A Noite Sempre Chega

Probably the one thing a filmmaker doesn't want to hear about his or her film is indifference. If you love something or hate something, that means you care about it and it incites some type of passion. If you watch something and say "meh" it is neither. If you've read a couple reviews or a logline, you know what the film is about. Similar plot to other movies you've seen, but this one looked better. The trailer looked exceptional. I love the actors, particularly Vanessa and Jennifer, and was looking forward to it. And then.....meh. There's a scene toward the end where the actresses look at each other and you can hear the director in the background saying "tell the story with your eyes," and you get long stares. At the end of the day, I didn't buy the lead's dopey decisions and none of it was realistic but there were a couple well-paced entertaining action scenes. But I didn't buy any of it. Your mileage may vary. Meh.

It felt real, it certainly was no Hollywood story and certainly no Hollywood ending.

It's one of the best movies I've ever seen on Netflix and they sure have had some stinkers on there lately.

Vanessa Kirby and most of the supporting actors did a brilliant job of making the whole thing believable.

What Americans will never realize is that the money they don't make from their work is taken by parasitic shareholders. And this movie is another example of hiding that fact. It's the same people who make these movies and show the underdogs struggling and slipping into illegality as those who get rich off them. And the typical johns aren't exactly Chinese either.

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.

I cannot be inside the head of everyone who already rated this film. I titled my review Wow because I will never understad the level of their rating... This film belongs in the list of masterpieces. Watch it again and again and live it to the point where you see yourself into the mind of the main actress character.. Do it and change your ratings. Let me remind you again, this is a masterpiece!