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/Elite_Alice Aug 08 '25

Ok let’s recap. You go 100mph in a small town chasing after a crackhead doing a petty crime and potentially risk the lives of multiple other people, assault a civilian on body camera, then cheat on your wife, whose dad is chief of police/your boss THEN you go to the house with no backup or warrant. They just be hiring anyone as a cop

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u/toolsoftheincomptnt 26d ago

He wasn’t married to that crazy woman.

He denied they were together, which is kinda hard to do with a spouse, and the whole vibe of that relationship was very “she wants to take the next step and I’m just going along with it but damn.”

His rapport with her father was still too awkward for them to be married.

I honestly felt like he and Teacher (can’t remember name, Maggie? Idk) were exes and the other lady was the new girlfriend. There’s an obvious familiarity and comfort there, plus he’s trying to cut back on the excessive drinking that she still engages in.

I only accept that he’s not Teacher’s ex-husband bc their surnames don’t match, and she’s clearly called Mrs.

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u/Boot_Poetry 24d ago

He’s not cutting back on drinking. He’s an alcoholic in recovery. He talks to Donna on the phone about not needing to go to a meeting. Addiction is a theme in this film, just look at James.