The movie should be called "Snooze" as this is most probably what some viewers will feel like doing when watching the flick.

Rating: Null/10 (4 May 2002)

When going into this film one might be expecting a film similar to that of "Seven" starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, in that the film has: 1) three Oscar winners in the cast, 2) a mysterious villain, and 3) a dark plot that every viewer wants to know how unfolds. However, the film itself falls flat in the end. The director seems to make the film focus more on Pacino's character's troubles of not being able to sleep at night, rather than on the real goal of capturing the bad guy (played by Williams). It is not often Williams takes on a darker character, but when he does, big expectations are expected. In the end, Williams has no special contributions to add to the character and all the viewer sees is another bad guy being tracked down by the good guy. The film drags on real slow (perhaps intentionally to make the viewer feel like they are in a state of insomnia themselves: not quite able to fall asleep, but not quite able to stay awake and follow the plot of the movie.) The real story line is nothing new...perhaps a little too cliche, but in the end I think the movie fails to really leave the viewer feeling satisfied that they just paid to see this film. Pacino is brilliant, just as he is in every role he plays, Robin does his best, and Hillary Swank is thrown in the mix just to have more "stars" in the film...but in the end the film is another one sure to zip right along to the movie rental rack.