A tough cop. A brilliant killer. An unspeakable crime.
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.
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Character
Earnest, grave, contemporary and bleak.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
Who loves it, who doesn't
33 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Formalists.
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“Is Al Pacino the best thing in Insomnia?”
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“Is this Christopher Nolan's best work?”
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“Is it better than the original?”
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A yes-or-no question, answered from what people wrote here, on TMDB and on Wikipedia. Never made up.
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Cast
- 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
Crew
- Christopher NolanDirector
- Hillary SeitzScreenplay
- Wally PfisterDirector of Photography
- David JulyanOriginal Music Composer
- Dody DornEditor
- Andrew A. KosoveProducer
- Edward McDonnellProducer
- Broderick JohnsonProducer
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
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A Simple Plan 199878% alikeBoth earnest, grave, contemporary.
The Walking Dead 201289% alikeGame · Both earnest, grave, contemporary.
The Walking Dead: Season Two 201384% alikeGame · Both earnest, grave, contemporary.
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