The Happening
Rated NR
Drama, Sci-Fi
Drama, Sci-Fi
I liked this cheesy, 1950s-style thriller about plants getting revenge on humans by forcing them to commit suicide with hat pins. But a friend of mine who’s a fan of M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense was disappointed, as The Happening is more obviously silly and old-fashioned than the director’s earlier, more ambitious work. So if you’re in the mood to watch Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel emote their way through a scary, overblown, semi-remake of The Day of the Triffids, then I’d recommend The Happening. If you’re looking for the kind of middlebrow-posing-as-highbrow entertainment that Shyamalan made earlier in his career, you’re out of luck, in more ways than one.
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Portland Mercury
Darkest Night
Well, Not Really: The Happening Is Goofy. It Also Blows.
by Erik Henriksen
06/12/2008
Darkest Night
Well, Not Really: The Happening Is Goofy. It Also Blows.
by Erik Henriksen
06/12/2008
