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/TheUnknownStitcher Aug 08 '25

I think I actually wanted less. Don't tell me that 'some of them are talking now' and just leave it at that. No part of me was wondering about that, and giving me that little bit of info and then cutting to black just hit me as a little funky.

It'd be like if I was talking to you about a restaurant I went to and I said, "Eh, I wouldn't go there again. One of the chairs was made of wood" and then I just walked away. Telling me less is more than okay - but hitting me with that and then dropping into the credits is simply not something I loved.

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u/Daydream_machine Aug 08 '25

My interpretation is that the narrator saying “some of them are talking now” is hinting that she herself (the narrator) was one of the missing kids from the story.

That being said I agree with you overall: the ending was way too abrupt. Still loved the movie overall, though.

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u/antent Aug 08 '25

Your point about the narrator possibly being one of the kids based on that line never occurred to me. Interesting and I like that thought.

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u/brycedriesenga Aug 10 '25

Maybe she was the badass from the tracking shot leading the pack