When The End of Oak Street was announced, I wasn't really compelled. But over time, after the heavy praise, I kind of wanted to watch it. I did. And I wish I hadn't.
Knowing that dinosaurs were going to be featured, I kept my expectations in check. I would have been perfectly OK with some nice dinosaur action and thrills. I was waiting and waiting, but those thrills weren't there. Maybe one scene, and that one ended on a comical note that tonally wasn't in line with how the film presented itself. What was supposed to be fun ended up being one boring mess. The acting was decent, I guess, but almost everything that I consider good filmmaking was subpar. Let me give you some context. I would rather watch Primitive War than this. That is like a glorified C film that knows what it is and commits to it in the second part of the film.
I really tried hard to like this film, to get into the events. But I just couldn't. I didn't feel anything for the characters nor for what was happening. In hindsight, I am glad that the duration was 99 minutes. But it felt like it was a lot longer. That is never good. And I do believe that, had the film taken more time to set up events and dedicated more time to expressing the absurdity of the situation, this film would have been better.
Overall, forget about it. This is easily one of the worst films that has been released this year.
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