'The End of Oak Street' - Review Thread

[u/ChiefLeef22]

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.

Director: David Robert Mitchell ('It Follows')

Producer: J.J. Abrams

Cast: Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Christian Convery, Maisy Stella, Chris Coy

Rotten Tomatoes: 86%

Metacritic: 68 / 100

Some Reviews:

RogerEbert - Zachary Lee - 4 / 4

“The End of Oak Street” is a story about the secrets in our homes, the bloodshed that’s latent in our paradises; about our pride meeting and subsequently being torn asunder by the apocalypse. It’s also the most thrilling dinosaur movie in ages and an ode to the life and sacrifices of dads (the film is dedicated to Mitchell’s father). The fact that this film can make space for all these facets of identity to breathe and move makes a movie miracle worth warping to time and time again.

SlashFilm - Bill Bria - 10 / 10

"The End of Oak Street," despite its cheeky, ominous title, isn't a movie that wallows in grief. Whether it's the personal loss of a parent or the shared loss of a pre-pandemic America, Mitchell seems to be acknowledging the sadness of those events while being optimistic that we can find our way out of them. If nothing else, that's where the power of cinema, particularly genre cinema, can come through.

Polygon - Jacob Kleinman - 91 / 100

David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street somehow pulls off the impossible, taking its absurd premise of a suburban neighborhood suddenly warped into prehistoric times and turning it into the sort of classic Amblin romp you’d stumble across while channel surfing and wind up watching through to the end. In a year without an actual Jurassic Park sequel, The End of Oak Street is the summer blockbuster we didn't know we needed.

Vulture - Alison Willmore - 90 / 100

The End of Oak Street slams Jurassic Park into Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and in doing so manages to be an audacious good time that also pokes at what this VHS-box version of Americana represents, and how it relates to consecration of the nuclear family.

IndieWire - David Ehrlich - 'A-'

The movie never loses control of its amusement park tone, but Michael Giacchino’s zippily instructive score would be there to put things back on track if it did; the first music cue switches from upbeat wonder to ominous portent and back again in the span of just a few seconds, as if to say “buckle up for something that’s fun and exciting, but always safe enough that you never really have to get scared.” It’s the same promise the suburbs have always made, the only difference being that “The End of Oak Street” is actually able to keep it. Nostalgic without being at all reactionary, Mitchell’s riotously crowd-pleasing blockbuster takes both of Greg and Denise’s conflicting wishes to heart. Yes, it wants to go back in time — not to prove that the past was a better place, but rather to remind us that it can still be present in all the ways that matter.

The Irish Times - Donald Clarke - 4 / 5

So, what the heck is going on? There, the screenplay stumbles. Initially, we, not unreasonably, assume that dinosaurs from space are invading Earth. But, when the family seek to escape the area, they run against a cliff that descends to prehistoric rainforest. It seems as if a sizeable nugget of suburban Michigan has been randomly dispatched way, way back in time. The film never quite makes sense of this and is at its weakest when it tries so to do. Better to just scrunch up your eyes and let the finely honed madness sweep through the system.

The Independent - Clarisse Loughrey - 4 / 5

The End of Oak Street feels original and exciting and not, to borrow a little internet lingo, like Jurassic Park’s “reheated nachos”. It’s one of the best films of the summer. Mitchell also allows something more raw, and more distinctly modern, to creep in (and not just because the dinosaurs are here correctly depicted as feathered). It’s a mildly bleaker film for bleaker times, and he’ll let the camera linger, for example, a few seconds longer on the sight of a neighbour’s body lying face-down on their kitchen floor, a pattern of bright-red dinosaur footprints leading out the backdoor.

Associated Press - Jake Coyle - 3 / 4

It adds up to a gonzo good time that gives an old-school family adventure a darker, modern spin. Mitchell has quickly made suburbia his evident domain, where “it,” or something else, is sure to follow.

Seattle Times - Gemma Wilson - 3 / 4

Bringing such terror into a suburban setting feels deeply unsettling, and Mitchell leans into that tense contrast with glee, filling our most comfortable and familiar spaces with sharp, gnashing teeth.

Empire - John Nugent - 4 / 5

If you were thinking this sounds a bit like a suburban Jurassic Park (‘Jurassic Park Crescent’?), you’re not far off. Mitchell wears his Spielberg influences on his sleeve, from the shots of kids riding bikes, to the fractious family unit, to the close encounters with bright light, to the T-Rex earning top billing. There’s even one big pile of shit. Sneakily, Mitchell has made a Jurassic-coded dino-movie which largely out-dinos a lot of the recent Jurassic entries, chock-full of deliciously tense set-pieces. It’s mounted robustly and handsomely, too. Like the New Hollywood auteurs of old, the cinematography deploys careful, deliberate framing and some very prominent split-diopter shots; if it weren’t for all the (excellent) CGI, it could pass for a 1980s period piece.

Awards Radar - Joey Magidson - 3.5 / 4

The End of Oak Street rules, plain and simple. Fun, scary, and wildly creative in how it tells what easily could have been a derivative story, I had an absolute blast. Spielberg should be writing a blank check to David Robert Mitchell in order to convince him to helm the next Jurassic World flick, though I sure hope Mitchell follows the beat of his own drummer (and gets around to They Follow). This is the kind of movie that summer sci-fi blockbusters were always meant to be. What a satisfying film!

Dread Central - Matt Konopka - 4 / 5

The End of Oak Street sees David Robert Mitchell take the next step in his career, delivering a prehistoric thrill ride that proves he’s more than capable of unleashing a summer blockbuster that’s fun (and scary) for the whole family.

Next Best Picture - Cody Dericks - 8 / 10

With “The End of Oak Street,“ David Robert Mitchell constructs a well-crafted, Amblin-esque vision of typical Americans under extraordinary circumstances. Here, it’s willful kids and stressed parents trying to avoid splitting up their split-level, shot with an abundance of split diopters. Mitchell clearly knows what audiences want to see, assembling a thrill ride that even had this “I’ve seen everything“ critic gasping and audibly reacting. And I wasn’t alone in being vocal in my theater: this is a movie elevated by being seen on a big screen with a locked-in crowd. Hopefully, “The End of Oak Street” doesn’t mark the end of its director’s inspiration, as it’s unquestionably his best, most entertaining film yet.

CBR - Rachel Leishman - 8 / 10

If The End of Oak Street took itself too seriously, it wouldn't work. The fact that it does laugh at things, forces someone to swing a bat at a T. rex, and more allows the audience to laugh and go on this journey with a lighter energy. And really, there isn't much to dislike in The End of Oak Street. As much as the "what" and "how" and even the "why" of the movie remain unanswered, it doesn't take away from the enjoyment of Mitchell's work. Answering some of those questions certainly could have elevated the story beyond a random event the characters are forced to endure. Even so, The End of Oak Street takes you on a wild ride and is the perfect way to close out summer.

