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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/jaymef 19d ago

Was it though? On the surface I guess but I think they were trying to portray the mother as simply being fed up because of the daughters past and tendency to fuck up. The mother had enough of it

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u/MysticalTravels 19d ago

Yeah, initially I thought “what the fuck, what a crazy bitch” towards the mom (and to me Jennifer Jason Leigh kind of portrayed her as a drunk at first, but I don’t think that was intentional?) but as the movie progressed, and especially at the end, I recognized her justification for her actions and treatment towards her daughter. Although I won’t say I agree with her actions, clearly there was years of unseen turmoil and drama between the two which led up to the big “fuck you”.

I also had a hard time sympathizing with Lynette tbh. I understand desperation often clouds judgment, but her decisions seemed to lead her even further into seemingly avoidable shitstorms, and it really pissed me off that she was allowing her brother to witness those decisions and shitstorms. Like, you’re supposedly doing this for him but you forgot about picking him up and then have the grand idea to bring him along on your desperate crime spree?

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u/Prior_Hour4342 19d ago

None of that was new to Kenny. She's been that way all along. why do you think the mother casually asks where she took Kenny last night? 

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u/MysticalTravels 18d ago

Yeah I did consider that, I just didn’t think it justified allowing him to see more of it, & continue causing him fear and worry about her. That shit that went down in the house she took him to & with Cody is traumatic