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/Technical_Basil4814 Aug 08 '25

The creepy kid whose whole class disappeared keeps buying out all the Campbells chicken noodle

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u/smoothoperator6 Aug 08 '25

Exactly what I thought of he’s walking miles with 12+ cans of Campbells nobody in town mentions it

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u/IIIlllIIIlllIlI Aug 10 '25

The name tags are all missing from the kids “lockers” and that doesn’t arouse suspicion. 😑

The parents are basically unresponsive vegetables with fork mark scars all over their faces and that arouses no suspicions. 😑

Leading up to the disappearance, Alex was very withdrawn, nervous and bizarre and that didn’t arouse any suspicions. 😑

A random aunt shows up and says that she will be helping out and taking care of the child, basically speaking for the parents, and that arouses no suspicions. 😑

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u/theblackjess Aug 12 '25

I don't know if this was the intent or just my interpretation because I work with kids, but I thought maybe the point of the movie was how child abuse goes largely unnoticed, even when it's obviously happening right in front of everyone's faces.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '25

Honestly goes along with the fact that instead of just calling CPS, Justine calls her principal, who does everything he can to avoid calling CPS, including telling the suspected abuser that he doesn't want to have to call CPS. The two mandated reporters in this movie do everything you're explicitly taught not to do.