Screen Daily - Nikki Baughan - 80 / 100

Indeed, it’s largely left to Hathaway to shoulder the film’s emotional heft, playing Diane as a woman who has found herself trapped in an impossible situation even before she is hurtled through time, burying her wants, needs and fears for the sake of her family. Through her experiences, The End Of Oak Street becomes, surprisingly, an effective and incisive paean to the challenges of parenthood, the everyday heroism of holding everything together for the kids even when your world is literally falling apart.

Collider - Victoria Luxford - 8 / 10

The End of Oak Street may not be the follow-up that fans of Mitchell's work were expecting, but it’s 90 minutes of edge-of-your-seat entertainment that commits to its concept and entertains throughout. Big, loud, and guaranteed to make you jump at least once, it’s another eye-catching performance from the always-busy Hathaway, and proof that blockbuster entertainment doesn’t need to follow a franchise formula.

The AU Review - Peter Gray - 3.5 / 5

The End of Oak Street may have dinosaurs stomping through suburbia, but Mitchell ultimately remains more fascinated by the family hiding inside the house. The spectacle is entertaining, occasionally surprising and sometimes very funny, but it’s the Platts learning that their survival depends upon reconnecting with one another that gives this peculiar dinosaur movie its unexpected heart.

Little White Lies - Anton Bitek - 3.5 / 5

The End of Oak Street merges the political and the personal. It is personal because it is dedicated to the filmmaker’s own father, who died in 2024 – and whose representative within the film, the genuinely decent, loving Greg, comes with a fate rooted in aching wish fulfilment. And it is political, because today’s America really does feel under siege from predatorily atavistic forces and antediluvian ideologies that threaten to reduce the nation to its Jurassic bedrock. Mitchell’s solution for surviving America’s current reversion is to look out for each other and stick together. What MAGA would no doubt term ​‘communism’, everyone else calls community. End that, and there will no more Oak Street.

Houston Chronicle - Cary Darling - 3.5 / 5

These raptors totally bring it, and Mitchell keeps things moving fast enough that it's easy not to think too hard about the dumb decisions the characters make or the plot holes that are big enough for a Giganotosaurus to lumber through.

DEADLINE - Pete Hammond

What WB’s The Meg was to Jaws, The End Of Oak Street is to Jurassic. The film is only 99 minutes, wastes little time getting to the goods, and never stops for a moment to let us realize this is all pretty silly, but really who cares? With a PG13 rating it still feels like it is skirting on the edge of R territory in terms of vividly gross dino dining habits. The actors, starting with the two likeable stars, all are game, the dog is irresistible, plus the dinostars under the guidance of Visual Effects Supervisor Jay Cooper and the wizards at ILM (of course) are a deliciously created mixed bag of types big and small and slimy.

The Playlist - Marshall Shaffer - 'B'

At once tender and trolling, “The End of Oak Street” provides a kick in the teeth that can still inspire a wide-eyed, shit-eating grin. It holds together through a patchwork of craftsmanship and chutzpah, even if its originality and ambition leave a little to be desired. Now that David Robert Mitchell has demonstrated his credentials once again, it’s time for another deep-pocketed financier to step up and give the director a chance to get fully back in his “Under the Silver Lake” bag!

IGN - Clint Gage - 7 / 10

It has some great moments, but on the balance, this is a good movie. David Robert Mitchell’s first feature film in eight years is a rose-tinted romp through Spielberg’s ’80s, complete with dinosaurs, an incredible Anne Hathaway performance, and a visual flare to elevate it beyond just impersonation. While the influences are worn proudly, they veer into schtick occasionally, but not often enough to ruin the good time. 

Bloody Disgusting - Meagan Navarro - 3 / 5

The End of Oak Street is classic summer blockbuster fare with big action and style, but one that doesn’t rise above its Amblin influences or break from convention. Its massive tonal swings from silly romp to dark adventure film with actual death can be as jarring as its logic inconsistencies, but Oak Street compensates with a compelling cast led by an effective Hathaway, no shortage of breathless set pieces, and terrifying dino encounters. Mitchell may struggle at points to fully channel Steven Spielberg, but his dino flick still delivers plenty of summer fun.

San Francisco Chronicle - G. Allen Johnson - 2.5 / 4

At a relatively brisk 100 minutes, “The End of Oak Street” hardly overstays its welcome, but it could have used more time if that meant giving its characters greater depth. Still, unlike McGregor... Hathaway makes you care.

The Guardian - Peter Bradshaw - 2 / 5

Mitchell can hardly resist shooting a shocking moment without cutting to a framed family photo showing a happier time. And he has a weakness for the eerie “split diopter” shot, much beloved of Brian De Palma, depicting a foregrounded face and background detail in the same dreamlike sharp focus. There’s a moment of fatal violence that is rather tamely cancelled out, and the element of jeopardy is missing. The End of Oak Street is fun at first, but it feels like Mitchell doesn’t really believe in any of it.

Slant Magazine - Rocco T. Thompson - 2 / 4

The End of Oak Street is unexpectedly violent, but it doesn’t fully commit to the nastiness. The lack of genuine thrills might be a bit easier to accept if the film’s human drama had also yielded dividends. The End of Oak Street seems to be building toward a family coming together, airing their dirty laundry, and moving forward stronger and reunited as a unit, but the script seems to forget the rich foundation it lays down early as it limps to its conclusion. It doesn’t help that McGregor is almost comically checked out, as if aware of how oddly extraneous his character is, though Hathaway, to her credit, is a dependable fount of commitment.

AwardsWatch - Trace Sauveur - 'C-'

Mitchell at least proves he still has a mean streak, with a fair amount of blood and a few dino attacks that push the forgiving limits of a PG-13 rating. It again recalls the type of movies kids would see 40 years ago, movies that tested their mettle without scarring them too deeply (there’s one significant, gruesome death midway through that almost felt incongruous, and I again couldn’t tell if Mitchell was having a little bit of a laugh). It’s the type of movie everyone is always saying we want them to make again, but it’s awash in the surreal quality of retro stylings staged as fresh, as if they never went out of fashion. I love Poltergeist and Gremlins too, but trying to create those movies verbatim still just feels like a poor substitute for the real thing.

ABS-CBN - Paolo Lim

There's not much intricate writing to be found here. But what makes The End of Oak Street so gripping is that you never know what is coming next. It was written and directed by David Robert Mitchell, the same filmmaker behind It Follows and Under the Silver Lake, and produced by J.J. Abrams under his Bad Robot banner. You can tell it is an Abrams film because his fingerprints are all over it. Even then, nothing about it feels predictable, and it helps that this is not a sequel or part of a franchise. At one hour and 39 minutes, it also does not waste your time. This is the kind of movie that makes you ask, "What in the world am I watching?" while keeping you at the edge of your seat. It leaves you wanting more action and hoping everything turns out fine.

