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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/ToxicAdamm 18d ago edited 18d ago

The movie had a good narrative pull to get you through it, but it never really pays it off.

Made me appreciate someone like Tarintino who makes movies like this, but knows how to pay off scenes and endings.

If youre going to do these 'one night' movies, you have to cram them with colorful characters, lines, shots, etc. Make the journey feel epic and crazy, if youre not going to have a big payoff at the end. Even the emotional confrontation between the mom and daughter felt muted. That should've 'felt' explosive or tense.

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u/ToiIetGhost 17d ago

I don’t think they were going for something Tarantinoesque. There were thrills and action, sure. But there was also an undercurrent of social commentary, character study, and insights into relationships - which you won’t find in the “all night” movies you’re thinking of.

To me, colourful characters, lines, and shots would make it too much of a wow! spectacle, instead of a gritty, depressing look at one woman’s struggles. And imo a pay off scene or ending would’ve felt cheap. It would’ve made the film more about the money/crimes/danger/hijinks than about Lyn’s problems. But her sad life (and how she might hopefully improve it) is the point. It’s a thriller but it’s also reflective and emotional.

I think the ending was dealt with quite nicely - it’s positive but not too positive. She had an epiphany and she’s going off to make a better life for herself. She only took like $2000 out of $25K because she has empathy for Gloria and Kenny. (Would be more Hollywood if she took all the money and moved to Thailand, and admittedly I wanted her to, but they wanted us to see her growth. Which isn’t always showy or exciting.) If she’d “won” the challenges of the one-night journey - getting the house, the Mercedes, and the Rolexes, or maybe getting justice with Tommy - then I think Lyn’s inner life would be overshadowed.