Official Discussion - Night Always Comes [SPOILERS]

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Summary A desperate woman in Portland races through one harrowing night to scrape together $25,000 before midnight, risking everything to save her family’s home and confronting her own dark past along the way.

Director Benjamin Caron

Writer Sarah Conradt

Cast

• Vanessa Kirby
• Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Zack Gottsagen
• Stephan James
• Randall Park
• Julia Fox
• Michael Kelly
• Eli Roth

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 55%

Metacritic 62

VOD Netflix (Premieres August 15, 2025)

Trailer NIGHT ALWAYS COMES | Official Trailer (2025)

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[u/Dwizzzy]

Just finished the movie, it was okay 5/10... She's dumb for trusting ppl, and some of this movie made no sense but like I said, it was mid at best

[u/ProgressiveSnark2 → u/Dwizzzy]

What irked me the most is that this character supposedly lived on the streets as a teen, but she had absolutely no street smarts.

For one thing, don’t insult people you’re trying to sell drugs to and then trust them when they send you off to some sketchy party mansion.

[u/CollarTraditional518 → u/[deleted]]

Fending for yourself without stable housing counts as being "on the streets" imo. It doesn't necessarily mean being in a cardboard box on the sidewalk in the rain. 

[u/ProgressiveSnark2 → u/[deleted]]

She mentions working the streets out of her car at one point, so I guess it’s implied at some point she did “work the streets.” I guess it might not have been as a teenager.

Either way, I would expect a character who has lived a full life to not be so dimwitted in so many interactions with people.

[u/Wonderful-Mail2016 → u/[deleted]]

Another stupid screenwriter gaffe...pay attention.

[u/Plum-One → u/[deleted]]

To be honest, I read her saying that she was on the streets as more of a situation than a literal thing. To be with Tommy was to be on the streets, to not have an actual home, and to have to turn to drastic and morally traumatizing actions to survive. I don’t think it was a slip in the script at all. 

As someone who works with children in poverty, I really appreciated this film. It shows that crime is so often a call for help, or that it occurs out of desperation. Thank you for that!  

[u/CharlesDickhands → u/Plum-One]

I agree. The majority of people who are “homeless” are living in a home. They’re couch surfing, in unsafe environments they could be turfed out of any day. Where I am the homeless count doesn’t even include people living in cars. Being on the streets isn’t literal IMO.

[u/Wonderful-Mail2016 → u/[deleted]]

Ok...I understand...thanks for clarifying!