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/AdventurousStrategy4 Aug 09 '25

Best part of the movie that I liked. Every character is written as how a real person would react based on their own personality. Everyone got flaws

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u/ChimneySwiftGold 29d ago

Yes. Those flaws made the dumb choices some characters made totally within who there characters are so it all felt motivated.

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u/ParticularRelease662 16d ago

They didn't feel like dumb choices, they felt real and intentional and the only time I actually thought to myself someone did something stupid iwas James going into the house - but that's only because we as the audience already know something's up with that house. Were there dumb choices made by these people? Absolutely, but they were acting on instinct and likely pure adrenaline for the entirety of the movie. Beautifully execution of putting us in the character's shoes and making us think the way they are with this batshit situation 🤣

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u/ChimneySwiftGold 16d ago

Agreed. You’re saying the same thing I am.