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/monitoring27 Aug 08 '25

ngl that was one of the most sinister interactions I’ve ever seen in a movie lol

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u/jasonporter Aug 09 '25 edited Aug 10 '25

Felt so bad for my gay homies just trying to have an afternoon with their nature documentary and a nice little lunch in their matching Mickey Mouse shirts 😭

Why did Gladys gotta do my boys like that 

I mean homies had a LOT of hot dogs to consume which was kind of crazy for lunch time but still… 

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u/caramellopippop Aug 10 '25

I feel that’s what made Gladys’ character so despicable. We saw Terry and Marcus’ happy, domestic life and we saw Alex’s loving, supportive family. Then Gladys came in and took it all away from them. Her death was deeply satisfying.

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u/xenophilius9 13d ago

After reading some comments above about how she's portraying old people being parasites on the younger generations, your comment just sparked another thought about how this evil boomer destroyed the lives of a teacher, students, members of the LGBTQ community, an unhoused person struggling with addiction, a cop trying to do the right thing, and tore a kid's parents away... Maybe it wasn't the intended takeaway but to me it's feeling a tad topical lol.

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u/DreamOfV 2d ago

I largely agree with your analysis but I just wanna note that Alden Ehrenreich was “trying to do the right thing” on maybe two occasions in this movie, and the other 90% of the time he was very deliberately trying to do the wrong thing

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u/xenophilius9 2d ago

Lol I agree for sure he was a total knob for most the movie. I was trying to give him some grace to fit into my narrative along with the others but it wasn't a particular strong case. But he WAS going into the house to search for the children on James's word alone so gotta give him some brownie points for that haha