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I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

When I saw this movie 10 years ago on video, I was captivated by the story and the acting, but turned off by Frankie's blathering. When I watched it again last night, I had the same reaction.The acting-especially the adorable Mackenzie Astin (who was such a cute kid on Facts of Life, nice to see he grew up so well)-more than make up for the sometimes awful lines that the luminous Ione Skye has to mutter. She's such a good actress that I actually cringed at some of her dialogue. It's the earnestness in which she says it that made me not laugh out loud though. Instead of coming off as a pompous, pretentious poser, Skye portrays Frankie as a hopeless romantic. She's a lonely dreamer who finds her soul mate at just about the time she's given up on the notion that he is out there. So when she meets David (Astin), her world is rocked. Love at first sight happens for both, but there is one glitch-he has a live in girlfriend. Of course, David is so sensitive and sweet that one has to wonder what he's doing with a cold, pragmatic law student named Molly Monday. Of course, he just has to give in to his desire to be with Frankie, even if it means relocating yet again to another city.The fact that David spends loads of time with Frankie and leads her cousin (Michael Landes in what should have been a break out role)and friends to think that he has a thing for her despite hiding his relationship means nothing to her though. Instead of seeing him as someone who can't be trusted, Frankie is determined to break up his relationship and claim him for herself. She doesn't want to hear her friend Allison (played brilliantly by Jennifer Aniston) tell her that there are other fish in the sea. She only wants the David Shrader fish. Who could blame her? Astin plays this role with grace and sensitivity, even when David acts like a weasel. It's hard to dislike his character-he's captivating and brilliant. No one is perfect, and neither is this movie. Silly dialogue aside, it's close to it. I give it an 8 out of 10.

1st watched 1/8/2006, 5 out of 10(Dir-Tiffanie Debartolo): Promising romantic comedy that doesn't quite deliver. It's hard for me to put a finger on why this movie stopped working for me about the time it changed from black&white to color when the heroine, Frankie(played by Ione Skye)meets her hopeful blue-eyed knight in shining armor, David(played by Mackenzie Austin), but in the next few sentences I'm going to try and explain. The players don't do a bad job but you get the feeling that the Hollywood happy ending is going to transpire too early on, and the interest in the rest of the movie becomes lacking. Ione plays a woman who hasn't got a good night's sleep since her parents died in a car crash at age six, and I think her hope in life has been diminishing from that point in time as well. Jennifer Anniston plays her happy-go-lucky actor friend who plays her comforter and tries to cheer her up as well as her gay cousin but neither are very successful. Frankie is looking for the blue-eyed Frank Sinatra-type to whisk her off her feet as Frank S. had done in real life with her father by giving him a break in the music business a long time ago. That man comes along in David Shrader(or at least she thinks so) but he's been dragging along a girlfriend for a few years and we're all waiting for him to wake-up, smell the coffee and go for Frankie. I won't give away the ending, although I've hinted at it already, but "you know what" eventually happens. The supporting cast is very good in this movie, but the main characters don't quite pull it off in this hopeful, but in-the-end flat, romantic flick.

I admit I was a bit worried about seeing this film...lets face it, the cast alone sent out warning flares...An 80's teen movie star, Rachel from 'Friends' and some guy who happened to be the brother of another 80's teen movie star!! I cringed at the thought when a friend wanted to hire the movie, but I thought 'what the hey, you only live once'. And am I glad I hired it or what?? Ione Skye was perfect as Frankie, Mackenzie Astin is gorgeous as David, and don't let me forget their chemistry - they're perfect together....and I'm not forgetting Jennifer Aniston, who proved she could shake off her Rachel stigma and become someone completely different. But it's not just the cast, the story is completely fresh, the music is fabulous and I got enough memorable quotes to last me a lifetime!! This movie is a must see, for anybody who believes in love, destiny and waiting for Mr Right.

Dream for an Insomniac is a not-too-bad romantic comedy. I love romantic comedies, and this one is not exactly brilliant. Still this is the first movie for director/writer Tiffanie DeBartolo. I liked the way they mixed the black and white scenes with the colour scenes in the movie. Some of the cinematography wasn't that good though. The cast here, Including, Jennifer Aniston and Ione Skye are both okay too. If you like romantic comedies, then you may just enjoy this. Saying that though, there are much better ones out there.