The End of Oak Street

"Where goes the neighborhood."

2026 1h 40m EN

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★7.1TMDB · 1,944🍅86%Rotten Tomatoes●69Metacritic★6.5IMDB · 39,062

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After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.

“Where goes the neighborhood.”

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Cast

Anne Hathaway
Denise Platt
Ewan McGregor
Greg Platt
Maisy Stella
Audrey Platt
Christian Convery
Brian Platt
Jordan Alexa Davis
Jeannette Christiansen
P.J. Byrne
Mel Jacobs
Hudson Meek
Kaden Tucker
Anne Gee Byrd
Mrs. Huddleston

Credits

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Director: David Robert Mitchell
Writers: David Robert Mitchell
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.

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3 / 8

CAST

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209+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Robert Mitchell, shot by Mike Gioulakis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michael Giacchino. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John Axelrad shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor and Maisy Stella carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Where goes the neighborhood.".

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The take

David Robert Mitchell directs. Mike Gioulakis behind the camera. Michael Giacchino scores. John Axelrad cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $80M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Released this year — you're seeing it while it's still in the cultural conversation.
3209+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by David Robert Mitchell, shot by Mike Gioulakis. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Michael Giacchino. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor John Axelrad shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor and Maisy Stella carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Where goes the neighborhood.".
9IMDB entry: tt27165187 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 16 themes, including "teleportation", "giant snake", "time travel", "wormhole".
11Released under 12 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Mike Gioulakis
Original score: Michael Giacchino
Editing: John Axelrad
Production design: Maya Shimoguchi
Costume design: Erin Benach
Makeup / hair: Ellen Arden
VFX supervisor: Jay Cooper
Sound: Paula Fairfield
Stunt coordinator: Mike Massa
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $80,000,000
Box office: $120,363,694
Return: 150% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: The End of Oak Street (2026)
Rotten Tomatoes: 86% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 69/100
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 39,062 votes
MPAA: PG-13

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Brent Marchant2026-08-14
★ 7/10
When it comes to summertime movies, many viewers expect fun thrill rides, escapist fare at its best. At the same time, though, as the summer movie season winds down, expectations tend to lower by the time August rolls around, when the dregs of its remaining releases are unceremoniously rolled out. But, every so often, audiences are in for an unexpected nifty little treat when a sleeper offering hits theaters. Such is the case with the latest effort from writer-director David Robert Mitchell, a Spielbergian sci-fi retrothriller that skillfully drops elements of the “Jurassic Park” franchise into 1980s suburbia, and it does so with a deft mix of heart-pounding action-adventure and raucous, often-campy humor. The film follows the adventures of the Platt family, mother Denise (Anne Hathaway), father Greg (Ewan McGregor), and teenage children Audrey (Maisy Stella) and Brian (Christian Convery), along with their mischievous but resourceful pooch, an Australian cattle dog named Starbuck. On the surface, everything seems fine, though, as soon becomes apparent, there are some simmering troubles in family household (marital discord, financial difficulties, potential problem drinking, the dashed dreams of adolescence). However, after a bright, intense light appears during a thunderstorm one night, the Platts’ world gets turned upside down as their neighborhood experiences a series of infrastructure collapses, along with the appearance of anomalous plant life, specimens that appear to belong to extinct prehistoric species. But that’s only the beginning, as these developments are followed by the presence of dinosaurs. Needless to say, the residents of Oak Street are stunned at what they find, and it’s not long before survival and escape become imminent concerns. But how? What’s more, how did all of this come about? Those are the questions the family and their neighbors face as their world crumbles around them. Admittedly, the premise of this story is a relatively simple one, and it occasionally turns repetitive and derivative as it plays out. However, these shortcomings are made up for by great action sequences and raucously funny laughs, many of them deliberately over the top and characterized by ample but restrained gratuitousness (though squeamish viewers may still wish to bow out). A number of typical Spielbergian tropes are also included here, such as the curmudgeonly neighbor (P.J. Byrne), the kindly old lady down the street (Anne Gee Byrd), the mild-mannered but unexpectedly tough, gun-toting mid-lifer (Emily Kuroda), the neighborhood bully (Hudson Meek) and the beautiful new neighbor girl (Jordan Alexa Davis), all of whose story threads figure into the flow of the narrative and are sufficiently wrapped up by the time the credits roll. But perhaps the biggest surprise here is the film’s integration of subtle but effective themes one might not anticipate from a production like this, such as messages related to second chances, redemption and forgiveness, which are skillfully incorporated without beating viewers over the head (credit the expertly penned script for this). Thankfully, while many critics acknowledge that there are numerous respectful nods to the “Jurassic” franchise, most astutely appreciate the big nostalgic fun in this, despite a cantankerously vocal minority of cynical peers who contend such attributes are out-and-out ripoffs of classic cinematic content. I suppose one could see things that way, but that spoils the fun, begging the question about the half-empty/half-full glass metaphor, one that ultimately comes down to your view/your choice. So what’s it going to be? Given the dearth of good, entertaining pictures at this time of year, in my view, “The End of Oak Street” is genuinely a welcome breath of fresh air in an otherwise-stale room, a late summer release that’s truly “dino-mite.”
MovieGuys2026-08-15
★ 5/10
"The End of Oak Street" is yet another fossilized production from an entertainment industry out of fresh ideas. This is essentially Jurassic Park in 1980's US suburbia. The lead in is overlong, rather boring, more than a little cliched, leaning heavily on 80's nostalgia to carry it. Beyond that, it's predictable dinosaur action hi-jinks, a basic family adventure, with a dash of time travel nonsense. Very limited upsides include okay but hardly sterling acting and reasonable special effects. In summary, in this reviewers estimation this flick is what you churn out when you have no fresh ideas. A wholly bland watch that wont challenge the synapses.
Manuel São Bento2026-08-15
★ 6/10
Check out my full review @ https://movieswetextedabout.com/the-end-of-oak-street-movie-review-a-stylish-amblin-style-spectacle-undone-by-tonal-indecision/ Rating: B- THE END OF OAK STREET is a well-built summer blockbuster whose biggest obstacle is its own indecision about what it wants to be. The dinosaur spectacle is thrilling, Anne Hathaway anchors it with real gravity, Michael Giacchino’s score elevates nearly every set piece, and the Amblin-inspired craft on display is a genuine pleasure to watch unfold — but the moment the film tries to layer real emotional stakes onto a story built for popcorn thrills, the seams show, and they never fully close back up. Setting the right tone is a promise to the audience about how much to feel, and breaking that promise even once can undo a lot of goodwill a movie has otherwise earned.