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BigZOct 13, 2014

I understand that Shyamalan can have a very particular style and specific angles he wants to define. That being said, this movie, while having interesting ideas tossed around, finished with nothing but gore and jibberish for acting. I can seeI understand that Shyamalan can have a very particular style and specific angles he wants to define. That being said, this movie, while having interesting ideas tossed around, finished with nothing but gore and jibberish for acting. I can see that the approach is that maybe plants have the capacity to effect the human brain and its processing. So due to that it makes everyone's interactions with each other just odd and confusing. In that sense, the performances were not that bad. But that doesn't make it an entertaining experience. This is disappointing because I know there was a lot of wasted talent and ability here. It is an interesting idea to think the planet could get defensive against humans in that way but in the end I think Shyamalan tried too hard. There were a lot of positive elements that were in the wrong places. The genre wasn't really all that clear either. Pretty graphic and gruesome, while being light and humorously sarcastic almost...I mean what is going on? I am confident there was a well defined point in the director's mind but how it was relayed and delivered was too cryptic. Its just like, what are you trying to say here? Because whatever it is, its not getting across. There was no emotional time to connect to any of the characters and relate to them, there was no self involvement in the struggle. Whatever the struggle was exactly... Definitely a dip in Night's consistency in movie making.… Expand

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EpicLadySpongeFeb 19, 2016

M. Night Shyamalan's famous line from the Sixth Sense has all came true! He actually see dead people in this entire movie for 110 minutes. How cool is that!

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jonslowJan 5, 2019

I expected better from this movie. Turns out it was the best unintentional comedy I've seen. If your looking for a laugh watch this.

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MitchA.Oct 28, 2008

Without a doubt one of the worst films i have ever seen. How M. Night Shyamalan could get something so wrong after getting other films so right is outragous. AVOID

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RicoR.Jun 14, 2008

He is a pathetic human being who (now) lacks talent and should be sued and placed in jail for defrauding hard working viewers of their $10.00. He is truly a pathetic human being and a bad person for duping us out of our money with this banal He is a pathetic human being who (now) lacks talent and should be sued and placed in jail for defrauding hard working viewers of their $10.00. He is truly a pathetic human being and a bad person for duping us out of our money with this banal movie about nothing. I have no respect for him as a human being and won't ever mention his name or support his work again. I hope he goes bankrupt and his poor storytelling ends forever!… Expand

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CharlesJun 14, 2008

I'm actually angry that I contributed to this weekend's box office gross for this film.

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AramisG.Jun 21, 2008

I went in with very low expectations and every one of them was met with this boring film. This isn't a responsible time to be making puesdo science environmentalist movies.

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SteveSJan 7, 2009

Just awful. Defies logic at many turns. Wahlberg's and performance is leaden. Zooey Deschanel spends the movie staring gap mouthed at the screen. If you want to watch a bad film to laugh at, there are better bad flicks out there.

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JamieTOct 31, 2008

Possibly the worst movie I haver ever seen. It replaces his previous movie, Lady in the Water. I was hoping Night was going to get back to making good movies like Sixth Sense, Signs and Unbreakable but instead this retchid movie happened. Possibly the worst movie I haver ever seen. It replaces his previous movie, Lady in the Water. I was hoping Night was going to get back to making good movies like Sixth Sense, Signs and Unbreakable but instead this retchid movie happened. Did I feel drawn into the movie? Possibly - yes! I too had an overwhelming urge to stick something sharp into my neck while trying to digest this absolute howler!… Expand

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DanM.Oct 7, 2008

This has to be the worst movie I've ever seen....terrible acting, zero plot, and a god-awful storyline. The Happening = FAIL.

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AlexB.Oct 8, 2008

Laughable at best and overly pretentious. Avoid this movie at all costs.

