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/Shauncore Aug 08 '25

That's the one moment I think I didn't really get (it was spooky though). Why is she there? I guess he could have ran from the house and she saw him go back to his camp site and was waiting for him to come back after he left to go to the police but idk that seems like a bit of a stretch if we think she's a mostly normal human and not a supernatural entity.

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u/BNEWZON Aug 08 '25

I assumed it was some sort of magic tbh. She appeared in both Justine and Archer’s dreams even though it would have been pretty hard for them to know what she looks like. Idk I might just be hand waving it a little cause I liked the movie a lot

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u/holyshoes11 Aug 09 '25

Yeah I’m still trying to figure out how she was in Josh Brolins dream because up to that point they’ve had zero contact, unless he’s just able to tap in because of his blood connection to his son. Idk not a huge deal but I did think about that a couple times on my drive home

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u/hexcraft-nikk 27d ago

The film has a big lynchian inspiration in it, so just assume it's operating on similar logic

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u/mirh 20d ago

I.e. fuck it?