With a run-of-the-mill bad-guy actor playing chief suspect Walter Finch, the movie might have tipped too far Pacino's way. But Robin Williams is a shockingly effective counterweight.
– David Edelstein,
Slate,
5 Aug 2013
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The film represents a triumph of atmosphere over a none-too-mysterious mystery. Which is to say that Nolan makes you feel the end-of-the-earth bleakness of his setting, makes you feel the way it can discombobulate people once they internalize it.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
5 Aug 2013
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In the world of Christopher Nolan, memory is still as treacherous as nitroglycerin.
– John Powers,
L.A. Weekly,
25 Aug 2014
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Insomnia is not so much about the murder mystery as it is about Will's internal struggle with what's right and what's possibly okay.
– Jami Bernard,
New York Daily News,
25 Aug 2014
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Like Memento, it invites viewing over and over again.