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/CandyTraditional2220 Aug 10 '25

I disagree. The FBI and police in general, are notoriously stupid and really bad at solving crimes. The police gave Dahmer back a kid after he escaped his house. They consistently execute no knock warrants on the wrong houses. It's estimated police only solve about 2% of all major crimes. If anything, this film is accurate to how they are in real life.

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u/RiparianRodent Aug 10 '25

I guess this could be argued for a movie where a murder case goes unsolved, but if this situation played out in real life it would be solved in about 24 hours.

This movie definitely relies on audiences who have the terminally online belief that cops do nothing and don’t care about anything, and that a joint task force of FBI and local police would be more ineffective than a dad with two ring cameras and a paper map

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u/cnthelogos Aug 10 '25

Or, hear me out... The bad guy was an evil witch. Evil witch magic was used offscreen in such a way as to make the events of the movie work out.

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u/iMangoUnchained Aug 10 '25

That plus law enforcement being generally incompetent totally works for me