Overview

• Reviewers highlight Vanessa Kirby’s gritty turn as Lynette as the film’s standout element.
• The drama unfolds across a single night in Portland, using a neo-noir frame to track escalating desperation.
• Director Benjamin Caron and writer Sarah Conradt adapt Willy Vlautin’s novel, with supporting roles from Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zack Gottsagen, Julia Fox, Randall Park, Michael Kelly, and Stephan James.
• Newsday commends the atmosphere and commitment to realism while criticizing convoluted plotting and a relentlessly bleak tone.
• ELLE emphasizes the film’s focus on economic precarity and housing insecurity, echoing Caron’s view that working multiple jobs still may not secure a home.