The Happening

Name: The Happening
Released: 2008-6-13
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley

The Happening

R
1h 31m
2008

18%

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A paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity.

Director:

M. Night Shyamalan

Producer:

Sam Mercer, Barry Mendel, M. Night Shyamalan

Writer:

M. Night Shyamalan

Cast:

Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Betty Buckley

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

18%

Critics Consensus: The Happening begins with promise, but unfortunately descends into an incoherent and unconvincing trifle.

Reviews

The Spool

Sean Price

But suppose you squint your eyes and pretend it’s a satirical comedy. In that case, it turns from an all-time debacle to one of the most unintentionally funny (and prescient) horror comedies of the 21st century.

How did this particular work turn out so badly?

Filtering Hitchcock through Spielberg, Shyamalan offers two righteous gimmicks ... that compensate for the script's grating sentimentality and a mutinous star performance.

The suspense is still present in moderate doses, but Shyamalan's notions of terror just don't complement his attention to buildup.

Shyamalan is straining to achieve the apocalyptic menace that Hitchcock pulled off in The Birds, ... his would-be successor strives but fails to make us afraid of the grass.

January 29, 2023

FULL REVIEW

Additional Info

Genre:Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Date:June 13, 2008
Languages:English
Captions:English, Spanish
Audio Format:
5.1

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The Happening

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