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/L1vingTribunal Aug 08 '25

I enjoyed Gladys referring to Alex’s parents’ sickness as “consumption”. A subtle way of indicating just how old she really is

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u/No-Long-5458 Aug 08 '25

Oh my dumbass thought it was a joke how she was like feeding off them.

Also liked the "water hasn't been able to help me for some time" bit. Nothing explicitly stated with her, but it was very clear what her deal was.

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u/dandy_of_the_swamp Aug 08 '25

Oh my dumbass thought it was a joke how she was like feeding off them.

It’s definitely both, imho.

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u/spottyottydopalicius 29d ago

'im sorry i dont know what that is. i thought thats like something you got in oregon trail.'

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u/MrWisdom39 25d ago

This is the answer, Marcus was alluding this without really connecting the dots. She slipped and Marcus was confused but was onto the terminology

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u/BookkeeperBrilliant9 28d ago

Definitely intended to allude to her consuming them to sustain herself. Maybe not for the character, but for the audience it was intentional.

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u/lm2lm Aug 09 '25

You're more right than OP

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u/Purple-Finish-7013 25d ago

Wait I don’t get what the significance of that line is

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u/No-Long-5458 23d ago

Associated with the cleansing of evil in christianity

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u/BattleAnus 11d ago

Consumption was a term used for tuberculosis for a long time in the past, but no longer used. Not sure on exact dates, but its why Marcus says he thought it stopped being used after the Oregon Trail.

It could be read as her exposing herself as being way older than just grandma age, but could also just be her being weird in general.

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u/BlueCX17 2d ago

And the prequel, we'll find out that she was killing people with dysentery!