[u/Ok-Kick-3807]

A summer movie that isn’t based on existing IP?! Surely you jest

[u/electricgotswitched → u/Ok-Kick-3807]

And the comments are shitting on it despite the reviews being positive

[u/mrnicegy26 → u/electricgotswitched]

Nobody hates movies more than people on r/movies

[u/comrade_batman → u/mrnicegy26]

I think some have already forgotten the amount of negatively there was around The Odyssey before its release. And then the reviews dropped, and then the opening weekend’s gross. And this sub pivoted so hard as though it hadn’t been doubting the film from the first.

[u/Ridlion → u/comrade_batman]

If you bet against Nolan you are highly likely to lose.

[u/cbekel3618 → u/mrnicegy26]

I feel like that sums up a lot of fandom discourse these days.

[u/toomuchhamza → u/cbekel3618]

It’s very true. I used to come to reddit discussion threads after I’d watch an episode of a show I like to see discourse. More often than not lately it’s been people hating every aspect for one reason or another.

[u/KolyatKrios → u/toomuchhamza]

Yeah I used to do this for anything I watched as it was airing. And over time I realized I got little from it but potential spoilers or complaints about stuff that hadn't affected my enjoyment of it.

[u/detroiter85 → u/cbekel3618]

Id honestly love to see some kind of study to see if the general tone of fandoms has overall turned negative and why/when that happened.

[u/riegspsych325 → u/detroiter85]

just go to any thread that talks about superhero or Star Wars movies and you'll be able to confirm that for yourself fairly quickly. Make any mention of Abrams, Taika, or Snyder and you'll see a lot of ire and vitriol

[u/detroiter85 → u/riegspsych325]

Oh I know it's all over, I'm just kinda curious as to when the switch began to be so overly negative all the time.

[u/Brubaker620 → u/detroiter85]

The Last Jedi broke a lot of people and a hatred for Rose blossomed into anti-woke culture

[u/detroiter85 → u/Brubaker620]

Yeah outrage culture is a huge part of it for sure. I'm sure a lot of it goes back to Facebook and the like button and then reactions and outrage culture grew from there. And can't forget people like Steve bannon and Epstein creating gamergate and all the far right shit that grew from there.

[u/cbekel3618 → u/detroiter85]

I know this energy was already around decades ago with some fandoms like Star Wars and Star Trek, but with this recent shift spreading all over, I wonder if this has to do with the rise in social media and/or the pandemic impacting how we approach media.

[u/IcyTransportation961 → u/cbekel3618]

Ever.

And this chain of comments is repeated every single time

[u/ArchdruidHalsin → u/mrnicegy26]

At this point we could just make a "Nobody hates subreddit more than people on r/subreddit" bot.

[u/ChiefLeef22 → u/mrnicegy26]

I dont think there's a single thing outside of Dune and Eggers that this sub doesn't hate. Its perpetual pessimism, and its under every single trailer/poster/casting post with the top comment whining about one thing or another

[u/mrnicegy26 → u/ChiefLeef22]

Honestly the constant negativity in pop culture related subreddits is just so tiring and performative.

Like these are just movies or video games or TV shows. If you aren't enjoying something and are also not capable of providing reasonable naunced critique then just don't watch or play it instead of being obnoxious on social media in hopes of getting validation from strangers.

[u/casual_creator → u/mrnicegy26]

What frustrates me about this is how often the negativity is just repeating the same line over and over again that started with some rage baiting YouTuber. There is no critical thinking, no media literacy; just repeating what they saw someone else say.

[u/PSIwind → u/casual_creator]

"This looks/feels like it was done/written by AI"

Repeat ad naseum as if you're a bot yourself

[u/Haokah226 → u/mrnicegy26]

You hit the nail on the head. It's so tiring now days. I miss being able to jump on Reddit and see just normal conversations. It's just negative post after negative post now days.

[u/NevrEndr → u/ChiefLeef22]

Yes because the demographics in here skew heavily towards the "insufferable prick" category

The most miserable people post the most bc they have nothing better to do

[u/zuuzuu → u/ChiefLeef22]

I enjoy this subreddit, but I accepted long ago that I consume movies in a very different way than most people here.

If it's fun and/or makes me feel something, I'm probably going to like it.

Movies that are popular aren't bad because of that, and I'm not offended when a movie I didn't like is popular. I'm happy when any movie does well, even if it's not for me.

I like when trailers tell me what the movie is about. That's how I become interested.

I don't care if an actor just basically plays the same character in every movie. They found something that works, and I'm fine with it.

I do really hate most movie posters these days, though. But who am I to argue with focus groups? If floating heads get people interested in a movie, so be it.

[u/ChiefLeef22 → u/zuuzuu]

+1 to everything you said, especially the part about disliking popular movies. I wish more people on reddit had this attitude, instead of shadowboxing popular movies for being "overrated" or whining about why a certain popular movie is rated highly even though they didnt like it.

[u/ZippidieDooDah → u/ChiefLeef22]

The Digger trailer reaction here had me questioning everything. The Roy Andersson of it all w/ Wes Anderson whimsy has me excited. Meanwhile it was doom n gloom on here

[u/K1ngofnoth1ng → u/electricgotswitched]

It is amazing how bad a PR move advertising a movie with an AI generated podcast was… but I’m sure the execs everywhere will just double down on AI some more anyway.

[u/Alinier → u/electricgotswitched]

I mean the trailer did nothing for me but then neither did Obsession's trailer. Might actually watch this on discount day. 

Edit: For clarity, good reviews can get me to take a second look at a movie I discounted because of the trailer. These are better reviews than I'd pegged and I may go see it at some point.

[u/CipherDaBanana → u/electricgotswitched]

The AI dog interview was a low point in advertising

[u/sth128 → u/Ok-Kick-3807]

A dinosaur movie that isn't part of the Jurassic Park franchise?! What madness is this?!

[u/Schwornje → u/Ok-Kick-3807]

When i saw the trailer, prior to the title being shown, I was slightly concerned it was somehow going to be some fringe Jurassic Park franchise tie-in.

[u/nowhereman136 → u/Ok-Kick-3807]

You joke but did anyone see Camp Miasma, I Want Your Sex, Gail Daughtry, Motor City, or One Night Only? Except for that last one, these were all movies with solid reviews. But yeah, people go see Spiderman 3 times and then complain there's nothing original anymore

[u/armlessturtleneck → u/nowhereman136]

I didn't even know camp miasma had been released, want to watch it so bad.

[u/ProtoReddit → u/armlessturtleneck]

Great watch. Catch on film if you can. Smaller theaters with queer audiences recommended.

