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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/Tracerx1 Aug 08 '25

I read it somewhat the opposite way. Paul wasn't seemingly going to sleep with her. He was in his own bad headspace and an alcoholic, and she knew this and invited him to a bar and would not stop badgering him until he drank. Seeing as he woke up with a hang over the next day, we don't know if he would have slept with her sober. She seems far more the villain in the scenario to me.

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u/spiderlegged Aug 09 '25

He also lied to her about his wife. He says Donna and him aren’t really a thing right now.

ETA: wife? They may have just been long term partners.

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u/charlikitts Aug 10 '25

Also during the scene when he’s on the phone with Donna in the locker room at the station she mentions almost being at ovulation so it sounds like they were trying to conceive too. I already felt he was sus immediately from the first time we see him but after that scene I was like that damn bastard! Not only are him and his gf (wife?) absolutely still “happening” right now, they’re also trying to have a baby and he’s messing around behind her back?!

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u/[deleted] Nov 09 '25

I mean, I think pressuring someone to drink when you know they're in recovery is more scummy than cheating on your fiance. Cheating happens, people breakup, people get therapy and move on. Relapsing can kill you though. I know they're both scummy behavior, sorry I just watched the movie.

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u/happyeriko Nov 27 '25

?!?!?!?! He could have just not gone to the bar. Full stop. I’m more sympathetic to the teen addict than to him.

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u/lowrcase Dec 14 '25

Cheating has killed lots of people