Updated
Updated · Variety · Aug 14
Anne Hathaway Urges Automatic R Rating for Films That Kill Dogs
Updated
Updated · Variety · Aug 14

Anne Hathaway Urges Automatic R Rating for Films That Kill Dogs

3 articles · Updated · Variety · Aug 14

Summary

  • Anne Hathaway said movies in which dogs die should automatically get an R rating, arguing the content is traumatic regardless of profanity or other violence.
  • Speaking on the “The End of Oak Street” press tour, she linked that reaction to audience anxiety shaped by “John Wick,” saying viewers keep asking whether her new film kills its family dog, Starbuck.
  • Hathaway sought to calm those fears, saying the dinosaur thriller “might not” break that rule and telling audiences not to worry about Starbuck’s fate.
  • “The End of Oak Street,” starring Hathaway and Ewan McGregor and directed by David Robert Mitchell, is now playing in theaters nationwide.

Insights

Could Anne Hathaway's push for an R-rating on canine deaths actually change how Hollywood handles pet trauma in future blockbusters?
Why do audiences care more about a dog's fate than the human characters facing dinosaurs in The End of Oak Street?
Does revealing the family dog's survival ruin the suspense of this PG-13 dinosaur thriller, or is it a genius marketing trick?