Insomnia
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Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
What critics thought
Nolan's remake lands as a smart, confident psychological thriller — critics were struck by how it doesn't merely retread the 1997 Norwegian original but reorients its moral stakes around guilt and self-deception, with Pacino's sleep-deprived deterioration carrying much of that weight. It earned broad approval on release but has since been somewhat overshadowed by Nolan's later work, which the director himself has acknowledged.
“Unlike most remakes, the Nolan Insomnia is not a pale retread, but a re-examination of the material, like a new production of a good play.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Nolan shifts the moral ground from the snowballing moral corruption of the original to shades of guilt and accountability and Pacino's increasingly bleary and hallucinatory perspective becomes an evocative metaphor for his struggle.”
IndieWire
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Drama
Cast & Crew
Christopher NolanDirector
Al PacinoWill Dormer
Robin WilliamsWalter Finch
Hilary SwankEllie Burr
Maura TierneyRachel Clement
Martin DonovanHap Eckhart
Nicky KattFred Duggar
Paul DooleyChief Nyback
Jonathan JacksonRandy Stetz
Larry HoldenFarrell
Katharine IsabelleTanya Francke
Jay BrazeauFrancis
David JulyanComposer
Wally PfisterCinematographyInsomnia
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
What critics thought
Nolan's remake lands as a smart, confident psychological thriller — critics were struck by how it doesn't merely retread the 1997 Norwegian original but reorients its moral stakes around guilt and self-deception, with Pacino's sleep-deprived deterioration carrying much of that weight. It earned broad approval on release but has since been somewhat overshadowed by Nolan's later work, which the director himself has acknowledged.
“Unlike most remakes, the Nolan Insomnia is not a pale retread, but a re-examination of the material, like a new production of a good play.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“Nolan shifts the moral ground from the snowballing moral corruption of the original to shades of guilt and accountability and Pacino's increasingly bleary and hallucinatory perspective becomes an evocative metaphor for his struggle.”
IndieWire
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Drama
Cast & Crew
Christopher NolanDirectorAl PacinoWill DormerRobin WilliamsWalter FinchHilary SwankEllie BurrMaura TierneyRachel ClementMartin DonovanHap EckhartNicky KattFred DuggarPaul DooleyChief NybackJonathan JacksonRandy StetzLarry HoldenFarrellKatharine IsabelleTanya FranckeJay BrazeauFrancisDavid JulyanComposerWally PfisterCinematographyRent & Buy