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IzzyN.Jun 15, 2008

Greatly disappointed in the manner of how a seemingly talented M. Night turned an entertainment film into a scare mongering, fear driven story about how WE AS PEOPLE are ruining the earth. If you see this movie, and fail to grasp this Greatly disappointed in the manner of how a seemingly talented M. Night turned an entertainment film into a scare mongering, fear driven story about how WE AS PEOPLE are ruining the earth. If you see this movie, and fail to grasp this inherent concept behind the plot, it is either because M. Night presented it in a backhanded fearful manner meant to scare you OR you just fall right into the group of people who believe exactly what is preached to you by the "all-knowing" environmentalists that think they have the right to give you guilt trips and, in the process, control your life. The message in the plot - and the plot in general, for that matter - was poorly executed. But maybe it was done like that on purpose - because you are so immensely inundated with horrific images and growing fear that the main characters' lives are coming to an end. Yet amid all of these dramatizations (many of which are very "corny") is a definitive message about why these people are dying. On the surface, it appears that they are dying because "nature is unpredictable" and it will do the craziest things - INCLUDING to KILL human beings. Don't fall for this mediocre conclusion. REALIZE that this movie was just made by another HOLLYWOOD LIBERAL looking to influence your emotions and fears. M. Night crafted NATURE to kill all of these people because it is as if nature was getting back at them for all the evil things he believes we are doing to the planet. [If you are just another kooky lib watching this movie, loving it and completely agreeing with it, then I pity your lack of judgment to discern when you are being scammed. Just continue thinking that your stance is never wrong.] The film is injected with LIBERAL talking points, some of which only last for a second - but when compiled together, a very naive and unknowing person will continue to take the talking points in as truths, and just walk away thinking only that they wasted $10 of their money and close to 2 hours of their life. People - Educate yourselves about the ways in which this GLOBAL WARMING scare is just meant to scare you, make you feel guilty and then tell you how to live your life --- AND THIS IS ALL FROM [AN APPARENTLY DWINDLING] HOLLYWOOD FILM DIRECTOR THAT'S ABUSING THEIR ARTISTIC RESOURCES TO MAKE YOU DEPRESSED AND SCARED. Movies have continued and will continue to go down the drain - AND THIS MOVIE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY. We as people are not destroying the earth in the way it is implied. And for M. Night to equate a terrorism threat with the global warming scam, is pathetic (even from an artistic stance, it lacks any and all sense of creativity or entertainment that people seek when paying to see a movie). Do NOT pay to see this movie. Don't even pay to rent it when it comes out. And if by some lapse of rational judgment you decide to see it, do not be confused or scared - realize the movie for what it is. Move on with your life, Be happy & NEVER change anything about your life just because failing directors and environmentalists like this one tell you to.… Expand

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DominickODec 10, 2009

I hate when people gives films 0 and 1 on this site because normally they are taking it too far. But I make an exception in this case. The worst acting, worst directing and worst script I have ever seen in a "blockbuster" film - bar none. A I hate when people gives films 0 and 1 on this site because normally they are taking it too far. But I make an exception in this case. The worst acting, worst directing and worst script I have ever seen in a "blockbuster" film - bar none. A good premise and exciting first five minutes followed by 90 minutes of the worst cinema I've ever witnessed. 5 people around us got up and left the cinema.… Expand

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SimonPJul 29, 2009

Perhaps we just have to face the fact that this guy had only one good film in him. I remember seeing the trailer for this and thinking it looked worth seeing. I was wrong. It fails on numerous levels, not least by drawing some really bad Perhaps we just have to face the fact that this guy had only one good film in him. I remember seeing the trailer for this and thinking it looked worth seeing. I was wrong. It fails on numerous levels, not least by drawing some really bad performances from some reasonably good actors. Wahlberg and Deschanel are painful to watch. The plot's full of holes and there simply isn't anything shocking, scary of moving about the whole thing. Imagine taking a generic zombie film but removing the threat posed by the zombies by having them kill only themselves. Scary? Fun? Nope. It might just be redeemable if it conveyed its message about Man's destruction of the environment in a meaningful or thought provoking way, but it doesn't; it's crass and patronising to anyone with half an ounce of intelligence. It would have been so much better to have donated the millions that went into producing this compost heap of a film to an environmental charity.… Expand

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T.JonesJun 13, 2008

This movie is going to give me nightmares for weeks dreaming about what I could have spent my money on instead. Warning Spoiler: If I had been told that the protagonists would be primarily running from the breeze for fear of death by plant This movie is going to give me nightmares for weeks dreaming about what I could have spent my money on instead. Warning Spoiler: If I had been told that the protagonists would be primarily running from the breeze for fear of death by plant farts I would have never believed it.… Expand

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NickT.Jun 14, 2008

By far, one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The acting was horrible and the plot was never fully developed! I would honestly recommend that people not waste their money to go see it.

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LeeS.Jun 14, 2008

One of the worse movies I've ever had to sit through. Pure garbage! How this got green lit is the mystery here.

