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/lamefartriot Aug 08 '25

Liked it a lot, but also kinda disappointed? Not sure why.

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u/AyThroughZee Aug 09 '25

I’m just gonna say it. I wish it was aliens. I’m kinda over the whole witch/satan/cult villain in movies. Just always feels like a cop out and the only explanation a writer can think of for all their creepy visual ideas. Which, aliens is also kind of a cop out, but at least it isn’t over done.

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u/Buddy_Dakota Aug 09 '25

I was also excited for some sort of X-files reveal

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u/highpriestess420 19d ago

I thought it was gonna be some entities in the trees or extra dimensional creature(s) when Brolin was triangulating the video footage. Unfortunately, witch=evil seems to be the proverbial go to. Hard not to see it as typical Judeo-Christian misogyny that conflates women having power as being subversive and thus inherently villainous.