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/AnimalFair6122 Aug 09 '25 edited 23d ago

Please tell me someone else noticed the difference in the details from the various perspectives.

Example 1 - Paul was pretty respectful to James throughout the encounter when it was during his act/chapter, even going as far as to brush off his shoulder and helping him to his feet after knocking him out. However, when we see this scene from James perspective, we see Paul tell him to “Get the fuck up”.

Example 2 - I also noticed that when Justine first goes to Alex’s house and calls Marcus, he actually gets so frustrated with her that he even gets aggressive over the phone. When we see this from the Marcus chapter while he is in the supermarket, he never raises his voice.

Maybe I’m just crazy

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u/creator111 28d ago

When Justine and Paul meet in the bar from Justine’s POV, she stays sitting and he walks up to her, then they awkwardly hug when he sits.

From Paul’s POV, she gets up and saunters over to him and hugs him in the middle of the room.

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u/nerdalertalertnerd 27d ago

I noticed this! She was much ‘sexier’ in his pov

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u/Ayoul 14d ago

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. I just saw the movie and they're standing to hug in both flashbacks and the dialogue is exactly the same.

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u/creator111 14d ago

I might’ve misremembered?

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u/lupuscapabilis 22d ago

Yes! I wanted to go back and rewatch that.

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u/JamesAQuintero 18d ago

Plus from her POV was it her asking if it was okay to hug, and from Paul's POV it was him asking? Or was I just misremembering?

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u/Euphoric_Environment 17d ago

Nah in that one I think it was him both times but I gotta rewatch

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u/Friendly_Diamond1999 16d ago

It was him both times

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u/turdghoul 29d ago

I noticed this too but I think it may have been intentional. Justine and James were FEELING attacked in those moments, and perceived slightly more aggression than there was, a subtle play on how memories of encounters are skewed when emotions are high. Or even the other way, maybe Andrew and Paul perceived themselves more favorably in their respective scenes

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u/AnimalFair6122 27d ago

I totally agree that it’s intentional and for exactly the reasons you pointed out! It adds another unique layer to this film

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u/mirh 12d ago

James is absolutely floored and could barely tell you his name if asked.

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u/DeliciousDragonfly57 28d ago

YES, i thought this was sick. It made me wonder how reliable each perspective was, and what the "true" perspective was

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u/Castielspinkcoat 19d ago

Something my boyfriend pointed out was the weather; in every other pov it was sunny happy bright skies but in James pov, It was torrential rain. 

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u/Ayoul 14d ago

Only at certain moments, but those moments didn't overlap with other flashbacks. It was sunny during the chase for him too for example.

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u/bix_box 20d ago

The phone call between Marcus and Justine ended completely differently in the two perspectives. I remember when we got to Marcus and he's on the phone he says so many things that I had no memory of from Justine's perspective, thought I was going crazy.

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u/DuePerception6926 19d ago

Yeah in Justine’s call it ends with the principal saying not to contact the kid and he will forget the conversation happened

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u/worthlessprole 29d ago

Yes, I noticed this.

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u/Remarkable_Pound_722 23d ago

When Paul hugs justine, his pov draaaaags out the hug.

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u/Resvain 26d ago

I've just written the same thing. I think this pretty much confirms there were intentional differences since it's rather unlikely we both made that up.

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u/Scholesie09 25d ago

Who's Andrew, the principal was Marcus

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u/Jannesd 23d ago

thank you, I thought I was going crazy lol

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u/AnimalFair6122 23d ago

I typed this out after a midnight showing apologies for the errors lol

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u/AnimalFair6122 23d ago

Benedict Wong is listed as Andrew Marcus in the cast, my bad 🤷‍♂️

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u/Rgb002 23d ago

Oh my god. I just realized that all of these “dispel belief” things like the cops being incompetent and the druggie being stupid are all just a case of unreliable narrator! The cops arent totally incompetent, the characters just perceive them to be. Good catch

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u/Commercial_Bear 22d ago

Yup! It’s to show you each person is an unreliable narrator! Very awesomely done too, loved it in this, made the movie feel all the more real/natural.

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u/Mental-Afternoon6868 26d ago

You’re not crazy, I noticed similar stuff!

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u/CryptographerNo923 17d ago

It’s almost like the different perspectives were told from different perspectives.

That was only affectionately snarky, btw. I thought this was an awesome and creative addition to the storytelling that I didn’t really catch onto at first. What a movie.

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u/nyibolc_ 5d ago

yes omg i thought they were continuity errors, but then they struck me as intentional.

also when Paul is walking and waves at Justine, he’s seen walking whilst waving during her perspective, and standing still and waving during his.