Insomnia

Something to treasure: a thriller whose style, structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story, you cannot separate them.Read Full Review »

It's taut, tense and terrific.Read Full Review »

A perfect fit between filmmaker (Memento's Christopher Nolan) and material (Norway's same-name psycho-chiller from 1997), this remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise.Read Full Review »

Superb psychological thriller.Read Full Review »

Insomnia shows an equally welcome ability: a gift of creating intelligent, engrossing popular entertainment.Read Full Review »

The anomalous proliferation of scenic beauty gives Mr. Nolan irony to play with, and he uses it spectacularly. The director and his gifted cinematographer, Wally Pfister, are clearly turned on by all this wasted beauty.Read Full Review »

Unlike most remakes, the Nolan "Insomnia" is not a pale retread, but a re-examination of the material, like a new production of a good play.Read Full Review »

Nolan, withholding master of disorientation in his previous non-linear films, allows far too easy access into the psychic tumult of Al Pacino's cop and Robin Williams's prime suspect.Read Full Review »

It might, however, have been a greater film if its villain were as compelling as its flawed hero. Williams is effectively creepy, but next to Pacino’s rich, multileveled portrait he seems one-note, and one we’ve seen before.Read Full Review »

Sensationally made and in patches pretty nerve-jangling.Read Full Review »