The Night Of

2016 Directed by Steven Zaillian, James Marsh

What happened

After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

Riz Ahmed John Turturro Amara Karan Michael Kenneth Williams Poorna Jagannathan Bill Camp Syam M. Lafi Paul Sparks Jeannie Berlin Peyman Maadi Glenne Headly

Alternative Titles

罪夜之奔, ליל האירוע

drama mystery crime

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Review by adrianbalboa ★★★★ 11

been rotating between this, making a murderer, and an audiobook of i’ll be gone in the dark: one woman’s obsessive search for the golden state killer. this year we are saying no thank you! to spooky halloween movies and going straight to violently graphic true crime
Review by Ethan Ethan ★★★½

Episode 1 - 3/5

I feel like they really dragged this episode. The supposedly suspenseful moments doesn't have enough teeth, and those scenes all lead to Naz' arrest, but that scene didn't really bite. Also I love John Turturro, but that moment where he decided to help Naz accompanied by an inspirational music is really cheesy.
Episode 2 - 2.5/5

I feel like they could fit all the new information in this episode into 30 minutes.
Episode 3 - 3.5/5
Now I feel like the stakes are high. Riz Ahmed is totally selling his performance, as long as everyone in the cast. Right now what I'm most invested with is Michael K. Williams' character and John Turturro's feet.
Episode 4…
Review by Arthur92998 ★★★★★ 2

Student: Would you defend Hitler?
Stone: In theory, it would be my duty as an officer of the court.
Student: Hitler killed my great grandparents.
Dialogues like this one make great scripts. Not Hitler jokes.
But quick and clever lines.
Another example:
Box: I want to talk to the boy.
Jack: And I want to live forever.
Box: Had to ask.
Jack: You did. But did you before?
"The Night Of" demonstrate that HBO is not to be trifled with in 2016. First "Vinyl", followed by an awesome season of "Game of Thrones" and now this. (Still have "Westworld" at the beginning of October).
Now writing about the tv-show itself. WOW! A hundred times WOW!
"If it was a full-length…
Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★½ 6

The whole series is formidable
& Poorna Jagannathan is a force.
Review by Milez Das ★★★★★ 3

John Stone stands before the jury with his closing arguments while battling a recurrence of his eczema. He says to them why he took Naz's case. John has always been the plea taker lawyer, he has never ever taken a case like Naz's in his life nor he has stood before a jury. He says that 95% of his clients had committed the crime but when he saw Naz, sitting alone in his cell he turned back because he had this feeling of his innocence.
What started out as any other day for Nasir "Naz" Khan, a young boy from hard working family. He sets out taking his fathers cab driving to a party he has been invited. He gets…
Review by Erik Nordgren ★★★★½ 1

i'm glad i can log this because i watched every episode the day it came out, wig missing, and if y'all don't give Riz that emmy i'm gonna crash the ceremony with my whole booty ass out
Review by Jacob ★★★★ 5

Esto debe ser el mejor piloto que halla visto en una serie jamás. Ese primer capítulo desprende una maestría directorial y narrativa tremenda, un suspenso tan incidioso y elaborado que le erizaria la piel al mismísimo David Fincher.
The Night Of es una muestra más de que no hay quien le haga frente a HBO en cuanto a calidad televisiva se refiere.
El efecto neto es hipnótico, similar a leer una jugosa novela negra llena de detalles evocadores.
De manera compulsiva el místerio es seductor y adictivo, que a diferencia de la mayoría no da respuestas fáciles si no que conduce al espectador por una narrativa que rastrea meticulosamente los procedimientos, el idioma y la cultura de sus personajes.
Asi,…
Review by Oana ★★★★½

have you accepted riz ahmed as our lord and saviour?
Review by Jairo Rodríguez ★★★★★ 11