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KevinR.Jun 14, 2008

One of those movies that ham-fistedly projects all it's plot points. The minute you see Marky Mark put on that mood ring, you know it's going to figure in the story. Unfortunately, there's not much of a story here, and the One of those movies that ham-fistedly projects all it's plot points. The minute you see Marky Mark put on that mood ring, you know it's going to figure in the story. Unfortunately, there's not much of a story here, and the multitudinous shots of bushes and trees blowing in the breeze do nothing but emphasize how hard M. Night is trying to make something out of nothing. All in all this movie suffers the worst possible fate that can befall a suspense movie...we start to laugh at moments that are supposed to be scary because they are carried off in such an obvious and amateurish way.… Expand

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DanW.Jun 15, 2008

Terrible acting, laughable dialogue, and an awful storyline - there is nothing scary, thought-provoking, or even the slightest bit interesting about this movie. Did I mention that the acting is terrible?

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LarryHJun 16, 2008

I'm a HUGE fan of M. Night. I loved Signs, The Village and Unbreakable. I even thought critics were too harsh about The Lady In The Water, which I thought was a beautiful adult fairy tail. But The Happening is just plain terrible. There I'm a HUGE fan of M. Night. I loved Signs, The Village and Unbreakable. I even thought critics were too harsh about The Lady In The Water, which I thought was a beautiful adult fairy tail. But The Happening is just plain terrible. There is no suspense, horrible plot, horrible script and the acting was sub-par. Don't waste your money on seeing this summer bummer.… Expand

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JustinH.Jun 16, 2008

Bad acting, bad script, bad plot, bad movie.

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BenH.Jun 16, 2008

No redeeming value at all. I would've given this movie a zero but it starts "happening" in what looks like France so that bumped it to a one. This movie made me want to burn an entire forest down. In fact, "The Crappening," would be a No redeeming value at all. I would've given this movie a zero but it starts "happening" in what looks like France so that bumped it to a one. This movie made me want to burn an entire forest down. In fact, "The Crappening," would be a better title.… Expand

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ScottJ.Jun 22, 2008

Quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen.

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MitchC.Jun 24, 2008

I want my money back. I am an average upper middle class american guy and I say it sucked. No Plot unfolding, no good acting, no answers.....sucked - I was robbed at the ticket office.

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BárbaraE.Jun 28, 2008

This "suspense" movie made my friends and I laugh more than many "comedies" have. That's the only reason it gets a 1 and not a 0.

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StephaneR.Jun 28, 2008

Worst movie I ever seen..bad acting,script etc... Making a love story with non-sense... also. 3 microphone appear during the movie, How can a suppose professional teams like 20th Century Fox .did not remove or cut this act before final delivery???

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TomB.Jul 7, 2008

Goofy dialog, uninspired performances, lame attempts at humor and a lifeless love story injected as a subplot...oh, and characters with so little personality (or chemistry) that we could care less about what happens to them... Now Goofy dialog, uninspired performances, lame attempts at humor and a lifeless love story injected as a subplot...oh, and characters with so little personality (or chemistry) that we could care less about what happens to them... Now that's MY idea of a good time at the cinema!… Expand

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JenniferK.Oct 19, 2008

This movie was terrible. I kept watching thinking something was going to happen......nothing. The acting was awful and the dialogue was retarded. I only gave it a one because some of the death scenes were worth watching.

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AlexY.Jun 13, 2008

Possibly one of the worst films I've ever seen. Some advice if your considering paying money to see it... don't.

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RandyS.Jun 13, 2008

Absolute pathetic attempt to respect green theorist. I want my money+ back.

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CharlesGJun 13, 2008

I'm officially through with Shyamalan. I liked Sixth Sense, Signs, and even Unbreakable. But after The Village, Lady in the Water, and now The Happening, Shyamalan has used up the reputation he earned from his good movies. The Happening I'm officially through with Shyamalan. I liked Sixth Sense, Signs, and even Unbreakable. But after The Village, Lady in the Water, and now The Happening, Shyamalan has used up the reputation he earned from his good movies. The Happening suffered from terrible dialogue and an idiotic plot. The dialogue made Wahlberg and Leguizamo's characters seem like simpletons.[****SPOILER***] I felt sorry for Wahlberg for having such aweful lines. His performance came across as weak - but this was due to the weakness of the character he played and the silliness of the big villain of the movie - neurotoxin-producing trees! So everyone in the movie is running away from trees that make them kill themselves. Toward the end of the movie, you are more afraid of a cranky old woman who lets Wahlberg and company stay at her house than the killer trees. Forget the trees, just sitting through this movie will make people want to kill themselves.… Expand

