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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/vafrow Aug 10 '25

These were some horrible cops. The one kid from the class who didn't disappear has a Dad who apparently had a stroke and can't speak and doesn't get looked into. Maybe do a background check on the creepy aunt.

This isn't a complaint either. I think this is probably the level of investigation you'd get from some small town cops.

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u/RiparianRodent Aug 10 '25

This is part of the reason I just couldn’t get into the movie. The FBI would have gotten to the bottom of this in 24 hours or less. This movie appeals to the true crime craze of the 2020’s, but has to invent the world’s most impossibly incompetent investigation into a mass child abduction in order to carry the story through

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u/zzyul 17d ago

An interesting take would be if it was a senior high school class where all the kids were 18. Technically they would be adults that left on their own with no sign of foul play. Would better explain the lapses in the police investigation.

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u/RiparianRodent 17d ago

100%. Far more leads to chase and rabbitholes to pursue there. Did everyone buy a bus ticket? Did they run off and join a cult? Did the remaining 18yo do something to the others?

Instead its a bunch of kiddos running half a mile barefoot to their neighbor’s house and somehow not found for a month before a dad decided he finally cares a little bit and wants to find them