The Happening
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
Let’s get one thing out of the way- “The Happening” is unbelievably, impossibly, ridiculously, hilariously, inconceivably bad.
“The Happening” starts out well but ends up being an absolute embarrassment.
I was prepared for a mediocre offering, I was not expecting a disaster on the level of “The Happening”.
Its last forty minutes and especially its last ten minutes or so are among the worst I have seen in a long time.
Have you ever wondered if it was possible for a film to go from enjoyable to absolutely horrendous in the space of ten or fifteen minutes?
“The Happening” is proof that it can, pardon the (intentional) pun, happen.
People start to get confused in Central Park, repeating their words, standing still and sometimes walking backwards.
We hear a few screams. A woman (Alison Folland) reading on a bench takes her silver chopstick-style hair pin out of her hair and stabs herself in the neck with it.
Meanwhile on a building site, workers on the ground are chatting when all of a sudden a body falls.
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Warning:- this post does contain the films Goofs. May spoil the film.
… now for Magic’s Technical Bit:
Director
M. Night Shyamalan
Writer
M. Night Shyamalan
Release Date
13 June 2008 (UK)
Genre
Drama | Mystery
Tagline
We’ve Sensed It. We’ve Seen The Signs. Now… It’s Happening.