All Day and a Night

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All Day and a Night

R

2020

2h 1m

Drama

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A young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery after landing in the same prison as his father.

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All Day and a Night addresses worthy issues with thoughtfulness and care, although its effectiveness is undermined by a disappointingly familiar story.

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Roxana Hadadi

Pajiba

05/09/2020

The derivative way All Day and a Night handles the school-to-prison pipeline and crack epidemic does nothing to add nuance or newness to our understanding of these realities.

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Leah Greenblatt

Entertainment Weekly

05/08/2020

B

A nervy, deeply felt drama that gets a little lost on its winding path to redemption but still finds a way home.

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Justin Chang

Los Angeles Times

05/04/2020

"All Day and a Night" lingers and sometimes meanders in that gray zone, where the story can accrue texture and feeling and emerge as more than the sum of its plot mechanics.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/19/2022

2.5/5

The opening scene is powerful and starts things off with a jolt..... But the connecting narrative tissue just isn’t that strong and it leaves the movie feeling like a lesser version of others that came before it.

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Mark Meszoros

The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH)

02/28/2021

2/4

While you can feel Cole's passion for the story bleed from the script to the screen, this tale of a young black man who does not want to repeat the mistakes of his father - only to end up in the same prison with him - comes up a little short.

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Alex Bentley

CultureMap

02/16/2021

While writer/director Joe Robert Cole does a great job of showing how dark and depressing that way of life can be, the film fails to give any true insight on why it's that way or how it can be changed.

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Jordan R.

@boejordan223 Apr 23

pretty good, just some of the gangsters seemed corny at times.

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Dawn T

@RT08177813 Apr 13

Considering the group of producers that created this monstrosity, it makes sense why it lacks both nuiance and purpose. The movie is stereotypical and generates a narritive with no nuisance to the reasoning behind it.

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Damon G

@Dmoney420 Feb 22

Solid movie 9.5 out of 10 super good liked it definitely a dope underrated movie isisah John was cool to see him from snowfall

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Andre G

@RT34185089 Nov 11

Great movie gives insight of the interactions in inner city neighborhoods actors make the movie

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Jaded C

@RT63755626 Oct 23

I like your average gangster/hood movie plenty. This one I didnt even realize the cast when I started. Did a double take seeing Jeffrey Wright in it - I was like 'really?'. The biggest thing that came to my mind as I saw him performing this role was 'American Fiction'. I just watched that months ago, and his character makes a big name playing stereotypes and entitling his book 'F&ck'. I loved that movie. Then I watch this one and he is literally playing the same character of the book he just fictionally wrote in that movie. I have a lot of respect for him as an actor. I get it its a paycheck and some big names in this movie. This movie though was completely ordinary. Production and acting were fine but it did nothing for me. It did not keep my attention. Only saw irony watching Jeffrey Wright. Hope he got paid well.

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Thiago G

@RT41755011 Aug 15

This movie moves you in ways you don’t see coming. The first opening scene takes you into a heavy spiral of the challenges faced by black youth across America. The acting is incredible by the full cast but more so by Ashton Sanders. A young man just trying to find his way out of a trouble life. From trying to get a normal job, to avoiding selling drugs, he eventually is forced to do things he always wanted to avoid. If you want to be moved, watch this movie.

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Synopsis

A young man embarks on a journey of self-discovery after landing in the same prison as his father.

Director: Joe Robert Cole
Producer: Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Jared Goldman
Screenwriter: Joe Robert Cole
Production Co: Color Force, Mighty Engine
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content/Nudity|Pervasive Language|Drug Use|Strong Violence)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 2, 2020
Runtime: 2h 1m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)