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JamesEJun 13, 2008

The Happening makes The Village look like Citizen Kane. There is no 'twist,' just an idiotic premise. From the moment that hot dogs are mentioned, I wanted to jump up off a skyscraper. Don't waste your time or money! Why is The Happening makes The Village look like Citizen Kane. There is no 'twist,' just an idiotic premise. From the moment that hot dogs are mentioned, I wanted to jump up off a skyscraper. Don't waste your time or money! Why is this guy allowed to make movies still? After Signs, I tuned out, and I think I go to them now for a so-bad-it's-good MS3TK mockery experience :)… Expand

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RyanP.Jun 13, 2008

Haha. What is wrong with M. Night Shyamalan? I guess you could say this is the funniest movie of the year for all the wrong reasons!

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BrandonK.Jun 13, 2008

The most disappointing movie ever. The only plot twist is that some members of the audience may kill themselves like the characters in the movie...only they're doing it because they wasted their money, not because the plants made them.

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NateO.Jun 14, 2008

a good idea turns to another shyamalan disappointment. i don't see why he had to kill the movie with its pithy dialouge or the sad excuse you call acting. You could've americanized this 1950 sci-fi idea, not sh*t on it.

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JJun 23, 2008

Terrible. Absolutely terrible.

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SDKJun 28, 2008

one of the worst movies I've seen in the past 5 years - an dog tired plot - poor characters and acting - SO many holes (like questions that get asked repeatedly throughout the movie which have already been answered) - i think my IQ went one of the worst movies I've seen in the past 5 years - an dog tired plot - poor characters and acting - SO many holes (like questions that get asked repeatedly throughout the movie which have already been answered) - i think my IQ went down a couple points after watching this - give me lady in the water any day! when are people going to realize that mainstream Hollywood blows and will continue to blow - and according to the over reviews on this page - Hollywood has made some fans.… Expand

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MarkB.Jul 25, 2008

You don't have to know what time it is to know that Night has definitely fallen. Crashed and burned, in fact--following up his genuinely intriguing but critically and publicly trashed suspense drama The Village with Lady in the Water, You don't have to know what time it is to know that Night has definitely fallen. Crashed and burned, in fact--following up his genuinely intriguing but critically and publicly trashed suspense drama The Village with Lady in the Water, arguably the most pretentious, misguided and unwatchable big-studio movie of 2006 (with the apparent message of "what the world needs now is love sweet love, but first we kill all the critics"), M. Night Shyamalan desperately backpedals with this ludicrous and offensively gory nature-gone-wild horror; if his stated intention was to make the world's greatest B-movie, he rated it about 25 letters too high. The LEAST of this movie's problems is that Shyamalan's once-impressive ability to leaven his thrills with humor (as with Samuel L. Jackson's "Teletubbies" speech in Unbreakable or Bruce Willis's curt, one-word description of his former wife's lover in The Sixth Sense) has completely deserted him when he needs it most; without giving too much away (although maybe I'd be doing you a favor if I did) the only way to handle this fundamentally absurd plotline is to recognize its essential silliness, as Roger Corman did in 1960 and Frank Oz did in 1986; otherwise you get From Hell it Came, The Navy Vs. The Night Monsters, William Friedkin's dopey The Guardian and this. Shyamalan's characteristic sense of self-importance (only slightly noticeable in his good films, overwhelmingly so in his bad ones), an irritatingly trite wrapup that makes you rue the day you first criticized Shyamalan for his SURPRISE endings, and uniformly miserable acting (except for Betty Buckley, who competently plays a religious fanatic, but then given that she survived playing the mom in the legendary stage musical adaptation of Carrie, she's certainly had practice) help sink this, but what really reduces The Happening from the merely inept to the truly loathsome is its utter callousness toward its victims. It's often instructive to compare a bad movie with a good one: in the original Jaws, Steven Spielberg in mere seconds got us to know the shark's targets and truly feel for the them: the sweet hippie chick, the nice old guy in the boat, and the little boy whose elderly parents either spent a lifetime trying to have a child or adopted him. Shyamalan, by contrast, contemptuously depersonalizes the casualties of his mass murder/suicide epidemic as much as possible: he films most of them in longshot as they do themselves in, and in one disgusting instance shows a woman only from the waist down as she shoots herself. Maybe Shyamalan is such a rabid environmentalist that he truly believes that mankind deserves the bloody slaughter that this film sentences it to, but the fact remains that those driven to their deaths were human beings with hopes and dreams and families and ambitions (and some of them undoubtedly recycled and/or rode their bikes to work). I'm a big Al Gore fan, but this movie did what no other has done: it got me to momentarily consider right-wing harpy Ann Coulter's bizarre, intentionally outrageous admonition that God intended us to "rape" the environment. I didn't think that any filmmaker could, however briefly, put me in Coulter's camp on ANY issue, but then if Shyamalan can get the normally wonderful Zooey Deschanael (Bridge to Terabithia, Elf) to give a truly wretched, luded-out performance, then short of making a recent movie that DOESN'T make its viewers want to run farm machinery over themselves, the man is capable of doing just about anything.… Expand

