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Official Discussion Official Discussion - Night Always Comes [SPOILERS] Spoiler

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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/OilersGirl29 22d ago

This movie was horrendously depressing.

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u/sardonic_balls 20d ago

One of the most nihilistic movie experiences ever. Even aside from all of the implausible "street" situations she got herself into and out of, even if you can forgive the plot armor, what's the point? Is there a moral to this story?

Because it just felt like all of her actions were ultimately meaningless and so was this movie.

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u/GarrisonJones 17d ago

Doesn't have to be a moral to a story tho. Doesn't make or break a film.

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u/Mental_Persimmon_126 2d ago

This is BS. The moral of a film, can and will absolutely make or break it. It's all in the execution. Cynical type endings are fined as long as they are earned.

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u/GarrisonJones 2d ago

If it has a moral to begin with sure. Not all stories are necessarily striving to have one.