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(2008)
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In this heart pounding apocalyptic thriller from M.Night Shyamalan, the writer-director of The Sixth Sense and Signs, an unstoppable event threatens the world's population by attacking the most basic human instinct of all survival. Academy Award Nominee Mark Wahlberg (2006 Best Supporting Actor The Departed) stars as Elliot Moore, an ordinary man trying to save his family from terrifying, invisible killer. As Elliot discovers the incredible possibility of what is happening it is clear that no one and nowhere is safe.
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The Happening review by Jawbreaker
Night Night Its All Over
(2) of (6) members found this review helpful.
This film is a bizarre experience. The most of the short running time you're just waiting for The Happening, to um, happen.
The script is confused whether to be a thriller, a environmental statement or just a serious of grizzly deaths. For M. Night Shyamalan this is perhaps rock bottom, or at least until his next movie. The only positive aspect is the short running time, which may indicate that this is a cobbled together version. I can only hope that the extended (or directors cut) manages to piece together a worthwhile film. Somehow I really doubt it.
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The Happening review by Shatner's Bassoon
Not that bad!
(1) of (1) members found this review helpful.
The trouble with M.Night Shyamalan films is that everyone one seems to expect some sort of huge twist in the tale. The Happening has no such twist and the film is more a tense thriller about an invisible threat that is causing the population to commit suicide on a mass scale. The film concentrates around a small group who flee the city and the thriller element is more focused on the paranoia and fear that surrounds the characters and how they deal with an unseen and unexplained force that could end their lives. Overall, this is a fairly decent thriller, not half as bad as people seem to make out and if you enjoyed Shyamalan's 'Signs' then it's well worth a rental.
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The Happening review by CF
Rubbish
(1) of (3) members found this review helpful.
Believe it or not, this is even worse that The Lady in the Water, which unfortunately is not just a blip of M Night S's, Clearly it was the start of the end. Don't waste your time with this film, you will be shocked at what a sore disappointment it is.
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Recent Reviews of The Happening by our members
The Happening review by Intruder313
Even worse than Signs
(0) of (0) members found this review helpful.
The downward slope, which I suspect is deliberate, continues: yes it's even worse than Signs. Thankfully there's no "twist" this time unless you the twist is that every element of the film is terrible, the awful plot is revealed very early on and then really does continue as the actual plot long after you've stopped laughing at it.
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Rated: 2.7 stars out of 5 from 209 ratings
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Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
| Release Date: | 03/11/2008 |
| Production Year: | 2008 |
| Run Time: | 86 minutes |
| Aspect Ratio: | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | Colour |
