The Happening
John Leguizamo, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Bailey Jr.
A paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity.
DVD Released: October 7, 2008
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May 5, 2009This is an interesting film actually, the story is pretty flimsy but its very factual and it could even happen, not to the extend in the film but its possible, as the facts are true.
Its not very scary or meant to be scary but it is quite spooky and eerie, it does come across pr... ...( read more ) -
May 3, 2009Interesting premise destroyed by awful acting and confused internal logic. Wahlberg and Deeschanel are so unbelievable in their roles I kept hoping the twist would be they were actually aliens ! The plant toxin idea is not beyond plausibility but quite how the wind is harnessed i... ...( read more )
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April 17, 2009An excellent cast, a director who was once considered a master storyteller....who could have guessed that The Happening would have been such a disappointment? I know that Shyamalan was written off by many after The Village (which I loved) and Lady in the Water (which I thought w... ...( read more )
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January 22, 2009To call this movie The Happening would be the same thing as giving Reservoir Dogs the title "Let's Talk About Our Feelings and Have a Real Good Cry Afterward." Aside from being completely misleading, both titles are just incredibly bad. I always get a little bit of an emotional ... ...( read more )
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January 10, 2009A heart-pounding, gripping, riveting and utterly engagging edge of your seat thriller. A thrilling, bone-chilling, shocking, nail-biting, nerve-frying and relentlessly entertaining film. It's a masterpiece. An ingenious classic. Director, M. Night Shyamalan has done it again, tak... ...( read more )
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July 2, 2009Complete rip off of War of the Worlds right down to shacking up with a crazy recluse. And in the end what do you find out about this rated "R" thriller? It?s an environmental message film!!!
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June 23, 2008
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
June 18, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
A better title for M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening would be Nonsense. It's like an amusement park ride that has no reason for being -- and no meaning -- besides visceral excitation. Only difference... full review
June 16, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
All that's missing is the head alien of Plan 9 From Outer Space dropping by to lecture the populace for disrespecting nature: 'Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!' full review
June 13, 2008
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Woeful clunker of a paranoid thriller. full review
June 13, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Shyamalan tries to give the events a scientific underpinning. But his logic is spotty, so what are meant to be eerie moments are not convincing. full review
June 13, 2008
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
It's an entertaining movie, which is half the game, but it's not scary, which it should be. Neither is it something to be taken seriously, though it's intended to be. full review
June 13, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
The attention paid to [Wahlberg and Deschanel's] piddling relationship woes vs. the entire fate of humanity is absurd. We never feel persuaded that they have a bond, much less invested in seeing them ... full review
June 13, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Shyamalan's approach is more effective than smash-and-grab plot-mongering. His use of the landscape is disturbingly effective. The performances by Wahlberg and Deschanel bring a quiet dignity to their... full review
June 13, 2008
Kurt Loder, MTV
...bad in more than just an everyday, sure-does-suck kind of way. full review
June 13, 2008
Bob Mondello, NPR
If what audiences are looking for is a thrill ride, or even a pervasive eeriness, The Happening's just not happening. full review
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February 9, 2009If I judge this movie strictly by the trailer, and as someone who hasn't had the "pleasure" of seeing it, I'd have to say that the movie looks VERY interesting and THAT it'll definitely be great.
Unfortunately, I have ACTUALLY watched this movie...Now, the only thing I have to, or CAN, say is that "the trailer is EXTREMELY deceiving."...An itriguing trailer doesn't justify a bullshit movie...I love our planet very much, but this movie doesn't make me want to save the Earth or "appreciate" it more. If anything, I now want to destroy the Earth, simply because it is inhabited by people who may actually like this "movie." -
November 17, 2008well my opinion about this movie it was really good but there should be other end and good solution for that problem :) i loved the end thought and they should keep away the kids from death next time and i think theres other part of this , the most horror movie was the ring and its still on the top of my fav :)
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October 25, 2008Creepy concept, ok movie, but confusing... This musta been a book before it was a movie. There are better movies to waste 90 mins on... ;-) Enjoy.
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October 10, 2008I don't care if you think it was crap or not.
I'm not messing with plants anymore. They might make me run myself over with a brush hog. -
October 10, 2008
I don't care if any of you think it was crap or not.
I'm not messing with plants anymore. They might make me run myself over with a brush hog. -
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September 24, 2008It was ok in the beginning but I didn't like the end
and that something >>>>>>
What is it?????
I don't recommend anyone to see it
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September 4, 2008What a terrible film. I have never been so bored watching a film. AVOID THIS FILM
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