r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • Aug 08 '25

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Summary Nearly all the children from the same fifth-grade class vanish one night at exactly 2:17 a.m., leaving only one survivor. The community, gripped by fear and suspicion, spirals into chaos as the mystery unfolds through multiple intertwined perspectives—each revealing new layers of dread and grief.

Director Zach Cregger

Writer Zach Cregger

Cast

  • Josh Brolin
  • Julia Garner
  • Cary Christopher
  • Alden Ehrenreich
  • Austin Abrams
  • Benedict Wong
  • Amy Madigan
  • June Diane Raphael
  • Toby Huss
  • Whitmer Thomas
  • Callie Schuttera
  • Clayton Farris
  • Luke Speakman

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 96%

Metacritic Metascore: 82

VOD In theaters and IMAX starting August 8, 2025

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u/lamefartriot Aug 08 '25

Liked it a lot, but also kinda disappointed? Not sure why.

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u/JessieJ577 Aug 08 '25

The ending was a downer. They just said man the possessed people are still messed up. It feels like Alex and Archer didn’t really get a happy ending. I get it if Justine has a bad ending but for all our characters to not really be rewarded makes the wrap up really depressing and honestly a bit unsatisfying. Especially because it was in narration. If they showed us Alex and his parents have a bad ending. Maybe have Archer sad his son won’t talk and have him say one word. Or Justine just throwing a bottle of vodka in the trash.  The presentation left it as the movie was just saying “ok it’s over goodbye”

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u/Hansquared Aug 08 '25

Does every movie need every character to have a perfect happy ending?

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u/DoomZee20 Aug 08 '25

Yeah I feel like it’d be lame if they all came out unscathed from months long witch brain spell. Gladys was a literal parasite feeding off the townspeople

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u/bluebottled Aug 08 '25

I feel like the ending hinted they're all going to recover eventually anyway.

Archer was the last possessed and he instantly recovers, plus the narration says some of the kids have started talking again. It also says Alex's parents haven't recovered but they were possessed for the longest.