Paleontologist Calls Out The End of Oak Street’s Dinosaurs
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Riley Black, a professional paleontologist, weighs in on Anne Hathaway’s The End of Oak Street, arguing the film’s dinosaurs are a chaotic mishmash of periods with little scientific grounding, featuring oversized and implausible beasts despite scattered nods to real science; while not a documentary, the critique laments the neglect of paleo-accuracy and makes a case for more faithful dinosaur depictions in future films.
- I’m a Paleontology Nerd. Anne Hathaway’s New Movie Gives Us Some Real Dinosaur Boners—Sometimes Literally. Slate
- “The End of Oak Street” Is a Weirdly Alienated Jurassic Lark The New Yorker
- ‘The End of Oak Street’ Is All Bite The Ringer
- The End of Oak Street Audience Reviews: A Fresh Take on Dinosaurs, Though Not Everyone Is Convinced Rotten Tomatoes
- ‘The End of Oak Street’ Just Exposed Everything Stale About the ‘Jurassic’ Franchise The Hollywood Reporter
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