Night Always Comes (2025)

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Included in Netflix's 2025 film slate is Night Always Comes, starring Vanessa Kirby and Jennifer Jason Leigh, and filmed in Portland, Oregon.

The movie’s plot follows Willy Vlautin’s book, with Sarah Conradt writing the script. The book follows Lynette, a 30-something burdened with debt and juggling jobs, who strives to buy her family’s home in rapidly gentrifying Portland. When her mother reneges on a promise to help, Lynette embarks on a desperate two-day search for the money. This odyssey brings her face-to-face with the city’s winners and losers, escalating her desperation. A dangerous choice plunges Lynette into a downward spiral, forcing her to confront her past as she fights for her family’s future.

Netflix’s logline for its adaptation is as follows:

“Risking everything to secure a future for herself and her brother, Lynette sets out on a dangerous odyssey in Portland; confronting her own dark past over one propulsive night.”

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Netflix has not yet announced the release date. Let us hope they won't keep us waiting long!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd44vTsTUhs

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More Vanessa Kirby!

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I'm a little behind in reading Willy Vlautin. They've already made a movie of this one.

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Vanessa delivers another great performance here with great supporting turns, especially by Jennifer Jason Leigh, Randall Park and Michael Kelly.

This is basically After Hours for the soon-to-be-homeless and benefits greatly from actually being shot in Portland; the movie doesn't flinch and is willing to put its lead through some really rough stuff (though the fact that the movie takes the time to reference Mary's was a cute touch!).

Between this, F4 and the upcoming Eden, this is turning out to be a bit of a Summer of Vanessa, as well, and I couldn't be happier about it