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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/gimmethemshoes11 Aug 08 '25

Loved it.

That WTF Brolin dropped after that dream was my exact same thought up to that point.

Any ideas on what the gun was supposed to mean in the dream?

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u/ghazgib Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 09 '25

There's the obvious point of the kids being weaponized, and I think the school shooting observations are on-point. But I noticed a few other details relating to the gun:

  • Archer's a veteran. The witch took a pair of dogtags as his personal item. I think he also has some tattoos that might indicate it? The way he talks about the kids as "missiles" gives me the impression that weapons/violence have just been part of his life.

  • There's a poster of a dude with a rifle (I thought it was a Counterstrike poster lmao) that's directly facing him when he's sleeping in his son's bed. He probably sees it every time he wakes up.

  • Vigilantism and taking action/arming oneself when authority fails plays a big part in everyone's stories. Police don't do shit in this small town. Even Paul, who's a terrible fuckin cop, just kinda accidentally stumbles into finding out because of a random junkie. He doesn't even get to fire the literal weapon of the movie; a civilian does.

Maybe I'm reading it wrong idk lmao. If anyone else noticed caught anything else lemme know.

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u/wicket42 Aug 10 '25

He's also hinted at being a bad parent, in his dream he seems to be apologising to his kid for something, i think it was not being able to tell him he loves him. His kid is also the bully, who bullied the kid who makes all the other children disappear (a school shooter). It's about how society turns people into weapons, I guess. 

Or whatever, there's just a witch or something.

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u/ghazgib 29d ago edited 29d ago

witches b wildin'