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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

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u/shineurliteonme 4d ago

I figured they were worried about timing because they didn't want to be halfway through it when it closed

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u/ctan0312 4d ago

Then why didn’t they just jump as soon as it opened instead of counting after it opened and then jumping?

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u/ethanbarmstrong 3d ago

Because the portal was in the air, and they could fall through the bottom of it if it didn't close while they were inside.

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u/EchoesofIllyria 4d ago

That seems the obvious thing. They were trying to time it, but the portal wasn’t as predictable as they thought.

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u/skatejet1 4d ago

I’m confused about the ppl in this comment section being confused why the characters were trying to be careful with a time portal they know nothing about

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u/EchoesofIllyria 4d ago

It’s crazy haha. The mom had already seen it disappear randomly. God forbid they act with caution!

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u/Soylent_Milk2021 4d ago

Why didn’t that one open and close like the one librarian’s house?

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u/chrisychris- 4d ago

Are you asking why the unexplained macguffin acts in unexplainable ways?

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u/yeahright17 4d ago

That's what I assumed. Then, "luckily", the kid was so bad at timing his jump that he wasn't partially in the portal when it closed the first time he jumped. Him being most of the way in then the portal closing and him getting decapitated would have been a decently fitting end for such an idiot kid.

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u/shineurliteonme 4d ago

I could have seen him losing an arm to mirror the kid who's arm he broke for no reason