Synopsis
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
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Cast
- Al PacinoWill Dormer
- Robin WilliamsWalter Finch
- Hilary SwankEllie Burr
- Martin DonovanHap Eckhart
- Nicky KattFred Duggar
- Maura TierneyRachel Clement
- Paul DooleyChief Nyback
- Jonathan JacksonRandy Stetz
- Katharine IsabelleTanya Francke
- Larry HoldenFarrell
Recommendations
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New York Post
A rare case of an American remake that actually improves on a European movie. - 100
USA Today
A perfect fit between filmmaker (Memento's Christopher Nolan) and material (Norway's same-name psycho-chiller from 1997), this remake gets all there is to get out of a peculiar premise with promise. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
Superb psychological thriller. - 90
The New York Times
The anomalous proliferation of scenic beauty gives Mr. Nolan irony to play with, and he uses it spectacularly. The director and his gifted cinematographer, Wally Pfister, are clearly turned on by all this wasted beauty. - 80
New Times (L.A.)
What Nolan does accomplish here that we haven't seen from him before is staging a few horrifyingly effective suspense set pieces -- one of which, in particular, is likely to stay with you for a long time. - 80
Salon
Like the best thrillers it dives below the ordered surface of the genre into the coldest waters of the individual soul, where Hitchcock and David Lynch and Dostoyevsky have ventured. Does Christopher Nolan belong in that company? Not quite yet, but he's on the way. - 78
Austin Chronicle
Nolan creates an effective thriller, although he keeps his stylistic pyrotechnics to a minimum. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
In the ongoing case of the fan versus the movies, the evidence suggests that a good policier is damn hard to find. So when you come across one that can boast a decent script, taut direction and a single superb performance, there's no need for prolonged deliberation.
