Rated: R for language, some violence and brief nudity.

Starring: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hillary Swank, Maura Tierney,

and Nicky Katt.

Screenplay by: Nikolai Frobenius and Erik Skjoldbjærg (1997 screenplay)

Hillary Seitz (updated screenplay).

Directed By: Christopher Nolan

2 of 5 Executive Producers: George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh.

Film Editing: Dody Dorn

Filmed in Alaska, Insomnia is one of those films that makes people question what they see on the screen.

The movie has twists and turns, but eventually it sorts itself out near the end, but overall the film is one everyone should get a chance to see.

Christopher Nolan straight off from directing "Momento" a highly edited film of amazing character development done in reverse order, Now Nolan tries a hand at doing a film where the screenplay calls for it to be daylight 24 hours, giving everyone in the theater an idea of what insomnia is for someone not adjusted to the light when they want to sleep.

That is the case with Will Dormer (Al Pacino) a detective who is sent to a town in Alaska to solve a murder , on the search for the killer, Dormer makes a grave mistake, and soon the accused killer is trying to blackmail Dormer because the accused killer saw what Dormer did.

That is the basic plot very easy for someone to write, but the screenwriters have added cunning dialogue during crucial moments in the film.

The acting not only by Pacino, but also Swank as a naive young female cop, and Williams as an author accused of maybe doing the crime or knowing something about it are some of the best in the genre of suspense thriller. But if dealing with no sleep because of invading light from a window you can see how this movie can get complicated.

With every day of no sleep Dormer's movement gets slowed his thinking irrational and sounds soft are booming, and soon he sees things.

10/10 Exceptional acting and script, lighting, editing and cinematography. 100%/100% watch for brief cuts of images and flashbacks, and sound. definately see the opening credits very stylelised.