The Happening

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

The Happening

R
1h 31m
2008

17%

age 17+

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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®

17%

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

Reviews

Gone With The Twins

Mike Massie

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.

Really really bad. The screenplay and acting were trash.

This is terrible...god-awful, nothing could have helped this movie...

October 28, 2020

FULL REVIEW

TheIndependentCritic.com

Richard Propes

Even the most fervent M. Night fan will be forced to consider the film one of his weakest efforts.

September 10, 2020

FULL REVIEW

Common Sense Media

age 17+

Common Sense Says

Horror film is long on peril, but thin on plot.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that this tense horror film is the first one from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan to earn an R rating -- and for good reason. It's loaded with violent, bloody images and is much more graphic than the PG-13 movies that have earned him a following among teens. It revolves around people falling victim to an airborne toxin that induces suicidal behavior -- consequently, there's a constant stream of self-inflicted deaths throughout the film, many of them quite graphic (falling from heights, gunshots, car crashes, heads going through windows, etc.).