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.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022

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.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 28, 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.

| Feb 16, 2021

All Day and A Night shows the endless cycle of what a system of racism/white supremacy does directly and indirectly to Black Americans. Wanted more, but it was decent enough.

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Sep 22, 2020

If people wonder why so many racists automatically think African American men are violent thugs, a movie like All Day and a Night just fuels that racism, because this unoriginal and uninspired movie panders to the worst negative stereotypes.

| Jul 18, 2020

Perfectly captures the quintessential problematic nature of the systemic oppression that African Americans endure within the school to prison pipeline. With amazing performances from the cast, this film feels both authentic and heavy-hearted...

| Original Score: 6.5/10 | Jun 22, 2020

Good intentions live in All Day and a Night, but a powerful film is never reached. It's not a time waste by any means, but I wouldn't urge you to rush to view it.

| Original Score: C | Jun 20, 2020

Though Cole's story gets a bit muddled, his sleek and stylish direction makes him a filmmaker to watch.

| May 19, 2020

Tragic, brutal crime tale; racial politics, cursing, drugs.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 15, 2020

All Day and a Night is a sober and thoughtful rumination on the profound relationship between fathers and sons.

| May 12, 2020

Unflinching and moving...exceptional, in-your-face storytelling.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 11, 2020

[Jeffrey Wright] sets the right tone for JD. His character moves in ambivalence... But Ashton Sanders is the film's engine. [Full review in Spanish]

| May 11, 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.

| May 9, 2020

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

| Original Score: B | May 8, 2020

'Black Panther' writer's Netflix Crime Drama Set In Oakland Is Well Acted But Familiar.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 6, 2020

This is a strong story from a skilled filmmaker; with these actors telling it, it's almost essential.

| Original Score: 9/10 | May 6, 2020

All Day and a Night makes no judgement and begs its audience not to do the same. While lacking focus in the details, its searing central character study is perfectly judged.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 5, 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.

| May 4, 2020

Good filmmaking in service of a narrative that I absolutely cannot stand.

| May 4, 2020

It's a striking depiction of a marginalised culture that has been systematically denied equality and opportunities. But it feels overfamiliar and far too pessimistic.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | May 4, 2020