Blu-ray Review – Somnium

Writer/director Rachael Cain has a lot of ideas for “Somnium,” her helming debut. And she’s determined to try and squeeze them all into a single movie. It’s a story involving the loneliness of an aspiring actress in Los Angeles, her heartbreak involving her ex-boyfriend, the mysteries of producer support in Hollywood, and the strangeness of employment at a sleep center. Cain gives herself 90 minutes to work through quite a lot of ideas and feelings in the picture, but focus is the main element missing from the endeavor. “Somnium” hopes to be a penetrating drama and something vaguely resembling a horror feature, but it never fully settles on one idea. It’s not a mess, just incredibly half-baked, leaving the audience with an assortment of emotions, subplots, and moods that don’t fully connect in the end. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com