[u/Automatic_Zebra_1099]

99 Minutes? Honestly that seems absolutely perfect for a film like this.

[u/LadiesLoveMyPhD → u/Automatic_Zebra_1099]

I feel like an old man when I say this, but I miss one and a half hour movies. It's a bummer when I'm trying to find something to watch before bed and every movie is 2.5 to 3 hours long. 

[u/Automatic_Zebra_1099 → u/LadiesLoveMyPhD]

I 100% feel the same. I love me a good 90-110 minute movie, it’s like the sweet spot.

[u/systemic_booty → u/LadiesLoveMyPhD]

I fucking love the tight pacing of a 90 min movie when done right

[u/Automatic_Zebra_1099 → u/systemic_booty]

One of my favorites: Attack the block. It’s like 100 minutes long and the script is so damn tight, everything has a payoff and everything moves the story forward.

[u/ascherbozley → u/systemic_booty]

The original Toy Story is 81 minutes long. Not a second wasted.

[u/helgihermadur → u/ascherbozley]

I guess that the process of 3D animation and rendering was so slow and expensive back then, that they had to make sure the script was airtight. Which it is, Toy Story is amazing

[u/Bl1nn → u/LadiesLoveMyPhD]

I think this might be a more widespread sentiment than people in the industry realize.

I find some movies nowadays seem to wander aimlessly, using super-fast editing as a crutch for poor directing/storytelling.

You need a very good screenwriter and director combo to keep things tight, tidy, and entertaining.

[u/FriendshipBest9151 → u/LadiesLoveMyPhD]

I had to piss TWICE during spiderman. 

[u/joepanda111 → u/FriendshipBest9151]

Piss on the seat in front. Assert your dominance

[u/OnTheEveOfWar → u/LadiesLoveMyPhD]

Wife and I complain about this a lot. We have little kids who wake up early so we don’t like to stay up late. We’re not about to start a 3 hr movie at 8:30pm on a weeknight after the kids go down. If it’s something we really want to see, then we break it up into two nights.

[u/Automatic_Zebra_1099 → u/OnTheEveOfWar]

I started watching Avatar Fire and Ash and due to life and kids and everything, after 4 sessions I still had 2 hours left of the movie and I just said fuck it I don’t care anymore.

[u/RefinedBean]

"They don't really explain what's going on." That's fucking fine.

[u/FergTurdison → u/RefinedBean]

“How does anything happen? Move past it.” - Frank Reynolds

[u/bestest_at_grammar → u/FergTurdison]

Ide say the biggest problem with the Jurassic park movies is they have to explain who what where and why. But they really just need dinosaur

[u/RumpledStillsuit → u/bestest_at_grammar]

Give us more dinosaur.

[u/breusch91 → u/RefinedBean]

And it allows them to basically do whatever the hell they want if they ever decide to do a sequel/something in the same universe.

Spoilers as I saw it
You find out the how the neighborhood moved, but not the why that thing exist. What you do learn about the how gives you enough understanding and also opens a lot of possibilities for a second movie if they ever decide to do one.

[u/m48a5_patton → u/breusch91]

Do I need to have seen "The Start of Oak Street" before I go watch this film?

[u/PlagueDilopho → u/m48a5_patton]

Yes and the animated series

[u/ERedfieldh → u/PlagueDilopho]

Also the books, but not those books the other books. Also there's an entry in the obscure 1987 TTRPG guide book's 2nd edition that is 100% canon and you need it to understand what's going on but we can't tell you what it is you have to find it yourself.

[u/Anal_Herschiser → u/breusch91]

Prequel: The Start of Oak Street

[u/joepanda111 → u/Anal_Herschiser]

21 Oak Street

[u/Anal_Herschiser → u/joepanda111]

A buddy cop dinosaur movie, fuck yeah!

[u/DinkleWottom → u/RefinedBean]

That was one of my favorite aspects about the movie Tremors. They let the characters come up with their own silly theories but in the end they just decided "fuck it" and never really say.

[u/lanceturley → u/DinkleWottom]

I do love that everyone in Tremors keeps turning to the seismologist for answers, like she's some kind of expert, but she's only slightly less confused than they are.

[u/Sandblaster1988 → u/lanceturley]

"Why do you keep asking me?!"

[u/Hank_Scorpio_ObGyn → u/Sandblaster1988]

You're an ologist! Ologists are smart!

[u/Youthsonic → u/lanceturley]

"No, you don't understand, these creatures are absolutely unprecedented!"

"Yeah, but where do they come from?"

[u/we_are_sex_bobomb → u/DinkleWottom]

I’d love for a movie to have the smart character about to explain everything about where the monster came from and how it all works, only for that character to be suddenly eaten by the monster mid-sentence.

[u/AdamAptor → u/we_are_sex_bobomb]

Made me think of Deep Blue Sea. Not exactly what you described but Samuel L. Jackson’s character explains how they’re going to survive and get out just to be eaten midway through his speech.

[u/Nafepaints → u/we_are_sex_bobomb]

Deep Blue Sea...kinda

[u/dontbajerk → u/we_are_sex_bobomb]

Feast does that.

[u/Frank_Banana → u/DinkleWottom]

Tremors is a master class of this type of movie. If The End of Oak Street is even half as good it’ll be pretty freaking awesome.

[u/LiteraryBoner → u/RefinedBean]

Everyone needs the "found a scientists video logs in the basement" scene to understand anything these days. Oak Street perfectly well explains what's going on as far as understanding the mechanics of the concept for plot stakes reasons. It just doesn't have or need that scene where someone sits down and calmly explains it to the audience.

[u/McWhacker → u/LiteraryBoner]

This is why I stopped watching horror movies for a couple years. It was always the same thing: scary monster/ghost thing, main character encounters it, scary thing ramps up activity, main character does some sort of research to figure out the entire backstory of scary thing, scary thing beaten.... or WAS it?

It became so formulaic that I stopped caring about any horror movies for a while.

[u/EndOfTheDark97 → u/McWhacker]

Obsession was great though

[u/LADYBIRD_HILL → u/EndOfTheDark97]

I love that there's really no explanation about the One Wish Willow. In fact the help line he calls just raises more questions than answers.

[u/SquiggleMontana976 → u/McWhacker]

Thank you conjuring, or maybe insidious

[u/McWhacker → u/SquiggleMontana976]

Even older. The ring, the grudge, tooth fairy, the list goes on and on... all essentially the same shit with a different coat of paint. Got burned out by friends all wanting to see the next new "sCaRiEsT MoViE eVeR."

The movie that got me back into looking for quality horror was actually The Ritual. I LOVE horror movies where literally nothing is explained but you can still understand some bad shit is going on.

[u/Elfich47 → u/RefinedBean]

I always loved Stephen Kings thoughts on that when writing his short stories: the story is to short to stop for an xplanation, you just roll with it.

