Sleepless NightMovie Reviews



Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    indieWIRE | Eric Kohn

    Despite the ongoing momentum, Sleepless Night never loses touch with its story. Read full review

  • 88
    Slant Magazine | Jaime N. Christley

    After a few turns in the modest narrative, an unlikely sense of structural resilience begins to emerge. Read full review

  • 80
    The Hollywood Reporter | John DeFore

    Frederic Jardin's gripping Sleepless Night maintains a consistently high pitch without growing monotonous. Read full review

  • 80
    Time Out New York | David Fear

    An American remake is already being prepped. We suggest Hollywood simply cries uncle now and calls it a day. Read full review

  • 80
    Village Voice |

    There are hints of humor and depth early on, but about halfway through, Sleepless Night clicks into something funny and warm without sacrificing its edge. Read full review

  • 80
    Variety | Rob Nelson

    There's no mistaking Jardin's playful mastery of the Hollywood-style action aesthetic; his movie starts in high gear and accelerates steadily from there. Read full review

  • 78
    Austin Chronicle | Kimberley Jones

    Sisley is a former stand-up comic, although you'd never guess it here: Finding himself in the eye of a colossal shit storm of his own making, his Vincent is brusque and action oriented, his face, a picture of ulceration in progress. Read full review

  • 75
    Boston Globe | Ty Burr

    It's fast, lean, satisfying, and forgettable; nothing special, really, until you realize that the movies have largely lost the knack for brisk mayhem like this. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    The film's headlong momentum streamrolls over all our questions, and we're carried along by the expertly choreographed action. Even after everything seems over, it isn't, and the last minutes are particularly satisfying. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Jeannette Catsoulis

    Hectic and harebrained, this galloping French thriller tosses a potpourri of plot points - crooked cops, sleazy gangsters, stolen drugs and an underage hostage - into a packed-to-the-gills nightclub, and stirs. Repeatedly. Read full review

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