More than once in the week after I saw ”Adaptation,” I found myself suddenly awake in the middle of the night, pulse racing, fretting over the movie’s intricate, fascinating themes. Since quite a few of the films I see have a decidedly soporific effect, those bouts of insomnia might in themselves be sufficient grounds for recommending this one.

soporific (adj) 1: sleep inducing [syn: soporiferous, somniferous, somnific, hypnogogic, hypnagogic] 2: inducing mental lethargy [syn: narcotic, soporiferous] – source: NY Times Film Review; Forever Obsessing About Obsession