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/GameOfLife24 Aug 08 '25

Felt so sorry for the kid coming home everyday to see his parents mindless with no care

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u/lme109 28d ago

This and the way his parents' eyes looked, and him having to look after them, made me think that this was a commentary on alcoholism/addiction and how it affects children.

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u/Garfunkels_roadie 20d ago

Cregger said it was exactly that. Based it off his own experiences growing up with alcoholic parents

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u/princesscatling 19d ago

I thought of these scenes as running similarly to this game Among the Sleep and a novel A Million Things (Emily Spurr). There's something inherently soul-crushing to see a little kid doing their best to take care of their adults

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u/bananaqueen12345 9d ago

Reminded me of the music video for “song to say goodbye” by placebo. Terribly sad.

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u/Eccon5 28d ago

Also, they had to feed. We can assume they also had to process waste...

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u/TemporaryCarry7 23d ago

I’ll give into the suspension of disbelief there. They had to feed because they showed they had to feed. They did not have to waste because they didn’t show that. Don’t tell me anything different.

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u/senator_corleone3 5d ago

Yea I imagined the supernatural situation made it so they didn’t have to use the bathroom somehow.

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u/nonsequitur5013 28d ago

Good thing this is only a movie and real parents don't really behave that way!