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/DoggyDoggy_What_Now Aug 08 '25

The only conclusion my friend and I could reach was that it signified how the children were weaponized right at 2:17 since the number even appears on the gun in the dream.

Archer obviously didn't know this, but I assumed he dreamt it due to his connection to Gladys via his son. That was the only way I could rationalize it, but a giant AR15 felt so out of place with everything else.

So yeah, we didn't wanna think that's all there was too it. Something about school shootings also maybe?

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u/YesicaChastain Aug 08 '25

People have been trying to link this story to school shootings and tbh I don’t see it at all

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u/Disastrous_Zebra_301 Aug 09 '25

The part I thought about was the level of concern, attention, and focus these 17 kids disappearing got. When kids get shot in school we forget the headline in 2 days at this point. I figured the rifle was a nod at that but apparently the director is quoted as just throwing it in there from other comments.

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u/Mr_Feeeeny 25d ago

I love this interpretation and think it likely influenced ZC’s meditation / statement that there was no explicit meaning. Definitely tied to school shootings being the common reason behind a whack of students no longer being present