Insomnia: Critic Reviews

88%

MovieWeb: 1 reviews

92%

RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Mark Caro Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

75

It's a crafty story told with more style and gray areas than your average thriller.
Full Review » 10 years ago
John J. Puccio DVDTown.com

60

...if there is anything that spoils the fun, it's the plot itself, which is too straightforward and offers too few surprises to be entirely engaging.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Christian Toto What Would Toto Watch?

88

Pacino can't be accused of sleepwalking through Christopher Nolan's brilliant Insomnia.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Rob Gonsalves eFilmCritic.com

100

This director has an unerring knack for arresting imagery and disorienting narrative.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Jordan Hiller Bangitout.com

0

The film is creepy, and not because of any one particular scene or moment, but because Nolan takes us, body and soul, into a place that all is illuminated all the time
Full Review » 7 years ago
Jeffrey Overstreet Looking Closer

92

Ultimately, Nolan's film asks the question: Do the ends justify the means? Dormer is willing to go to cover up the truth to bring about a result that is good for the world.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Stefan Birgir Stefansson sbs.is

88

Very good...
Full Review » 8 years ago
Andrew Manning Radio Free Entertainment

70

Never reaches its full potential, but still manages to be better than the average, run-of-the-mill crime thriller.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

80

Inteligente suspense que conta com otimos dialogos e atuacoes deslumbrantes de Pacino e Williams. As cenas em que estes contracenam sao geniais - e a fotografia e as locacoes sao belissimas.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Enrique Buchichio Uruguay Total

Uno de los policiales mas interesantes de los ultimos tiempos.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Harry Guerin RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

80

A classic example of a director bringing his own vision to the mainstream.
Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

90

Pacino gives one of the best performances I've seen him in; his sense of sleeplessness is infectuous, weighing down the entire proceeding with a kind of relentless fatigue.
Full Review » 9 years ago
David Grove Film Threat

70

It grabs us with the premise and holds our attention and doesn't let go.
Full Review » 9 years ago
David Poland Hot Button

It's not quite as ambiguous as the original, but it's not a sell-out either. Good movie.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Clint Morris Moviehole

70

Instead of being another by-the-numbers cop chases killer movie, it delves deeper into the central characters worlds and portrays neither as straight-out good guy or bad guy.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Rocchi Netflix

80

There are "strange things done in the midnight sun" by a killer -- and by a cop -- in this taut remake from the director of Memento.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jean Lowerison San Diego Metropolitan

The original is better, but this Insomnia won't put you to sleep.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer

75

Insomnia is not a flawless movie, but it is the kind of thriller that gets under your skin -- an effect that plenty of sleekly crafted films never manage to achieve.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review

60

The pluses of the film are excellent cinematography and sound effects.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Ian Waldron-Mantgani UK Critic

88

The film is more interested in being a character study than using a complex web of events to gyp us around.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Urban Cinefile Critics Urban Cinefile

Insomnia is as satisfying as insomnia isn't; even jaded film palates will love this sophisticated, well made and edgy psychological thriller.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Brent Simon Entertainment Today

92

A top-shelf thriller with one of the most robust and finely sketched dramatic arcs in recent memory... Insomnia is marked by an invigorating, deeply engrossing fluidity.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jon Niccum Lawrence Journal-World

88

The talented Nolan won't need to lose any sleep over whether he lived up to expectations.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Mark Palermo Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Insomnia is a good movie that's falsely convinced it's a great one.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jason Best BBC

80

Pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived Dormer, his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical.
Full Review » 10 years ago