Despite all of this, Insight is still an incredibly well done movie. While having a slow pace throughout the first half, Insight gains momentum when secrets are revealed at the climax. Then as soon as they rear their heads and we think all will be revealed, the film abruptly stops, leaving more questions behind. In the short time it is on screen, the film’s most powerful moments are based around Zea’s performance. She is amazing in a significant, emotionally heartbreaking scene – so amazing that I was in tears for the brief minute it lasted.

But there are little hiccups that take away from Insight reaching perfection. Plot holes make up the majority of the bumps, such as the fact that we never truly find out who Allison’s murderer is. Christopher Lloyd’s character, Shep, who is sadly underused and Allison’s boyfriend, Steven (American Pie’s Thomas Ian Nicolas), a DJ that is spinning records just days after his girlfriend’s murder, barely qualify as fully fleshed-out characters. Truth be told, it was hard to tell if they were not needed, or if their existence had been heavily edited.

Though its twists and turns are more calculated and drawn out than needed, the overall quality is superb. Hospital scenes, the murder scene, apartment and house sets – all seem legitimate rather than taking one out of the movie experience. Editing is very well done – and there are vital scenes based around the secrets that are so subtle that they enhance the mystery.

Insight is not horror movie in the classic sense; it’s much more of a dramatic mystery. However, taking the horrors of everyday life in this crazy world – like murder and mental illness – into consideration, it fits nicely into the genre.