La noche siempre llega

This is a dramatic thriller that is well done but is deeply unsettling. It is the story of a troubled family, featuring Vanessa Kirby as a struggling girl that is looking to protect her developmentally disabled brother. Her Mom, played by Jennifer Jason Leigh, is an even more troubled and the family stands to lose their home. This leads to the series of dramatic and thrilling events that place the life and safety of the characters in danger. The film is well acted and well filmed. The strength, beside the acting, is Direction and cinematography. It is dark and foreboding. The cast is great. I didn't;t love it and it made me feel like crap but it is well done.

Directed by British director Benjamin Caron from a script by Sarah Conradt-Kroehler, who adapts the book by Willy Vlautin.

The film immerses us in the story of Lynette, who has 12 hours to survive a dangerous odyssey, facing her dark past with the consequences that this entails.

A solid and brilliant protagonist.

Vanessa Kirby isn't just Fantastic Four's new Sue Storm; she's also a great actress who, with her portrayal of Lynette, once again demonstrates her full acting ability, making the film her own in every way. Kirby's performance is dazzling, a dark character, full of trauma and internal struggles, who seeks her own redemption at the same time that her dark past revisits her. Adding to this is the absolute on-screen beauty of an actress whose powerful, light-colored eyes absorb your every glance, capturing the suffering that Lynette hides within her. We must add to this the supporting cast that also gives their all, including Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zack Gottsagen, and Stephan James.

A photograph of Portland is outstanding .

Damián García captures the great city of Portland with dark photography, where the lights of a city that hides a cruel night for Lynette shine brightly. All this work convincingly unsettles and stresses the viewer, moving through the underworld of this city with the presentation of ethically void characters that further sour sympathy for everyone around the film's protagonist. Added to this is a minimalist soundtrack that heightens the chaos of a crazy night.

An address without so many lights.

While the film is accurate and well-made, Caron's direction isn't as energetic as her acting. The direction is accurate and even, managing to steer its comfort zone precisely, without unduly disturbing the viewer and without taking undue risks in the proper staging, which knows what it wants to say and what it also needs to say. This result is accurate, but not dazzling. This makes for a fulfilling film, one that perhaps could have gone a step further in its wildness. However, it doesn't detract from the positive outcome of this film offered by Netflix, which perhaps had merit in theaters, especially given Vanessa Kirby's excellent performance.

Conclusion.

An interesting and well-chosen proposal from Netflix, with a worthwhile result that creates a dark thriller that's quite enjoyable for a weekend watch, especially if you're a fan of the genre.

This is one of those films. No, it's not glossy, its meant to be grim and low-budget, their lives are hard and the tone reflects that. The people complaining that her spiral is unrealistic have clearly never been truly desperate for long enough.

A few quibbles, but overall a movie that is far better than the rating suggests.

Not gonna lie, the plot progression resembles Good Time a lot more than I could anticipate, but I was also engaged the whole time, thanks to a very solid, believable showing from Vanessa Kirby. Her eyes do a lot of the talking in certain scenes, and I would never complain about the number of back shots we get of hers (..yeah, she's got a great BACK..uff!). For director Benjamin Caron, this is a slightly better effort than Sharper, more so because the events can be tied to real middle-class happenings.

I liked the conversations that the central characters keep having, showcasing sufficient detail without resorting to gimmicks like flashbacks or cutaways. Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zack Gottsagen, and Stephan James offer good support to Kirby, balancing out the plot absurdities with some level of grounded stability. I'll award this 3 stars, as this story was never meant to give you the quintessential happy ending, and it doesn't. It just concludes at a detour, and we're left to write the rest of the story ourselves. Maybe.. just maybe, it would've helped knowing Kirby's character a bit more BEFORE we jumped into the "timebound thriller" part of the plot.

There was absolutely no value to this film than showcasing a terrible family dynamic and disastrous flow of events. Disappointing to see Vanessa Kirby who is so full of potential reduce herself and waste her talents in this film.

I totally appreciate this can be the life of so many in society, some even worse than what is portrayed in the film. But my question is why and what were the key messages? We see a flawed female protagonist that's made bad life choices try to save her family and 'fight' for them but not have that reciprocated. What is the emotional payoff or point? Toxic things happen to people who make bad choices? I think you need more than that to deliver that emotional depth and stronger themes. Based on a pointless novel and a poor film. Come on Netflix stop making such poor films.