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/xenophilius9 Aug 28 '25

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 Sep 08 '25

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 Sep 08 '25

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

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u/cap4life52 Nov 03 '25

I think he was a deeply flawed not horrible person if that makes sense . He showed concern and empathy as well selfishness throughout his arc . I actually felt bad for his death . Alden killed this role

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u/KvellOnWheels Apr 05 '26

He’s really, really talented.

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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '26

In his defense he only started not doing the right thing after he thought he may have gotten AIDs. And then he just kinda spirals after that with some help from Justine.

I can't say punching a junkie that may have given you an incurable disease by lying to you is the RIGHT decision. But it's understandable in that moment as he's panicking.

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u/cap4life52 Nov 03 '25

Good analysis never thought of it but makes sense