Técnicamente no es una película, pero a quien coño le importa. Es una de esas cosas, como "The Jinx" o las dos "True Detective" o las dos "Fargo", que te hacen ansiar un mundo donde todas las películas duran 9 horas y están divididas en capítulos. Un mundo de novelas por encima de relatos cortos. Es en su afinadisimo tono de triste patetismo y apática derrota por parte del sistema donde reside su ascenso a los cielos. Es Turturro y es Moaadi y es Ahmed y Camp y es el gris de las calles de Nueva York y la cadena de burocracia donde se sedimentan todos esos pequeños males que acaban corroyendo el mundo. Poco menos que imprescindible. No hace…
Review by Kimberly Lindbergs ★★★½

This was a nice reminder that John Turturro is a national treasure. It also features the best use of a cat since Inside Llewyn Davis.
Review by Tim Burnham ★★★★

The loss of innocence. From the opening chapter of The Night Of, it is clear the direction this story intends to take. We are not watching this show with these actors and this writing to just witness yet another fictional crime get slowly, twistily solved.
We are watching to bear witness to how the flawed justice system works. We meet innocent, naive, sweet Naz and over the course of the series we watch his soul harden, his past warp, his future dissipate, and any potential he may ever have had implode.
We also watch the rollercoaster arc of his lawyer John Stone's emotional investment. As a man who lost his faith in the legal system long ago, if he ever…
Review by Sanaullah Dal ★★★½ 4

Pilot episode The Beach is one of the best thing I've seen this year so far. Absolute brilliance!
For that episode alone 4.5/5

Recent reviews

Review by Andy 🎬 ★★★★½

I’m late to this party but WOW!
Review by grayson ★★★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

he didnt do it !
Review by tbanksaudu ★★★★★

This is why I don’t be going out
Review by emily__ ★★★★★

Been putting this off knowing it would be good...one of the most exhilirating shows you could watch touching several subjects, also one of the best first episodes in a show.
Intense.
Review by Jamie Thornham

HBO's adaptation of the UK drama, Criminal Justice, is impressively crafted, with impeccable cinematography and solid performances from the cast.
I did however find the right-hand prison narrative to be generic and far less compelling than the investigation, court room drama and even John Turturro's battling with his eczema.
The peak of the show might be the stressful first ep, but there's still plenty to enjoy throughout.
Review by deanna🌞 ★★★★½

everyone: ‘the suspense, the script, the intensity, riz ahmed😍, amazing script and dialogue!!’
me: ✨kitty🐱✨ jack stone save kitty🥰
Review by Ethan Ethan ★★★½

Episode 1 - 3/5

I feel like they really dragged this episode. The supposedly suspenseful moments doesn't have enough teeth, and those scenes all lead to Naz' arrest, but that scene didn't really bite. Also I love John Turturro, but that moment where he decided to help Naz accompanied by an inspirational music is really cheesy.
Episode 2 - 2.5/5

I feel like they could fit all the new information in this episode into 30 minutes.
Episode 3 - 3.5/5
Now I feel like the stakes are high. Riz Ahmed is totally selling his performance, as long as everyone in the cast. Right now what I'm most invested with is Michael K. Williams' character and John Turturro's feet.
Episode 4…
Review by Hassna ★★★★★

Addicting!
Review by Archie Leahy ★★★★★

So bingeable. So well written. So satisfying. And Riz Ahmed... what more do you want?
And some great eczema representation, because yeah it really does suck to have eczema.
Review by Pipo ★★★★½

Watched the whole thing in two days.
What i love about this is that the story is good by itself but it's by no means outstanding. The impressive thing is the storytelling, it's methodically accurate, dramatically convincing and has a pleasantly dark atmosphere. A slow paced crime drama, going deep into the psyche of it's characters, but also in the potrayal of the U.S justice system and a post 9/11 America.
It has a great darkly mood and everything feels authentic and real, the visuals are raw and compelling. This is something for fans of "the wire" and the great first season of "true detective".🇺🇲
Review by Mannie ★★★★

HBO makes miniseries are goated.
Review by elanasklar ★★★★★

I was just thinking about this show and then remembered how Emma and I watched this in high school. It was so good and such a good friendship moment for us, even though the show was very heavy. We were both so invested and I just really loved this show a lot.