Nuit blanche 2011

Odie Henderson, Chicago Sun-Times: A frenetic French action film that will either get your heart or your head pounding. This is a relentless genre exercise, both exhilarating and exhausting. Read more

Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times: The plot is clever yet breathtakingly simple, the action is relentless but logical, and the lead role is tailor-made for Hollywood's A-list action stars. Read more

Alison Willmore, AV Club: Greyhound-lean and adrenaline-dazed, Sleepless Night keeps up a relentless pace once it arrives at its main location. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: 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 more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: The story is loaded with implausibilities, but it moves so quickly you won't have long to dwell on them, and there are a number of neatly executed reversals. Read more

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: Full-tilt French crime film weaves multiple threads of cat-and-mouse through the labyrinthine innards of a big nightclub. Read more

Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: The sort of stripped-down, Francophone picture that's been spoiling American action fans over the last few years. There are no Cuisinarted fight scenes, no pauses for awkward romantic subplots. Read more

Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: This tense French thriller never goes anywhere new, but nonetheless keeps up an admirable adrenaline kick till the end. Read more

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Charging from one beating to another, wrenching diminishing returns from drunken camera angles and cat-and-mouse games, Mr. Jardin makes Vincent's predicament as hollow as a sustained scream. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: An American remake is already being prepped. We suggest Hollywood simply cries uncle now and calls it a day. Read more

Rob Nelson, Variety: 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 more

Mark Holcomb, Village Voice: Jardin ... brings a restless intelligence and disciplined glee to Sleepless Night that far surpasses its cinematic influences. Read more