Exoticalot
People are voting emotionally.
Huievest
Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Lollivan
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Jan Strydom
I'm still sort of new to Argento's films but I found this film of his to be one very solid effort. The first half has this very unusual tone and atmosphere that makes you feel both uncomfortable and creeped out at the same time. The death scenes in my opinion are more tense here than in some of his older films.The acting is very good although the occasional dubbed voice causes some actors to look like their facial expressions almost don't match their voices.One outstanding feature is the cinematography. The camera constantly moves around and many of the settings are lit up just right enough to create it's atmosphere.Overall, it's a very well made and solid gaillo from Argento and is well worth the effort even for fans of the genre and not necessarily Argento.
punishmentpark
I saw 'Non Ho Sonno' just once before, and I was probably a little inebriated, but the gore, a nursery rhyme and Max Von Sydow I did remember. Since then, I have become a bit of a fan of the giallo genre, though there are still plenty I need to see. Since I have been newly watching a lot of titles, this one came up as one truly due for another try.As is common with Dario Argento films, the plot is pretty far fetched and at times logics are shaky, but it does have its charms, such as nursery rhymes, a complicated (childhood / family) history, some pretty dames, a sympathetic investigator (for which Max Von Sydow is mostly responsible), the animal (farm) motif; all of them embedding some pretty brutal, original and graphic murders which usually have long and visually beautiful intro's leading up to them. Not as great as much of his (Argento's) earliest / earlier work, but still one that stands very much out in much of the usual, standard (mostly American) horror pulp that is out there. Beyond Max Von Sydow, the acting is not great, but certainly doable, and Roberto Zibetto's finale both surprised and impressed me.Yes, you have got to love the giallo, and thus Dario Argento. A big 7 out of 10.P.s.: about the gay-motif, on which there is a thread here on IMDb; I hadn't noticed it, and, in retrospect, it doesn't ring a bell at all.
matheusmarchetti
I rented Sleepless with high hopes, hence Dario Argento is my favorite horror director and his "Suspiria" is, on my opinion, one of the best films I've ever seen. "Sleepless" has one of the most disturbing and best plots in an Argento film, although borrows a bit from Tenebre and Deep Red, the film has great twists and is very, very creepy. Although Argento's cinematography is once again out of this world, the films feels bland, the actors (expect for Sir Max Von Sydow) are not so good and the English dubbing doesn't really help either. It's a good film, with a very good premise as I said before, but don't expect such a masterpiece, because it ain't, but if you're an Argento fan you should definitely watch it
Scarecrow-88
I feel "Sleepless" is a fine example of how to make a giallo and make it right. The red herrings, the reasons behind why and how the killer works, the violence which is jarring and graphic, the strength of having a legend, Max Von Sydow, as the central sleuth detecting, and the great finale which is actually quite satisfying. You'll have detractors saying that this has such familiarity to it, but I felt this is a completely original story in it's own merit while exhibiting the traits fans of this genre know and love. The film concerns killings from the past and how they connect with a fresh crop of new killings. It is said that a killer dwarf(!)was behind the death of three women, one being the mother of Giacomo(Stefano Dionisi)..viciously slain by a musical instrument. It is stated that Ulisse Moretti solved the case which ended when a dwarf named Fabritiis decided to commit suicide instead of tolerate the scorn of others lying guilt at his feet for the slayings. The fresh killings bring that case back to fruition and Moretti begins to suspect he was wrong in fingering the dwarf. It seems the killings are following a pattern from a nursery rhyme book with animals. After each female is killed, a cut-away picture of an animal is left by their body. Giacomo, who had left the area, returns at the invitation of an old school chum, Lorenzo(Roberto Zibetti). With Moretti, Giacomo go on their own investigation and make some startling discoveries on the way. During the course of the film, Giacomo will also have a passionate affair with a talented harp player, Gloria(Chiara Caselli). This film has some very nasty killings such as a poor woman who gets her face bashed up against a wall, a man who receives a gold pen inserted in his skull, not to mention some knife slayings for good measure. The train sequence in the opening(..not to mention what happens shortly afterward)is very well done. There's an inspired sequence where a ballerina is beheaded during the intermission of a "Swan Lake" concert. I love how the film develops over time as we discover the connection between the animal rhyme book and the slayings, not to mention who the killer really is. Everything comes together in such a thrilling was. An essential giallo, and one of Argento's finest films.
