It's a solid thriller with a story about right and wrong and how the bad decisions in life can affect you deeply.
Insomnia it's just that, the less you sleep the more you get tired and your mind starts to be messed up. And so it is with the bad decisions we make, the more time passes the more conscience weighs.
Al Pacino is always great, Hilary Swank and Robin Williams give very good performances as the supporting cast. Williams gives one of his best dramatic performances!
I just love Christopher Nolan's movies, he is very good!

In what is perhaps Nolan's most straightforward film, he shows that he is a solid director when given weak material.

Having said that, he probably could have and should have made a better film than what in the end is a predictable and dime a dozen thriller. He's got a great cast to tell his story, but it almost feels as if he's content with the backdrop that is supposed to add something extraordinary to what is a painfully ordinary murder mystery.

This thriller never pushes the boat out anywhere, yet it is Nolan's solid pacing and his cinematographer's colour palette that make this film somewhat enjoyable. Pacino and Williams are ok, but completely outacted by Swank and that's about all there is to it.

Pretty pictures, a decent cast and a straightforward paint it by numbers plot make this a bit of inoffensive fluff which only crime is that it isn't as good as it should be.

Probably thought of as Nolan's weakest film, this is still a cut above most other thrillers. The acting is superb. Pacino is really good here (though the scars from Jack and Jill still haven't healed) and Williams gives one of his finest dramatic performances.

I love this film but it does make me feel very tired! Just looking at Pacino's heavy eyelids, staring eyes and sagging face are enough to make the most caffeine injected feel sleepy. The thing that keeps this film motoring is that it is a very tight thriller, expertly edited and a great mystery. The stunning Alaskan backdrops, the quiet and lulaby-esque soundtrack, the brilliant use of frames-missing and frames-added for hallucination effects and the flashback used, all combine to make a rather riveting and cleverly put together thriller. Robin Williams suprises again as being extremely competent in serious roles. Nolan’s lesser known success. A must see.

"I can't judge. There are two kinds of people in Alaska: those who were born here and those who come here to escape something. I wasn't born here."

Christopher Nolan 'Insomnia' is a nice and by the numbers thriller that relays on the performances of the actors and the atmosphere of the film to break apart from other thrillers.

The film relays heavily on Al Pacino, that even do he is not at his best, he is very damn good, even Al Pacino half given a damn is better than 100% effort from other actors.

The film looks good and the soundtrack is decent enough, this is not a bad way to spend a saturday afternoon. 'Insomnia' works as a thriller and is engaging enough, but is nothing memorable, specially because this was Nolan follow-up to 'Memento'.

When I watched this film on release it's safe to say that it had an effect opposite of Insomnia.

But I guess my film tastes have matured in those 10 years.

This is a stunning film.

Pacino is on world beating form. This should be hailed as one of his greatest performances. There are signs of some brilliant film making from Nolan, and he gets one of the best straight performances out of Robin Williams.

Now just let me get some sleep..

Esta peli me provocó episodios de somnolencia. Y muchos bostezos.

Not Nolan's best but far superior to the pretentious snore fest that was the last Batman film. A solid performance from Pacino, but its Robin Williams who shines here. Wish he'd done more roles like this. Makes me want to watch One Hour Photo again

I didn't realize Chris Nolan directed this, yet another good psychological thriller to follow-up on Memento.

Decent enough remake, though I prefer the original. I'm surprised to see this was Nolan...

It's a solid thriller with a story about right and wrong and how the bad decisions in life can affect you deeply.
Insomnia it's just that, the less you sleep the more you get tired and your mind starts to be messed up. And so it is with the bad decisions we make, the more time passes the more conscience weighs.
Al Pacino is always great, Hilary Swank and Robin Williams give very good performances as the supporting cast. Williams gives one of his best dramatic performances!
I just love Christopher Nolan's movies, he is very good!

In what is perhaps Nolan's most straightforward film, he shows that he is a solid director when given weak material.

Having said that, he probably could have and should have made a better film than what in the end is a predictable and dime a dozen thriller. He's got a great cast to tell his story, but it almost feels as if he's content with the backdrop that is supposed to add something extraordinary to what is a painfully ordinary murder mystery.

This thriller never pushes the boat out anywhere, yet it is Nolan's solid pacing and his cinematographer's colour palette that make this film somewhat enjoyable. Pacino and Williams are ok, but completely outacted by Swank and that's about all there is to it.

Pretty pictures, a decent cast and a straightforward paint it by numbers plot make this a bit of inoffensive fluff which only crime is that it isn't as good as it should be.

Nolan's least talked about film but still one solid thriller that is better than most. There are worse films to watch during an afternoon.

I love this film but it does make me feel very tired! Just looking at Pacino's heavy eyelids, staring eyes and sagging face are enough to make the most caffeine injected feel sleepy. The thing that keeps this film motoring is that it is a very tight thriller, expertly edited and a great mystery. The stunning Alaskan backdrops, the quiet and lulaby-esque soundtrack, the brilliant use of frames-missing and frames-added for hallucination effects and the flashback used, all combine to make a rather riveting and cleverly put together thriller. Robin Williams suprises again as being extremely competent in serious roles. Nolan’s lesser known success. A must see.

Al Pacino has some weird finger nails in this film.