A Happening of Monumental Proportions
Great Point Media | Release Date: September 21, 2018 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
2
Negative:
5
Watch Now
Buy on
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Stream On
Expand

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatTiffany TchobanianAug 14, 2018
A sweet, introspective, and touching story serves as the heart of this outrageous and twisted dark comedy. Read full review
65
Paste MagazineOktay Ege Kozak Sep 26, 2018
It’s occasionally delightful, frequently funny, and good enough to make me look forward to what Greer will do next behind the camera. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicSamantha IncorvaiaSep 27, 2018
The story doesn't really have a focused plot. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinSep 19, 2018
Judy Greer, the wonderful film and TV actress, makes an inauspicious directing debut with this unevenly paced, tonally awkward comedy. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 20, 2018
In the case of the awkwardly titled, swing-and-a-big-miss workplace comedy A Happening of Monumental Proportions, there are numerous scenes so tone-deaf, so off-putting and fundamentally unsound in structure and dialogue, the execution of those sequences is doomed from the get-go. Read full review
30
Film Journal InternationalFrank LoveceSep 20, 2018
It is a tremendous disappointment to find such estimable folk meandering in an only intermittently amusing story of no clear point or theme. Read full review
30
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSep 20, 2018
Featuring appearances by a dizzying assemblage of well-known and estimable performers, A Happening of Monumental Proportions is a perfect example of a bad movie happening to good actors. The problem doesn't stem so much from Greer's helming but rather the painfully unfunny script by Gary Lundy. Read full review
25
RogerEbert.comChristy LemireSep 21, 2018
Judy Greer assembled a monumental cast for her directing debut, A Happening of Monumental Proportions. Then she stranded her fellow actors with material that doesn’t even begin to tap into their talents. Read full review
25
The Film StageJared MobarakSep 20, 2018
I need to therefore believe Judy Greer selected it as her directorial debut because she thought she could somehow infuse a little satire and approach highlighting examples of masculine vulnerability — a goal that was sadly not achieved. Read full review
More From This Movie

35 Critic Reviews

5.0 User Reviews

Details & Credits|Trailers

Current Movie Releases
By MetascoreBy User Score
1 77 Project Hail Mary
2 75 Send Help
3 73 Hoppers
4 72 The Sheep Detectives
5 63 Normal
SEE ALL
Essential Links
New on Amazon Prime Video
New on Netflix
Coming Soon to DVD/Blu-ray
SEE ALL