- , Time Out, April 05, 2012
- Todd McCarthy, Variety, April 05, 2012
- Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly, September 07, 2011
Pacino is on world-beating form and Williams delivers his best straight performance yet.
- Alan Morrison, Empire Magazine, June 20, 2003
This could this be The Big Sleep for a new generation.
- Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK], October 02, 2002
Insomnia is as satisfying as insomnia isn't; even jaded film palates will love this sophisticated, well made and edgy psychological thriller.
- Urban Cinefile Critics, Urban Cinefile, August 30, 2002
Pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived Dormer, his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical.
- Jason Best, BBC, August 20, 2002
It's a crafty story told with more style and gray areas than your average thriller.
- Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune, July 20, 2002
- Garth Franklin, Dark Horizons, June 13, 2002
Insomnia is not my kind of arsenic, but it's so well-made and enigmatic I liked it anyway.
- Rex Reed, New York Observer, May 30, 2002
The Hollywood version (which is half an hour longer) transports the action to Alaska, and works up a respectable level of bleary-eyed paranoia.
- Dennis Lim, Village Voice, May 28, 2002
The best thing about Insomnia is that despite director Christopher Nolan's soft spot for moody-blues obfuscation, he has the good sense to keep his star in practically every shot.
- Peter Rainer, New York Magazine, May 26, 2002
A thriller whose style, structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story, you cannot separate them.
- Desson Thomson, Washington Post, May 24, 2002
You see Robin Williams and psycho killer, and you think, hmmmmm. You see the movie and you think, zzzzzzzzz.
- Stephen Hunter, Washington Post, May 24, 2002
This remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise: Al Pacino loathing Robin Williams.
- Mike Clark, USA Today, May 24, 2002
Continually challenges perceptions of guilt and innocence, of good guys and bad, and asks us whether a noble end can justify evil means.
- Peter Howell, Toronto Star, May 24, 2002
Pacino, his creased face looking like it's been aged in a smokehouse, is wonderfully bleary as the increasingly confused Dormer.
- Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times, May 24, 2002
A haunting psychological drama.
- Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle, May 24, 2002
Here's proof that it's still possible to make pop-oriented yet personal movies with an A-list cast and a zillion bucks.
- Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com, May 24, 2002
It'll keep you wide awake and ... very tense.
- Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee, May 24, 2002