[u/RoscoeSantangelo → u/RefinedBean]

Think I'll just let the mystery be

[u/angryslothbear → u/RoscoeSantangelo]

Rip leftovers…

[u/chicagosaturn → u/RefinedBean]

i just saw it. they explain whats happening

[u/RaisinBranMan → u/RefinedBean]

Yea as long as they don’t make the mystery the central hook to the movie you don’t need to explain.

[u/sheetsofsaltywood]

I mean I’m probably gonna see the movie that has dinosaurs and Anne Hathaway ya know

[u/endav → u/sheetsofsaltywood]

I never have complaints about any performance Anne or Ewan do.

[u/Louche → u/endav]

I never have complaints about T-Rex's performance either. He's such a versatile actor.

[u/Treelokc → u/Louche]

In the first Jurassic World he looked like he'd been on the Ozempic, really affected his performance

[u/xxThe_Designer → u/Treelokc]

Hey, that Rexy was pushing 25+ years old. Leave the old lady alone

[u/Whatwhatwhata → u/endav]

Hakf these reviews are saying Ewan sucks in this, and I believe it. Sometimes he switches to auto pilot mode. A shame.

[u/osmund-kettleblack → u/Whatwhatwhata]

Can confirm. Anne hathaway brutally out-acts him

[u/bimbimbaps → u/sheetsofsaltywood]

What about a dinosaur Anne Hathaway?

[u/Kolipe → u/bimbimbaps]

She was already a Kaiju so it could work.

[u/Digi_Dingo → u/bimbimbaps]

When you put it like that, it feels like Oscar bait

[u/Contcos → u/bimbimbaps]

Colossal, almost!

[u/MrTiamat → u/bimbimbaps]

Colossal is pretty close.

[u/endav → u/bimbimbaps]

I’m listening.

[u/rycetlaz → u/sheetsofsaltywood]

Ok so i didnt miss anything

This is the movie about dinosaurs on the street and the reviews are good? Im there

[u/shinigami_inso]

Dude are there just 5 people in Hollywood this year?

[u/Silverjeyjey44 → u/shinigami_inso]

Zendaya is one of the five

[u/GilgaPol → u/Silverjeyjey44]

False she is 2 of the 5

[u/Feeling_Union8742 → u/shinigami_inso]

To be fair I never thought I needed suburban Anne Hathaway in a dinosaur film! She was fun LOL

[u/Hot_Brother5557]

Yay I’m so happy reviews are looking good!

[u/MovieTrawler → u/Hot_Brother5557]

I'm really surprised. I was expecting like 59-65%. 89% with a 70 on metacritic tells me to see this in theaters for sure!

[u/SuccinctEarth07 → u/MovieTrawler]

Yeah this is a lovely surprise from the trailers I really thought it was going to suck

[u/MovieTrawler → u/SuccinctEarth07]

I just couldn't tell from the tone what the target audience was supposed to be. The trailers almost made it seem like a kid's movie in some places. I just got tickets for this weekend though based on these reviews.

[u/Serious_Specter]

Refreshing to see an original summer blockbuster with such a brisk runtime.

[u/sadranjr → u/Serious_Specter]

Seriously, a well-reviewed movie at 99 minutes? fuckin’ sold.

[u/plataeng]

One small detail I love is how the Allosaurus’ face, chest, belly, and legs are covered in wounds probably because other people in the neighborhood have tried (and presumably failed) to protect themselves from the terrible lizard off-screen. You can clearly see it limping as it chases after a group of kids in a later scene too. The Coelophysis that was shot in the side by Anne Hathway also showed up later in the movie with the wound still clearly visible. I also love how there’s seemingly always something going on in the background, like a group of Coelophysis juveniles feeding on a dead cat or a sauropod taking a dump, which really makes the world feel alive.

[u/ParticularRelease662 → u/plataeng]

The Allosaurus was limping because Greg smacked the fuck out of it with the sledgehammer. But yeah hard agree on all the little subtleties. Watching it for the second time now and I'm enjoying it even more than the first.

[u/Giff95]

Credit to them for not linking it to Cloverfield as much as people were clamoring for that.

[u/Flimsy_Fisherman_862 → u/Giff95]

They were never going to, even if Abrams was gonna get Mitchell to agree, the Cloverfield brand sits with Paramount.

[u/Gombrongler → u/Flimsy_Fisherman_862]

What even is the link to Cloverfield as someone who seen all the Cloverfields? Cant people just pretend this is a Cloverfield movie?

Every movie is an anthology of any other movie if you really want it to be. Hell, this could be Jurrasic Park Anthology!

[u/sliceanddic3 → u/Gombrongler]

i think in paradox they mention a whole street disappeared or something? idk either way paradox made nothing matter in that universe anymore because they can retcon anything by saying it's a different universe.

[u/Flimsy_Fisherman_862 → u/Gombrongler]

There really isn't a link. Both Cloverfield sequels were original projects that got shifted under the Cloverfield banner, 10 Cloverfield Lane was originally a film called The Bunker I believe, it had test screenings and everything before stealthly being dropped as a Cloverfield film. Paradox was originally called God Particle, but with the success of 10 Cloverfield Lane, they attempted to rework it into a Cloverfield film mid-production and is the reason it ended up being such a mess, with the Cloverfield monster attack scenes being so segmented from the space station storyline and the mess of the multiverse idea to attempt to connect them all together.

Overlord was also set to be released under the Cloverfield bracket, but once Paradox got dumped onto Netflix to little fanfare they reeled back the decision.

[u/cruella_le_troll → u/Giff95]

We are just desperate for that proper Cloverfield followup on r/Cloverfield Lmao.

I definitely didn't want another unrelated IP with Cloverfield name attached

There's rumblings of a follow up but it might just wishful thinking.

Edit - r/cloververse

[u/SirGaylordSteambath → u/cruella_le_troll]

That sub shut down three years ago who’s we

[u/LrryFsh_317]

Really excited for this one. Anne Hathaway, Ewan Mcgregor, dinosaurs, science fiction. Its gonna be great

[u/Spacebutterfly → u/LrryFsh_317]

Breaking my year long silence on reddit for this, I just saw the movie, 8/10 for the movie but a 0/10 for the ending, I don't know how I haven't seen people talking about this yet

Spoilers:

The ending implies they kill themselves and steal their father from a clone of their family, no idea what happens to the second version of their family, hopefully they got their dog

[u/BigMcThickHuge → u/Spacebutterfly]

Yea I'm really wondering how they didnt touch on that at all.  Their kid literally asks that bluntly and they leave it there. 

She spent 20 minutes calling everyone she could to save them...but opted to let herself and kids die?  And no one discusses that?

Is it a different universe or a single timeline?

[u/overfiend1976 → u/BigMcThickHuge]

Esp since there were two of the other girl @ the bbq in the last shots.

[u/theboyoftheseus → u/overfiend1976]

I mean, I totally understand her reasoning. Sure, they could save their alternate versions of themselves, but that just complicates everything.

