the murder of a seventeen year old girl. A decorated cop, Dormer is in trouble when his partner wants to tell Internal Affairs that Dormer planted evidence on a child killer's clothing to implicate him for murder back in LA . While chasing the Alaskin killer through a foggy beach one day Dormer shoots and kills his partner, but the other officers don't see him do it and assume the killer did it. Not wanting to put the criminals he put away back on the street and wanting to protect his reputation, Dormer goes along with it.
Enter the killer, William Finch (Robin Williams), who saw the shooting, taking advantage of this opportunity he blackmails Dormer into framing someone else for the murder he committed so he won't tell the police that Dormer killed his partner. But his plan is not foolproof, as the local Detective, Ellie Burr (Hillary Swank) is onto the truth.
The best part of the movie is that Will Dormer doesn't know if he purposely or accidentally killed his partner, and what the lack of sleep does to him is also interesting. Everything is right about this movie is good, as well as the ensemble cast's performances. You don't have to be an Alfred Hitchcock fan to see this movie and love it! So skip Star Wars and see Insomnia!