India, Aug. 11 -- Anne Hathaway's upcoming sci-fi thriller The End Of Oak Street has started receiving its first reactions from critics and the early response is a mixed but largely enthusiastic one. While several critics have praised the film's dinosaur action, emotional core and throwback blockbuster energy, one reaction has called out its similarities to Jurassic Park and questioned how original some of its ideas feel.

Directed by David Robert Mitchell, the filmmaker behind It Follows and Under the Silver Lake, The End Of Oak Street follows the Platt family after a mysterious cosmic event transports their suburban neighbourhood to an unknown and dangerous world.

The film stars Hathaway as Denise Platt and Ewan McGregor as Greg Platt,...