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Overall Rank: |
1413 |
Avg. Rating: |
2.65/4 |
# of Ratings: |
82 |
Genres: |
Crime, Drama |
Rating: |
R |
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English |
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Director: |
Christopher Nolan |
Actors: |
Al Pacino
Martin Donovan
Robin Williams
Hilary Swank
Nicky Katt
Larry Holden |
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Two detectives go to a small, northern town where the sun never completely sets to investigate some murders. -- sapien
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10/21/2009 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Insomnia |
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A very competent thriller, starring the reliable Al Pacino. What really made this movie stand out above the endless string of serial killer whodunnits however was interestingly enough, Robin Williams. Instead of doing what would be the predictable thing in this casting circumstance, and have Williams' character be some deranged jokester (think Batman's The Riddler), Williams is a very logical, interesting adversary for Pacino and I thought the most interesting character in the film.
Great direction by Christopher Nolan, of course, and the plot device of the never-setting Midnight Sun of Alaska was also interesting. I'd like to see the Norwegian original now. |
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3/4 |
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10/18/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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White fever. |
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Fantastic film. A remake (haven't seen the original) with great atmosphere, wich what Chris Nolan is good at it. Creating great atmospheres. This one is opressive and tiring. Indeed, great performances and fantastic music. A very good thriller. |
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3.5/4 |
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08/10/2007 (0 of 0 found this helpful) |
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Very cool, intense, great cast performance. |
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Detective Will Dormer (Pacino) arrives in Alaska with a lot more baggage than can be carried by hand. He's fabricated evidence in a gruesome abduction/murder case, and he's under investigation by Internal Affairs. His partner, Hap Eckhart (Martin Donovan) is about to cut a deal with I.A. to protect his own career. This provides the necessary tension between the two men to make the apparently accidental shooting suspect, not only in the viewer's mind, but also in Dormer's.
The principal supporting role, that of the local female detective is also very different in the two films. In the current version, detective Ellie Burr (Swank) almost fawns over Dormer, and that characterisation creaked a little for me. Burr declares she has read all of Dormer's cases (how likely is that, really, since ... |
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3/4 |
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