India, Aug. 15 -- In recent years, pop culture has gorged itself on tales of the wealthy - glossy mansions, picture-perfect kitchens and characters so Instagram-ready they barely feel real. What started as post-pandemic escapism, in many ways, has become stale. That's where Night Always Comes enters - a Netflix adaptation of Willy Vlautin's 2021 novel, swapping satire for grit, and shifting the spotlight to someone on the very edge of financial collapse. Helmed by British director Benjamin Caron and fronted by Vanessa Kirby, the film is tense, intermittently gripping, but doesn't always deliver the emotional depth it promises.

Lynette (Vanessa Kirby) shares a crumbling childhood home with her developmentally disabled brother Kenny (Zack ...