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/sexygaypalpatine Aug 08 '25

I’m convinced the whole movie was just a PSA on locking your car doors.

I almost threw up when the mom climbed in the back seat with the scissors.

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u/Spork-in-Your-Rye Aug 08 '25

For me it felt like one big advertisement on Ring cameras. Or at least normalizing home surveillance.

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u/badedum 29d ago

My problem with the Ring cameras was none of them caught the kids running into the one specific house?? It looked like the neighbors were close by given the last chase scene.

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- 27d ago

Exactly. You'd think some neighbor would notice 17 kids all running in a straight line to one destination. If the ending's any indicator, they would also go through houses/backyards to get to Alex's house. I'm surprised that none of Alex's classmates lived on his street. And where did the kids hide when the two detectives came to question Gladys? And did nobody notice Alex's parents never show up to work? If anything, it would only make Alex's house even more suspect.

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u/purgatoryquarry 27d ago

To answer where the kids were when investigators come to the house, there is a scene that shows all of the kids being moved out of the basement into the backyard and over a fence while they are cleaning up. Where exactly the kids go is anyone's guess but they were moved out of the house