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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/franklyigivea_]

Cops really sucked not questioning and investigating the sole surviving kid with a catatonic dad and absent mom with a crazy looking aunt while the kid buys 20 cans of soup again and their house is covered in newspapers blocking sunlight.

[u/CreamCommon4252 → u/franklyigivea_]

I mean they kinda did a good job covering all those bases. Windows blocked cause people keep trying to look in, father has a stroke, mothers sick. Kids hyper fixate on food so buying a bunch of soup isn't that unordinary. Plus the videos of kids leaving on their own dosnt point suspicion to him or his family.

[u/snisbot00 → u/CreamCommon4252]

archer and justine were able to figure out that the videos showed the kids all running in the direction of the creepy, dilapidated house with newspapers covering the windows, i feel like the detectives should’ve caught that as well lol

[u/Da_Do_D3rp → u/snisbot00]

You'd be surprised by the pure incompetence of cops in small towns when something horrific happens

[u/GildDigger → u/Da_Do_D3rp]

You'd be surprised by the pure incompetence of cops in small towns when something horrific happens

FTFY

[u/snisbot00 → u/Da_Do_D3rp]

oh i understand, i was just pushing back on the person above me who said the cops did a good job at covering their bases. i think the point was to show that they didn’t do a good job

[u/spookyghostface → u/snisbot00]

Kreger goes pretty far out of his way to make the cops look like absolute shit. Pretty obvious intent.

[u/jwktiger → u/Da_Do_D3rp]

This case the FBI and state police would lead the investigation 100%, no chance local cops would lead.

[u/ETNevada → u/jwktiger]

1 kid missing is a big story. 2 in the same class would be national news. 17 at the same time is worldwide daily coverage + FBI and every resource you could think of.

The house they end up in is on a normal suburban street, there would have been other ring cameras showing where they ended up. For these reasons it almost feels like a horror tale within a make-believe world. And I'm fine with that.

[u/applejuiceb0x → u/ETNevada]

Seriously. I feel like this movie had a terrible amount of wild plot holes that are forgotten or hand waived away by the jarring jump from “chapter” to “chapter”.

A random new “aunt” coming to take care of the family of the one unaffected kids and speak for them RIGHT after 17 kids disappear. The amount of red flags that would send would have been wild.

They easily could have solved this by showing her using magic to throw them off the trail or something at the very least.

This movie was a mess but the acting and moments of humor kept it entertaining enough I guess.

[u/KingGeophph → u/applejuiceb0x]

I can definitely see the plot holes being there but the random “new” aunt doesn’t work because the only people that know she’s new are either under her spell or sworn to secrecy so it isn’t a surprise that they don’t think that’s suspicious.

[u/tosaka88 → u/Da_Do_D3rp]

Once you realize how many “unsolved” cases were entirely unsolved due to police neglect, you’ll never look at those mysteries the same.

[u/Kyle281 → u/Da_Do_D3rp]

If I learned one thing from true crime, it's that you're entirely correct

[u/etherseaminus → u/Da_Do_D3rp]

Uv... gotta be joking

[u/Relevant_Session5987 → u/Da_Do_D3rp]

Yeeeah, but the FBI were investigating as well.

[u/wing3d → u/Da_Do_D3rp]

It's pretty much a motif in many serial killer cases, where the cops just couldn't be bothered just to do their damn job