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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanAll Day and a Night is made with empathy and skill, but it’s as clear-eyed and remorseless as a news report.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzAll Day and a Night offers renewed hope for Wright acolytes, all while reaffirming a new star in Sanders.
- 75ObserverOliver JonesObserverOliver JonesCole’s overarching theme of time drifting, folding inward and ultimately dooming the fathers, sons, mothers and daughters of All Day and a Night is hugely aided by the manner in which he frames these ideas visually.
- 70The New York TimesLovia GyarkyeThe New York TimesLovia GyarkyeChoice, for many, is an illusion. This message repeats itself throughout the film, and while at times it feels clumsy, it is never tedious. Sanders especially shines among a formidable cast, and in his portrayal, excellently reflects on the herculean task his character faces.
- 63Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrThis is a grim, at times lurid tale with hard observations about growing up poor, Black, and male in America — about the cycles of defeat that can land multiple generations in prison — and many of the details have the sting of the rap songs that permeate the soundtrack. Elsewhere, however, All Day and a Night plays like an urban crime thriller made with more earnestness than style.
- 60The GuardianBenjamin LeeThe GuardianBenjamin LeeAll Day and a Night is a weightier alternative to the average Netflix original and while imperfectly realised and scrappily plotted at times, it’s another promising sign that, away from the easy-to-digest content, there’s room on the platform for much much more.
- 58IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThere’s a fine line between resilience and false hope, and All Day and a Night walks it with purpose even when it’s tripping over itself.
- 50The A.V. ClubKatie RifeThe A.V. ClubKatie RifeCole had a key part in one of the biggest game-changers in Black cinema this decade: a co-writing credit on Black Panther. But where that film was expansive and forward-thinking, this one feels like a throwback—and not in a good way.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneySaddled with an excess of voiceover and a shuffled flashback structure that keep the characters at an emotional distance, All Day and a Night feels familiar in both its bleakness and its ultimate offering of hope.
- 38RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonRogerEbert.comOdie HendersonThere is not a single original idea in All Day and A Night. Not one solitary surprise is to be had here.