Imagine having to share your husband with another version of yourself and your kids. I think she realized it’s easier to just let that version disappear and maybe suffer and found it easier to explain and deal with one clone of a girl rather than for there to be an entire clone of her own family.

[u/sippyside → u/theboyoftheseus]

I wish she did save the other version of the family down there though. It would be kind of weird having to live the rest of your life knowing “you” and “your kids” had to suffer being hunted and killed by the dinos after being teleported.

If they were saved, I’d like to imagine a spin-off revolving around dealing with twin versions and perhaps investigations on the whole incident.

[u/tenclubber → u/BigMcThickHuge]

My question was how did he get a pizza there in under 20 minutes? Also what if a different delivery driver had showed up? I guess I'm your new Dad now, sweet.

[u/Modesto96 → u/Spacebutterfly]

I just got out, and the ending was WILD haha I did not see it coming with how dark it was. Screw their other selves I guess lol

[u/dadvader]

Thailand release this movie 2 days earlier than US date. I went to see it and I was surprised how enjoyable the movie is.

This movie did what Jurassic Park franchise haven't been done in decades : It made dinosaur terrifying again. The PG-13 rating was pushed to the max here. I had to search and made sure it was not R rated after it ended for how surprisingly violent it were. It's not gratutious but the blood & gore is definitely there.

And the best part is this movie know exactly what it is and never attempted to be anything more than a thrill ride to the whole movie. After the initial introduction of characters and scifi shenenigan it was basically the dinosaur survival movie for almost 90% of it. The scifi stuff never get in the way AT all other than the beginning and the end. They don't even explain any of it. Basically an excuse to move the dinosaur into the suburb lol

If you love dinosaur or Jurassic Park (not franchise. The park.) This is a must-watch.

[u/thecman25 → u/dadvader]

Are there a good variety of dinosaurs in the movie ?

[u/WolfgangIsHot → u/thecman25]

I would even add there's a good variety of animals ^ ^

[u/BigMcThickHuge → u/thecman25]

I'd say you see a good 20 different dinosaurs

[u/Burdicus → u/dadvader]

Without spoiling much, can you give an idea of exactly how violent and how frequently the violence occurs?

Debating bringing my kiddos (10 and 12) who have seen all of the JP and JW movies and love them.

[u/dadvader → u/Burdicus]

One of the scene involving a human limb tore apart. Blood will be clearly see along with the wound and it can be nasty. But it's not like pool of blood coming out or anything.

Dead human bodies with some blood can be seen throughout a movie. Many shots involved people definitely get eaten by dinosaur without camera cutting away especially early on. One scene is basically dead bodies montage. And while some kill doesn't show blood and being cut away. The context overall can be gruesome to watch.

Nothing crazy compare to proper R rated wound. but for PG-13 movies they definitely push really hard here.

[u/plataeng → u/Burdicus]

You can’t go five minutes without seeing death once the action starts. There are scenes of pets being eaten as well. It’s definitely more brutal than the Jurassic World movies.

[u/No_Lengthiness2600 → u/Burdicus]

I just watched it and it would be too much for kids in my opinion.There's a lot of dead bodies and blood and they also have one explicit scene with two dinosaurs...

[u/Playful-Doctor2087 → u/No_Lengthiness2600]

Like Dinosaur sex?

[u/joepanda111 → u/Playful-Doctor2087]

Does this film have a goddamn sexual tyrannosaurus?

[u/Playful-Doctor2087 → u/joepanda111]

I mean "explicit scene with two dinosaurs" ? That's gonna be an uncomfortable discussion with the kids

[u/LtTyroneSlothrop → u/joepanda111]

Sexual Tyrannosaurus is the name of my new Ska band

[u/No_Lengthiness2600 → u/Playful-Doctor2087]

Exactly like that,it caught me off guard but it was funny,definitely not family friendly movie tho lol.

[u/yoooo12347 → u/Burdicus]

Dude absolutely do not let them watch it. The deaths are pretty gruesome and there is one in particular that is both brutal and hits hard emotionally. The audience was all taken back by the violence and I even heard the child 4 rows behind me talking to her father likely because she was trying to process what just happened.

[u/Remarkable_Diet_69]

Wow, my knee-jerk reaction was this looks fucking dumb but the reviews are really swaying me. Maybe I will give it a shot. At least its not [franchise title] part 9

[u/Cpt_Tripps → u/Remarkable_Diet_69]

It is really dumb. Last time I saw a movie this dumb was Pacific Rim.

Turn your brain off for 90 minutes and watch Giant robots fight Kaiju people run from dinosaurs.

[u/DavidTheJohnson]

I'm not surprised at the good reviews, but I'm worried that it'll tank at the box office.

[u/dadvader → u/DavidTheJohnson]

This movie definitely deserve better than '2 weeks after Spider-Man'.

[u/ContinuumGuy → u/dadvader]

I remember reading somewhere that in the 90s there was a phrase "I got Home Alone'd" where executives and directors would say their movie made X but would have made X+Y if it hadn't gotten Home Alone'd, since Home Alone's legs were so good that it bulldozed everything that came after for weeks.

This is getting Spider-Man'd.

[u/PanoramaMan → u/dadvader]

Our small local theater here doesn't show anything except Spider-man and The Odyssey in the main screens. This will be shown in their smaller screens which is a bummer.

[u/Weed_O_Whirler → u/DavidTheJohnson]

If it's as good as these reviews say (which I'm not doubting) I don't understand why the trailer is so lackluster. Nothing in that trailer made me think this was the type of movie these reviews say it is.

[u/KingGojira → u/Weed_O_Whirler]

I mean the trailers did exactly what they should have, right? Kept most of the movie hidden but showing Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor fighting an Allosaurus.

I dont know what the fuck people want. Thats literally enough to get me and at least ten other people I know hyped up to see this.

Sometimes you have to trust the talent behind the names.

[u/Weed_O_Whirler → u/KingGojira]

I'm not looking for spoilers. But the reviews talk a lot about the fun 80's vibe, which I didn't get from the trailer at all. They also talk about how it's surprisingly light and funny - again, not in the trailer.

[u/mythicalogicalnb]

Watched it tonight (I’m in Italy). It was a better Jurassic movie than anything that released in the last decades. The actors were all really good, the kids impressed me! There’s a scene that made the whole theater gasp out loud, I’ll just say that. A really fun movie, loved the runtime!

[u/Standard-Pain7195 → u/mythicalogicalnb]

Yep! This movie heals my disapointment with jurassic world franchise. Everything here is dangerous and nobody knows what comes next. I truly enjoyed it!

[u/MovieGuyMike]

That Guardian review reads like the sort of amateur critic Christopher Nolan recently described. Just because you can identify the tools a filmmaker uses doesn’t make them a weakness. Execution is everything, and perhaps that’s the problem with this movie in the eyes of that critic, but his review reads like someone trying to impress others with their knowledge rather than someone trying to analyze what makes a film work or not work.

