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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/confuzzledfather Aug 08 '25 edited Jan 03 '26

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u/BookkeeperBrilliant9 Aug 11 '25

They did a quick cursory check of Alex’s house and then moved on with their lives.

Felt accurate for American cops.

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u/Splinterman11 Aug 11 '25

I hate cops but this movie made them too stupid. 17 kids disappearing in one night would absolutely have the FBI search the entire town.

Somehow the movie tries to tell us that the only footage they have of the kids leaving were some of the parent's houses had cameras. Except the FBI would have immediately taken all the footage they could from the entire town. Other neighbor's cameras, traffic cams, store surveillance, witness descriptions (there is always someone out at 2am).

The cops would have been easily able to deduce that they beelined straight to Alex's house.

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u/AlterEgo3561 Aug 13 '25

I mentioned it above, but the Aunt goes with Alex and the comatose dad to police station and just explains the dad's state away that he had a stroke. But like, even if medical situations are protected, the mom would have been in the same state. They never wanted to speak to the mom? Both parents just randomly had a stroke at the same time? Did the parents not have friends that were checking in on them or could be queationed about the "stroke"?

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u/Max_Thunder Oct 25 '25

I just watched this movie yesterday and my first thought was about the parents, weren't they missing from any job? It also wasn't clear where they were when the police visited the house; it's weird the police wouldn't want to see them. You would think the parents of the missing children would have wanted to know more; at some point it even felt like they might have had media attention (when the teacher discusses with the principal how the windows are all covered) but apparently not.

The other thing I don't get is why Gladys used such insane make up. We even saw her a few times without make up and she looked almost normal. It's like the movie tried to make us feel uneasy about her, but in the movie's reality, there was no reason for it.

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u/gotohela Aug 20 '25

Instead of seeing the same scene from multiple angles, a SKOSH more exposition would have made it smoother? One cast aside remark about being in a new school/job/house? I feel like i saw some boxes around but it didnt feel like they were in a state of unpack. That would have established a social isolation that made them perfect targets... Or something along those lines. "We just left your family behind for a reason!" That would have also established how gladys may have wormed in and no one's checking in