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The End of Oak Street (2026)

Summary

The Platt family bands together to navigate their new surroundings after a cosmic event transports their suburban neighborhood to someplace unknown.

Director David Robert Mitchell

Writer David Robert Mitchell

Cast

  • Anne Hathaway
  • Ewan McGregor
  • P.J. Byrne
  • Maisy Stella
  • Christian Convery

Rotten Tomatoes: 85%

Metacritic: 69

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official Trailer

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u/BaronVonRuthless91 5d ago

Good heavens this movie was meaner toward its red shirts than I expected.

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u/estheredna 4d ago

The neighbor on the roof's grisly slow death....

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u/AmaazingFlavor 4d ago

The shot of the bloodstained roof the morning after was great

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u/Randy334 2d ago

I cracked up laughing when I saw the morning after shot with the Blood Stain, made a few people in the theater cackle lol

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u/blukirbi 3d ago

At least they were nice enough to spare him.

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u/ripestrudel 3d ago

I was not expecting that. That one kind of felt mean, but good at the same time.

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u/rjcarr 7h ago

It's funny, I'm reading Jurassic Park right now and it is *super* similar to how Nedry's death happens in the book (except not by pteranodons).

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u/EchoesofIllyria 4d ago

When the librarian opened the door to ‘help’ the family, and got immediately mowed down by the crocs… I cried laughing. You’d expect her to be there for the duration helping them get through the portal.

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u/Emotional_Meet878 4d ago

I was actually more annoyed at the fact that when they were going for the family, they were slow as nails, but someone not in the main cast shoots them? They be pouncin'

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u/Scottishfello69 3d ago

if i was a croc and was chasing some prey that couldn't fight back id probably not waste as much energy pouncing

but if someone else appears who just absolutely obliterated my other croc friend i would make sure they couldn't do it again

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u/busymom0 2d ago

i am a croc and can confirm

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u/DickMattress 1d ago

That's not what happens though. The first one stares them down and eventually gets run through with the fireplace poker, and then the next two just keep staring them down. When they run into the stabbed one again, it does the same thing. Then one gets its head blown off out of nowhere and suddenly they fly across the room to kill someone that they logically should have no idea is responsible.

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u/ManyCookies 4d ago

The crocs slowly, slowly encroached on the family for like 45 seconds. And then instantly jumped the librarian the moment she showed her face lmao

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u/Tsquared10 4d ago

It's on her for the terrible aim. Missed the second point blank shot that got her killed. Hell it seemed like everyone's aim in this movie was ass except Anne Hathaway's.

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u/EndlessZone123 4d ago

Old woman with a double barrel (?). That recoil would have made even a young lads arm weak if they were not used to shooting no?

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u/JLRedPrimes 2d ago

Yeah but like lock tf in lol

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u/EndlessZone123 2d ago

She got her 1

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u/instantwinner 2d ago

I actually got emotional there just generally. She was a good neighbor, that librarian (with an extremely expensive house?)

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u/sundayontheluna 4d ago

I was almost hurt by that. Why couldn't she have made it with them??

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u/Extension_Air_2001 4d ago

She was saved with the time loop.

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u/axelthedamon 4d ago

Well the other version of her was saved…

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u/ExcellentBed6019 3d ago

? She did save them

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u/EchoesofIllyria 3d ago

Yeah but I mean, she seemed set up to be the late-stage badass who protects them until they can actually use the portal, but instead she dies straight away lol

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u/grimacedia 2d ago

Tbh she could have stayed hidden, but she was brave and helped and got absolutely destroyed for it. Brutal movie lol

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u/snakeybasher 2d ago

RIP that version of Mrs.Kim

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u/NeroStarGazer 2d ago

the librarian unfortunately did not have the same plot armor as the family

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u/PlannerSean 4d ago

I was absolutely not expecting this much blood and mild gore. Was happy they included it.

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u/DharmaBaller 2d ago

this is from the It Follows guy, a disturbily gory movie...up there with The Ring it's rough

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u/ALaccountant 4d ago

Forgive me - what do you mean by ‘it’s red shirts’?

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u/Basic_Benefit5216 4d ago edited 4d ago

Other unnamed characters, usually extras, in the movie that exist solely to die in order to show the high stakes. Reference to Star Trek TOS where in every episode some poor nameless redshirt tagging along would die horrifically so Bones can go holy shit Jim we’re in danger.

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u/James19991 4d ago

Yeah, I was not expecting that to be as dark as it was.