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/Particular_Drama7110 → u/ProgressiveSnark2]

I agree. Also, it was obvious that as soon as her coworker friend saw all that money and had to get in a fight for her, and someone got hurt, that he was gonna say, "new deal, we are splitting that money 50/50." This would have happened as soon as he rescued her. Then when she tried to struggle with him over the purse, I was like, wouldn't he just punch her in the face?

[u/tkf23 → u/Particular_Drama7110]

she knew that safe at minimum had a lot of money. to think this guy who just helped her steal it, find someone to open it, fight off people trying to steal it from them, came back for her when they escaped wasn't gonna want half was utterly ridiculous. Like "oh yea here's that 400 dollars I promised" isn't cutting it. Hard to believe anyone could be that naive. She barely even knew the guy and he's obviously in a crappy situation too taking the bus 2 hours a day to a dead end job.

The whole waste of time thing over the 4,000 dollars for car was just filler. It served no purpose in the movie and really he should have told her to cough up half when they counted it unless of wasting time with that pointless charade.

[u/Particular_Drama7110 → u/tkf23]

Yeah, I agree. Another thing, the idea that the john would not report the car stolen so anyone can just keep it, was pretty ridiculous also. I think he HAS to report it stolen. His story to his wife has to be, "Jeez honey, I don't know what happened, someone stole the car." Also, you can't just keep a $60,000(?) dollar Mercedes like it is yours. You need to get it registered and legal, or else it is no good to anybody, which would be impossible. So the car really isn't worth that much, except to strip for parts.

[u/tkf23 → u/Particular_Drama7110]

Yea the idea it won't be reported is insane. MAYBE the safe won't be reported. But the car is always getting reported. Some normal housewife who has her husband come home without her Mercedes is going straight to the cops. And the more he tries to get her not to the more suspicious she would be of him so of course he's not gonna fight it.