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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakThe whole therefore hinges upon Fishback’s performance and she assuredly carries it upon her shoulders.
- 91The PlaylistKyle KohnerThe PlaylistKyle KohnerAside from its phenomenal script and performances, Night Comes On delights with stunning visuals.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLike its determined heroine, Night Comes On burns with a smoldering fire, a heat that is no less intense, no less effective, for remaining largely beneath the surface.
- 83IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandIt’s a tough story, but told through a decidedly female gaze, Night Comes On blossoms into something beautiful.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyRestrained, affecting and tenderly observed with a distinctly female gaze, the film takes some time to locate its center as an intimate drama of resilient sisterhood. But the delicacy of the bond etched between Fishback's Angel and her 10-year-old sibling, played by captivating discovery Tatum Marilyn Hall, keeps you hooked into this melancholy but hopeful story of fractured family dynamics.
- 80The New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe New York TimesTeo BugbeeThe actress Jordana Spiro directed Night Comes On and wrote the script with Angelica Nwandu, a spoken-word poet and creator of the incisive gossip website The Shade Room. Ms. Nwandu is also a former client of the foster care system. The result of their partnership is a film that balances penetrating clarity with compassion.
- 75Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonPhiladelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonNight Comes On isn’t a docudrama, but it’s informed enough to give us a sense of the obstacles facing young women like Angel.
- 67The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyFishback and Hall move confidently between the obvious ironies and foreshadowings of Spiro’s kitchen sink (as in, “everything but the ______”) realism.
- 60Village VoiceCraig D. LindseyVillage VoiceCraig D. LindseyAll through the film, you pray it doesn’t go down the bleak routes that films like this usually go — and, most of the time, it does. Night Comes On is an assured first shot from Spiro but, damn, I couldn’t wait for this fucking thing to be over.