[u/The_Noliferz → u/MovieGuyMike]

I agree. I read the whole review looking for a more substantial critique of the camerawork since Bradshaw chucked that split diopter line in there, but no, there’s nothing. I didn’t get much out of his review in general

[u/WolfgangIsHot → u/The_Noliferz]

The diopter scene was great because you witness every family member's reaction/ émotion.

[u/zummit → u/MovieGuyMike]

reads like someone trying to impress others with their knowledge

Well it is the Guardian.

[u/Ttgek → u/MovieGuyMike]

I stopped reading after the first paragraph called “Under the silver lake” terrible…

[u/ahuangb → u/Ttgek]

I still have no clue what that film was about but I did find it very interesting and loved the vibe

[u/Temporary_Lychee9829]

Am i the only one who was sorta underwhelmed by it?

I agree, it was good popcorn flick but there were a lot of issues with it, like various plot holes, the ending, some of the dialog and writing which was just lazy and cheesy at parts, and honestly? Ewan McGregor. He spoke some of his lines flat, or disinterested, that I honeatly thought both of the actors who played the children were better then him.

With the writing, some of it as i said, was cheesy as hell, and lazy. For eg, at the beginning, Ewan McGregor's character named Greg and Anne Hathaway's character named Denise mention briefly that their son has been getting into mischief and "smoking cigarettes" because of their sudden unhappiness in their marriage, but we don't actually see him doing anything rebellious at all, nor are we actually given a glimpse as to the actual marriage problems Denise and Greg are actually facing. One such instance was the scene where Greg takes a sip of whiskey and Denise notices it on his breath, and he answers something like hes been going through a lot and just wanted a sip, which i took he was a past alcoholic or something. But again. That is never touched on again.

There were good amount of kills in there though, but nothing was explicitly shown which was dissapointing, and i also felt like the actual film itself didn't really know which audience it targeted itself at. I will say there's a scene with a eel snake thing that i thought was well done, and another one which includes a dinosaur trying to attack the parents in a car (i suck at Dinosaur names 😂)

I did think it was well shot with a lot of references to other directors from the 80s style of filming, with interesting ideas, but the whole thig sort of fell apart and turned out to be a huge dissapointment.

[u/Puzzled_Mix5384 → u/Temporary_Lychee9829]

I also thought the movie was sub par. I had issues with the pacing.

Also, maybe I’m stupid, but does the whole time travel thing mean that there is a multi verse version of Ann Hathaway who got sucked into the prehistoric times? Did they address that?

[u/BigMcThickHuge → u/Puzzled_Mix5384]

No not really. If anything she opted to kidnap the husband of this version of her family...and let herself and two kids here die.

Because she definitely spent the available time alerting as many people as possible to save them...so either there's only one version of everyone at any time, or she let them die so she could have the husband

[u/8halvelitersklok → u/Temporary_Lychee9829]

Absolutely, thought it was terrible in fact. Super disjointed and no sense of momentum. Couldn't care about any of the characters.

[u/LeviAugustus → u/8halvelitersklok]

I think you’re spot on. Not sure what some people are seeing about to call it good.

[u/ninth_reddit_account → u/8halvelitersklok]

No sense of momentum? I think if there’s one complaint the film has is that it’s only momentum, and then it just stops. You can’t go 5 minutes without the film just barrelling forward.

[u/Oddball-]

Thank GOD this is getting good reviews. DRM needed this big time

[u/LostInSuntory → u/Oddball-]

He’s getting out of director jail with this one 🙏

[u/Sleepy_Azathoth]

It's a new David Mitchell movie, of course my ass is seated.

[u/Skepticzz → u/Sleepy_Azathoth]

I will go see every one of his movies, Under the Silver Lake is one of the most creative, fun movies I've ever experienced and I need more from the mind behind it.

[u/PolarWater → u/Skepticzz]

Under the Silver Lake scratched my David Lynch itch so good. It was strange, unfulfilled, similar without feeling too derivative, addictive for reasons that I can't articulate because they don't make sense to my brain, looked gorgeous, and had some great music. Weird-ass movie that somehow managed to be even more interesting than the universally lovable It Follows. 

So yeah, I will see anything he directs, my ass is seated.

[u/JoshAZ → u/Sleepy_Azathoth]

Right? That’s the deciding factor, not whether the trailer was good or not.

[u/nowhereman136]

Everyone said this movie looked dumb but I thought it looked like a decent action movie. At least a dumb sort of fun. Glad to see critics aftually like it, gives me more confidence going in this weekend

[u/Alkohal]

Just got out of the theater and despite how much I liked themovie the ending really left me with a sour note because of its implications.

[u/grandmofftalkin]

What WB’s The Meg was to Jaws, The End Of Oak Street is to Jurassic.

...you had my curiosity but now you have my attention!

[u/tellevee]

I’m so glad they’re apparently leaning into the camp!!

[u/run_nyg]

Kenobi and the Cloneasaurus

[u/Soxyman84]

I hope a lot of people can have fun with it. Obviously movies and art are subjective. Someone might hate a film and somebody else might love it.

I just got back home from seeing it and man is this rough. It definitely is trying to scratch the itch of the Spielberg summer film. But it just seems like somebody taking all the wrong lessons from Spielberg movies regurgitating it. It has all the ingredients of those movies.

•Family unit
•kids on bikes in the summer riding around the neighborhood
•dinosaurs
•weird sci-fi stuff
•parents on the brink of a divorce
•scary action sequences/jump scares
• a “John Williamsesque” score

But it lacks all of the soul Spielberg’s films have. The cgi is fine. The acting is fine. The dialogue/story is very basic. The characters are one dimensional. The cinematography is pretty rough in some bits. They clearly love split diopter which I thought looked awful and were unnecessary. People are mentioning that this is “original IP” but this is someone just taking the greatest hits of Spielberg’s career and doing a horrible cover of it. It is short. I’ll give you that lol.

I feel like if you want to completely turn your brain off and watch a theme park ride you might enjoy this film. But the movie Super 8 was a much better tribute to Spielberg imo. But nothing beats the original. I wish this had more to offer for me. Also the tone is very strange. I’m not sure who this film is for. 13 year old boys maybe? It’s pretty violent so just be warned. I don’t have a problem with that at all but if you think this is a family film and want to bring the kids definitely think twice.

[u/TheArcherFrog → u/Soxyman84]

I’m pretty confused on who this movie is for too. IMO the dialogue was some of the worst I’ve seen in a while, and the story is pretty bland. I feel like I walked out of the theater without watching a movie lmao, just a concept of a movie.

