A remarkably polished and thoughtful first feature by Norwegian helmer Erik Skjoldbjaerg, psychological crime thriller "Insomnia" is an eye-opener.

| Feb 28, 2021

It's nice to see a genre film from abroad for a change, but I would have preferred one with an interesting character or two, not to mention a livelier plot.

| Feb 28, 2021

A genuinely un-nerving psychological thriller, Insomnia is one of the year's best foreign-language releases.

| Feb 28, 2021

An inverted film noir, utilizing light instead of shadow, there's a cold blankness to the film, making it a sort of waking nightmare.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 4, 2020

It's [Stellan Skarsgard's] controlled performance that galvanises this otherwise underpowered thriller.

| Mar 29, 2019

Insomnia is the sort of picture big studios used to make when they still believed they could take audiences on a ride without rubbing their faces in digital gloss.

| Feb 6, 2018

a masterpiece of unease and illness, the more so because the terminal sickness it describes is a universal condition.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 29, 2014

... a paranoid noir thriller in broad daylight, and Skarsgard inhabits his role so naturally that when he starts going off the rails, it's as disorienting as it is disturbing.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 6, 2014

It becomes clear the title of the film could just as well be 'The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - Troms.'

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 3, 2014

fascinated by the conundrums of human psychology and moral frailty, which is why the film is centered on a protagonist who is generally dislikable as a person, yet is inherently compelling as a human subject.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 28, 2014

Insomnia is occasionally a bit too saturnine, but should this filmmaker choose to go Hollywood, there's every chance that he'll be major.

| Original Score: A- | Apr 5, 2012

Mais cnico que sua refilmagem, o filme cria menos tenso por no levar o espectador a simpatizar com seu protagonista. Em contrapartida, mais enxuto, disciplinado e conduz sua trama com mais segurana.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 17, 2006

A superbly controlled actor, Skarsgård shows us an incisive mind shutting out humanity to fall into perilous complicity with his prey. A taut and distinctive example of genre film-making.

| Jun 24, 2006

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| Original Score: 88/100 | Mar 16, 2004

A cold and stark amoral thriller.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 7, 2003