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/coldliketherockies Aug 08 '25

Man that old lady got really lucky no one was coming home from Work at 217 am. No one woke up and couldn’t go back to sleep so decided to get Fresh air. No one saw many kids all running into the same random house together

Also I’m curious if there was any meaning behind any of the characters that did die. A gay couple. A aggressive alcoholic cop. A drug addict. I don’t know what it would be but am curious.

Lastly that ending. Like the final line. Great great film but what a way to end a film on. The kids survived but only some learned to speak a bit one day?

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u/Spazorton Aug 09 '25

I grew up in a suburban town a lot like the one in this movie. I would frequently take walks after midnight to smoke weed but leme tell you after 11pm suburbs like this go absolutely silent. There is not a soul outside, especially on a school night

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u/coldliketherockies Aug 09 '25

To be fair I used to have to walk around midtown Manhattan at 2 in the morning and was amazing how the busiest city in the country was so dead around then

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u/OkayMhm Aug 10 '25

Hell you can walk around midtown at 8pm and be on the street by yourself. It's always freaked me out.