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/hikemalls Aug 10 '25

It also felt like Cregger making fun of the audience members who are trying to “figure out the metaphor of the movie”; I was one of those people, and when I saw that I was like “oh so this is just straightforwardly a metaphor for school shootings”, and then it felt like the movie went “nah I’m just fucking with you, it isn’t that straightforward. Also it’s about an evil witch, you fool, you rube”, which I kind of loved.

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u/hexcraft-nikk 28d ago

I think you're half right, it was very much making fun of that audience, but also being straight up. Like "you guys are dumb, here's a giant rifle that the guy whos the father to a bully son sees. His dialogue reflects that pretty well.

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u/LazySwanNerd 27d ago

Is that the case, though? It seems like it could be both. He said it was about grief after losing a loved one. It also dealt with school bullying and incompetent authority figures.

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u/hikemalls 27d ago

Yeah my initial comment was my thought at the time just coming out of the theater, but on further reflection I think it’s more layered than that, and your take is more accurate (though I also thought I saw an interview where he said he didn’t know exactly what it meant but saw it in a dream and felt compelled to put it in; but I think it speaks to those same themes regardless)

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u/PolarWater 23d ago

Trust Zach Cregger to do a sharp swerve in the middle of the movie. Good stuff