SUBMITTED BY Movieman129

May 25, 2002 — USA Today doesn't hand out four stars to just any film, and it's rare to recieve such a rating from them-- but Insomnia achieved just that. Here's what they had to say about the film:

The physically beautiful but emotionally barren setting (called the "halibut fishing capital of the world") is a town where people only come, says one local, to escape something. Nolan tellingly contrasts the outdoor splendor with modest restaurants and successful novelist Williams' home, which looks like a used-book store with a rumpled bed. We know we're in a fresh screen milieu, fully sustained by the director, when Pacino wants to high-tail it to the high school at 10 o'clock to grill a suspect. Then someone points out that it's, uh, 10 at night, which solidifies Insomnia as the exact opposite of film noir.

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