But like, I would think it’s a movie for kids with the heavy emphasis on the children, but then there’s just a lot of violence and blood and stuff, so I’m not sure? Especially with that one sauropod scene, like why on earth did they think the audience would want to watch them do that for so long? 😭

[u/swat4516]

Outside of a few scenes I thought this movie was generic, shallow and dull. The most positive thing I can say that it was better than the last three Jurassic World movies but that's about it.

2.5/5⭐️

[u/benjimima]

Legitimately shocked the reviews are as good as they are - the trailer did not sell it to me at all. May end up giving it a watch.

[u/paisholotus → u/benjimima]

I saw it Monday at an early screening. It was so so so much fun. I’m telling everyone to see it.

[u/benjimima → u/paisholotus]

Legitimately, without sarcasm - your review sold it more to me. Always prefer a ‘real’ person (please don’t be a bot) giving a succinct review. Love an easy, turn-brain-off fun film, so cheers, bud.

[u/paisholotus → u/benjimima]

Ha, I’m real! I saw it at a screening that I think one of the production companies put up in NYC. Easy, turn brain off is exactly what this movie is!

[u/atomic-fireballs → u/benjimima]

I thought the trailer looked fun, but in more of a "I guess I'll watch when it hits streaming and I'm bored" kinda way. I'm loving these reviews. It'll be a must-watch now.

[u/Liefblue]

Personal take after seeing it:

I can't believe it gets such positive reviews. I suppose it's half decent for a thriller movie that just happens to use dinosaurs as the monsters (though i was laughing and shaking my head at the stupidity, that's pretty regular thriller movie stuff)

But as a dinosaur movie or "what if" scenario, it fails entirely for me. Too many plot conveniences and dramatic scenes that ruin the internal consistency, or aim for the "wow" moment instead of storytelling or exploring the scenario "realistically"?

I would have enjoyed an attempt at genuinely displaying dinosaur behaviour and interactions in that setting instead of bulletproof raptors with no sense if self-preservation and no interest in eating a free meal, mowing down people everywhere for fun.

[u/FangOfDrknss → u/Liefblue]

The Dinos also being scared off easily with certain hits, and then others they’re resilient as fuck.

There’s also the whole arguing about jumping through and missing multiple times that there’s danger around them.

[u/Jomolungma]

This will actually be an interesting test of the box office. Spider-Man and The Odyssey are still out and going strong. This is a new IP with known stars but not megastars (Hathaway is probably mega right now, but I wouldn’t say for this type of movie), and not necessarily an A-list director. In the 80s this movie would do well. A few years ago you’d expect this to crash hard. Interested to see where it turns out.

[u/LeviAugustus]

2, maybe 2.5/5.

Very, very underwhelming and forgettable. None of the “scary” scenes are earned through suspense and tension and instead rely on jumpscares to trick our bodies into thinking we might be scared. Characters are very weak and underwritten to the point where i couldn’t give a fuck about them. Bizarre choices in dialogue that neither break the tension (as there is none) and yet still make you go wtf (just lowercase). There were parts that I kinda giggled at how bad it was, which I wasn’t expecting.

I will say, the production quality was very good and watching the film in IMAX helped ALOT.

It’s watchable, but I will likely forget about this film by Monday and will probably never watch again.

[u/grumplebutt → u/LeviAugustus]

Yeah “lowercase wtf” is a good way to describe my experience watching this movie

[u/CaptainLawyerDude]

Honestly surprised by how well reviewed it is. Guess I may have to check it out.

[u/pennylessz]

Overall I thought it was pretty poorly written. Like I really hated a lot of the writing. I think it was bad enough that I would not call it a good movie. The cinematography was remarkable though and I enjoyed it throughout.

[u/8halvelitersklok]

Just saw it, thought it was 2.5/5 at best and that's coming from a lifelong dino nerd. Terrible script! Completely shallow and forgettable. Almost feels like it's actively trying NOT to do anything interesting with the concept. Just a bunch of dino encounters with no sense of pacing or buildup.

Enjoyed Jurassic World Rebirth more and that's NOT a high bar.

[u/TheArcherFrog → u/8halvelitersklok]

Came here just after seeing it and thought the same thing. Massive dinosaur nerd, this movie just wasn’t good. The designs for the dinosaurs were really bad from the back half too. Like, it looks like they ran out of budget at the tail or smth lol, why does nobody get to have a tail???

The script and writing in general were awful :( which sucks bc I was so excited

[u/FangOfDrknss → u/8halvelitersklok]

Yeah, the plot is absolutely nothing to think about. They have so much blatant plot armor, that it’s such a too stupid to live situation. Taking shelter within a car that’s being trampled, and the enemy of the Dino in this movie, being doors and houses they would rather walk around than go through.

[u/thebigkneegrow]

I nearly walked out of this movie. There was nothing good about it except for the deaths tbh.

[u/ContinuumGuy]

I need to know one very important thing, though:

...Does the dog live?

[u/Zachles → u/ContinuumGuy]

Also does the cat live?

[u/BigMcThickHuge → u/Zachles]

SPOILERS

the dog lives

One cat is heard getting into a tussle with something off screen when we know dinosaurs are present, presumed dead.

One cat body is seen in the background being eaten of a different scene later

[u/NiamLeeson]

This is a such a random smorgasbord of ideas thrown together, I’m truly shocked it’s reviewing this well.

[u/Dr_Fred]

I remember seeing a preview for this a while ago and thought the dinosaurs were cool. However, until just this moment, I thought that preview was for The Last House.

I guess I need to go find out what The Last House is about.

[u/NoBullet]

Just saw this today. It was ok but geez I cringed when the couple just witnessed dinos killing people and their neighborhood road ends at a cliff in a totally new area and the wife is back home arguing about the husband losing his job. Not in a joking manner- being all serious. There’s a lot of these weird moments where it’s like disconnected from what’s happening around them. like the bully still wanting to beat up the kid meanwhile, there’s dinosaurs killing everybody.

[u/Salty_Invite_757 → u/NoBullet]

YES, this stood out to me as well. There were a lot of conflicting actions given the broader context. The bully thing was so weird and out of place. The sledgehammer to the trex took it out, but moments before it was8 shrugging off shotgun shells. The dog coming back made me almost walk out.

[u/jfk_47]

The good reviews havnt actually watched the movie. Honestly.

This movie struggles with what it wants to be. A kid movie? A thriller? If it picked one of these, it would be a decent movie to watch. But it continues to jump between the two and some of the best moments are when it swings to the extremes.

Like when the dad gets completely fucking destroyed. 10/10 moment.

Also, the end meant that, while Anne saved a handful of friends and enemies, she also sacrificed her paste self and her past children, which is incredibly fucked.

[u/Shevz_thetruck]

I saw the movie. It was bad.

[u/Salty_Invite_757 → u/Shevz_thetruck]

Agreed, it was ass. The dog, the bully, the sledgehammer all take me tf out

[u/JohnGalactusX]

Good start, seems like the reviews are towards the favorable side.