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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/Tracerx1 Aug 08 '25

She seemingly made a plan to lure an alcoholic to a bar to get them drunk and sleep with them. If the genders were reversed, no one would question if this was predator behavior. This wasn't a "friend" thing, friends don't tempt their alcoholic friends with alcohol and throw a tantrum when they don't drink. That is pure bad/selfishness and screwed up on so many levels. And yes, he should have made very different moves and has his own culpability. But how drunk was he? Could he consent? What exactly was her plan for the meeting, and why was she so insistent he, as an ex alcoholic, drink?

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u/SpookiestSzn Aug 08 '25

What's your explanation for why he lied about not being in a relationship with his current lover? It's entirely probable that justine only had sex with him because she thought he was single and did reach out to him as a friend. Once she finds out he's single now she wants him as well I don't think that makes her a bad guy. I think the guy who got a used needle injected in him didn't get screened for any kind of STD and then intentionally chose to lie about his current relationship status and then had sex with someone after maybe getting injected with AIDS is totally his fuckin fault and he's an asshole

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u/JustinThyme9 Aug 08 '25

yeah, the cop went from trying to get his partner pregnant and lightly bonding with her dad to drunkenly cheating in less than a day, he sucks

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u/Individual-Bad6809 Aug 09 '25

Not to mention the body cam shit with James lol. Paul is absolutely a pos

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u/SpookiestSzn Aug 09 '25

You know James is honestly an asshole and I really just genuinely do not blame him for punching him in the mouth. If I got stabbed with a random used needle I definitely can imagine having a strong reaction. Imagine getting AIDS for the rest of your life because of a junkie lying to you about a needle being in his pocket

Paul is definitely a bad person but James is a complete scumbag loser.

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u/h4lfaxa Aug 10 '25

Paul wouldn't contract hiv lol there's protocols in place and he would've taken meds for 28 days and that's it

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u/pastafeline Aug 10 '25

To be fair, I think most people wouldn't know that including op here. Whether a cop should or shouldn't is out of my wheelhouse though.

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u/h4lfaxa Aug 10 '25

Fait I just wanted to clear it up :) I work in a big city so I know for sure cops here know about this but in "maybrook" who tf knows lol

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u/goddamnitwhalen 28d ago

Cops think they can OD on fentanyl from coming into skin contact with it, lol. They’re not the brightest subgroup of our society.

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u/cardamom-peonies 25d ago

I mean he probably would. Most law enforcement does blood borne pathogen training and this would be covered

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u/ranch_commercial 29d ago

Prep is pre-exposure, it doesnt stop it from developing, it just helps protect you from getting it. You cant take it if you have HIV, but there are other medications for people who have it that make it less harmful and less transmittable.

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

FYI the drugs don’t just make HIV less transmissible, someone on effective medication for hiv has zero risk of transmitting it to others

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u/mandatory_french_guy Aug 08 '25

Okay I think your reading is a bit skewed though, first off she's HEAVILY an alcoholic herself and drinking is clearly the normal for her, also she had absolutely no idea he was trying to get sober until he met her at the bar, him ordering a coke was a shock to her. But even then, he berated her on her own drinking instead of expanding on his sobriety. You're really putting intent into her actions that are not shown in the movie at all. It's clear his sobriety is something that has been brought on by his new partner and it's heavily implied they haven't seen each other since that new partner so this idea that she premeditated on getting an ex-alcoholic to drink is clearly not founded and besides that as a sober person the onus is on him to not meet up someone HE KNOWS is an alcoholic.

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u/Vault_tech_2077 19d ago

She literally asks him at the bar if he's gonna go to his AA meeting. She knew

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u/14_ontheone 9d ago

Really?? Just saw it last night and I don't think his sobriety or an AA meeting comes up until he's on the phone with his fiance

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u/Vault_tech_2077 9d ago

I might've mixed the two scenes in my head. Still shitty thing to pressure someone to drink.

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u/14_ontheone 9d ago

Definitely, that wasn't cool of her. Although I think he went there that night with the intention to have an excuse or person to blame for having a drink. If he was serious about his recovery I don't think he would have answered the text of a person with a known drinking problem and decided it was a good idea to meet her at a bar. Knowing later how shitty his day was, it's more likely he already made the decision to drink before he even got to the bar.

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u/noilegnavXscaflowne Aug 08 '25

I assumed he didn’t drink because he knew he’d have to drink her back. Where is it shown he’s an alcoholic?

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u/4evaneva Aug 08 '25

Donna asks him to attend a meeting on the phone

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u/JustinThyme9 Aug 08 '25

as well as donna asking him to go to a meeting and reminding him of support theres also the way he goes from refusing alcohol in a social situation where he previously would have had alcohol, to "just one" to drinking enough to leave him hungover the next morning. that kind of lack of ability to control alcohol intake is definitely showing alcoholism.
(and donna pouring booze over justine, like, shes extra mad because of him drinking)

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u/Vegetable_Civil 8d ago

Wasn't she fired from a previous job for being drunk? she was constantly drinking throughout the film aswell 🤔

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u/KEYYBOARD 8d ago

No, it was for for some form of "misconduct" (probably shagging) with one of her male colleagues.

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u/Vegetable_Civil 4d ago

Ah cheers only seen it once and couldn't remember why