This Norwegian original of Insomnia is not better or worse than a highly successful US version with Pacino, Williams and Swank. It is the same story but it just is different. I think, we must try our best to not compare both films and watch them as two separate entities. Here, the filmmakers made a very good job of showing us the utter misery and suffering of sleepless policeman from Sweden. His mood sinks deeper and he is clearly in pain all the time. This is a well-known plot and there is no need in retelling it here, the US version preserved most of it, I just want to add that Norwegian version is very gloomy, bleak, moody, slow and foggy - just as it had to be to create a certain feeling in us This is a very fine work, decent, deep, steady and rather dry, but dryness is Key factor in making the story even more realistic and captivating. So, stop comparing and just watch it
