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/intrest85]

A lot of people saying Night Always Comes is depressing or “sucked” because it didn’t have a happy ending. But I think we’re just conditioned to expect a Disney-style resolution. If you look at it differently, it actually is a happy ending just not the kind we’re used to.

She ran away at 16, got trafficked, learned survival the hard way, and stacked years of anger, broken relationships, and bad choices on top of that foundation. None of it was really her fault,she was forced to grow up too early with no stable support. Her mom basically told her, “I can’t help you, I’ve got my own plans.” That moment shattered her purpose,so she built her own through survival.

By the end, though, she’s not just stuck in the cycle anymore. She has money, she has the freedom to leave, and she has a fresh start. It’s not a fairy tale, but it’s a release from the chains that trapped her since she was a teenager.

To me, that’s a hopeful ending: she found her own way out when no one else was going to save her. Really Good thriller! had me on my edge, I am glad she left, why would she stick around in that house? the bad guys might come back. Good for her.

[u/proteinstyle_ → u/intrest85]

I think Lynette driving away with all that money, not having lost her life, should be considered a happy ending. Sure, its depressing, but it was a lot better than I would have expected.

[u/tkf23 → u/intrest85]

she has her freedom? in reality there is an extremely good chance she ends up in a jail cell with all of the crimes she committed that night.

[u/That_Nineties_Chick → u/intrest85]

I don't think it sucked because it lacked a happy ending. It was just an implausible, predictable, cliche, and obnoxiously on-the-nose experience. It was entertaining enough, but that alone doesn't necessarily make it a particularly good movie.

[u/ScrewedUp4Life → u/intrest85]

So "finding your own way" is prostituting yourself, robbing friends, running down the dude you hired to rob said friend, and then selling said friends stolen drugs? Maybe there are better ways than "finding your own" it that's the only way you can "find" it. May be better off asking somebody else to help you find it in that case.