Long Day's Journey Into Night

Name: Long Day's Journey Into Night (2025)
Genre: Drama
Released: 2026-09-25
Rating: 100
Cast: Jessica Lange, Lesa Thurman, Ed Harris, Ben Foster, Colin Morgan

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Sep 2026

1h 57m

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Set on one single day in August 1912 at the family's Connecticut seaside home, the story follows the Tyrone family as it faces the looming dual spectres of Edmund's potentially fatal consumption diagnosis alongside his mother Mary's increasingly fragile and anxious state of mind. The family knows that the situation threatens to return her to the severe morphine addiction that was only recently overcome.

Ross McIndoe

Slant Magazine

Jan 23, 2026

3/4

In a work as emotionally devastating as this, the performances are everything.

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Kenneth R. Morefield

1More Film Blog

Oct 23, 2026

3/4

I thought that I didn't like Eugene O'Neill's play. Turned out, I had just never seen Jessica Lange perform it.

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Nicholas Bell

Fish Jelly Films (YouTube)

Oct 5, 2026

3/5

Jessica Lange is supreme as a morphine queen...

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Joseph Robinson

Fish Jelly Films (YouTube)

Oct 4, 2026

3/5

Jessica Lange’s Oscar-worthy performance anchors Long Day’s Journey Into Night, but a few more liberties with the play might have made the adaptation as compelling onscreen as it is onstage.

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Neely Swanson

Easy Reader (California)

Sep 28, 2026

See this film even if you have seen the play, see it because it’s a very good rendition of an American theater classic, an excellent introduction to the work of Eugene O’Neill.

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Frank J. Avella

The Contending

Sep 25, 2026

A-

Lange’s beguiling work is nothing short of astonishing. If the film is seen, and it should be, she must be in the awards conversation.

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Aaron C

@AaronC72 1 day ago

Saw the film during a short run in LA last month. Jessica Lange gives one of the greatest performances of her impressive career. She loves this character and her descent into addiction is incredibly moving. The other actors are also wonderful. The adaptation alone is amazing; I'm not sure how you take this gargantuan play and get it down to under two hours but David Lindsay-Abaire did it beautifully. I've read that no dialogue of O'Neill's was changed for this adaptation. It's not always each to watch this family go at each other but with acting and dialogue this strong, it's still beautiful to witness. It's also rare these days to see a film take it's time and not add a lot of over-the-top cuts or scoring (I think the fog may be one of the only external sounds). Overall, a lot of care was put into the acting, directing, and script. I hope it gets more screenings and a streamer that supports it. Maybe also another Oscar nom for Ms. Lange? She deserves it.

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Lesa Thurman

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Synopsis

Director: Jonathan Kent
Producer: Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Gleb Fetisov, Bill Kenwright, Redmond Morris, Gabrielle Tana
Screenwriter: David Lindsay-Abaire
Distributor: Quiver Distribution
Production Co: Brouhaha Entertainment, BK Studios, Four Provinces Films, Magnolia Mae Films, Fetisoff Illusio
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 25, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 1h 57m

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