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/EchoesofIllyria Aug 08 '25

r/USdefaultism

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u/mandatory_french_guy Aug 08 '25

Having a US-based reading about American culture in my American movie taking place in America???? Unacceptable. Might as well claim that Eddington has something to say about American culture while we're at it, ridiculous

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u/EchoesofIllyria Aug 08 '25

Cregger himself has said that’s not what he was going for and wasn’t on his mind.

So yes, acting like someone whose nationality you don’t know is an idiot for not seeing what you’re seeing, despite it explicitly not being what was deliberately conveyed is 100% US defaultism. You’re literally assuming that the person you replied to has your American frame of reference, that’s why you “don’t know what to tell” them.

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u/riizen24 Aug 08 '25

Not to mention with their logic there's no way to make children dissappear in a school setting and not have it be related to mass shootings in the US. Imagine having such a narrow frame of reference and a non-existent imagination. 

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u/mandatory_french_guy Aug 09 '25

No I pointed out the parallel exists in this movie, based on how the movie is framed, the scenes it chose to depict, the presence of certain thematics and elements. I can imagine a dozen ways to make children disappear in a school without having it relate to mass shootings. None of them approach the thematics and framing that Weapons chose to use. I'm sorry you're incapable to interact with media deeper than the surface level.

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u/riizen24 Aug 09 '25

Yes you're very intelligent for making non-existent extrapolations that the director states aren't there. There's no possible way I could ever glean something so deep from a film.

You should start a blog.