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AlexGDec 17, 2008

Nothing good happened in this movie!

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ERG1008Aug 23, 2010

Central Park NYC, people start standing still then killing themselves, media blame it on terrorist attacks, spreads to Philadelphia, people evacuated to the countryside, gets worse, love can save the day.
If I had to describe this film in oneCentral Park NYC, people start standing still then killing themselves, media blame it on terrorist attacks, spreads to Philadelphia, people evacuated to the countryside, gets worse, love can save the day.
If I had to describe this film in one word it would be "ridiculous". It's sort of a cross between The Day After Tomorrow, Day of the Triffids & a reverse War of the Worlds.
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intruder313May 3, 2012

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 onThe 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.… Expand

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StannoMay 13, 2011

Did anybody see the awful 2010 children's comedy "Furry Vengeance"? Well this is just like a botanical version for grown ups with more laughs. Ridiculous plot, bizarre acting. The only "Food for thought" this will give you is "is this meantDid anybody see the awful 2010 children's comedy "Furry Vengeance"? Well this is just like a botanical version for grown ups with more laughs. Ridiculous plot, bizarre acting. The only "Food for thought" this will give you is "is this meant to be a spoof?"… Expand

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BengalsfanAZNov 8, 2012

This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The plot, once you figure it out, is so stupid you will not believe that someone actually approved this to be made into a movie. The movie moves along at a droning pace, just like most M.This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The plot, once you figure it out, is so stupid you will not believe that someone actually approved this to be made into a movie. The movie moves along at a droning pace, just like most M. Night Shyamalan movies. Usually, this is acceptable to me because the payoff is worth it, like The Sixth Sense. In this case I was painfully bored until I figured out the ridiculous plot twist and by that time I was ready to call it quits.

Mark Wahlburg is generally an okay actor but in this film I think even he realizes how stupid it is and just gave up. The rest of the acting doesn't really matter because you will have lost interest long before judging it.

The only reason I even gave this movie a 1 is because I actually endured it till the end, otherwise it would have been a 0. You will miss nothing by not seeing this movie, except for the regrets of wishing you had not wasted 2 hours of your life on it.… Expand

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csw12Jan 20, 2013

This is what you call a joke. Mark Wahlberg was absolutely terrible. The story was disgraceful. Bad cast, story feels long and drawn out for a 90 minute film. The Happening is just another flop from M Night

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Patrick94Sep 22, 2013

Ugh, what a waste of time, not really a spoiler but it's basically a bunch of people killing themselves, and that's it. The whole mystery element gets lost when you realize that the answer is pretty simple and just downright boring. Not toUgh, what a waste of time, not really a spoiler but it's basically a bunch of people killing themselves, and that's it. The whole mystery element gets lost when you realize that the answer is pretty simple and just downright boring. Not to mention the seriously bad acting, although I suppose you could blame that on the 5 year-old that wrote the script, I mean seriously, in some situations I was expecting the actors to just burst out laughing, and at some points it looked like Zooey Deschanel really, reeeeaaallyyy, REEEEEEAAAALLLLLYYY wanted to, and I honestly can't blame her. It was like all the actors involved sort of gave up half-way through probably thinking to themselves "well, this piece of junk movie isn't going to sell itself on it's story, hopefully our lackluster acting will convince people to want to watch it just for ****s and giggles"… Expand

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TheWalrus2000Mar 9, 2013

In The Happening Shyamalan doesn't only stomp on his career, he tries to stomps on Wahlberg's as well. This film tried to be creepy and I'm pretty everyone who saw this afterwards said to him or herself what the hell did I just watch.

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Voodoo123May 17, 2018

An aesthetically beautiful mess of a film featuring terrible casting, actors given bad direction, awful pacing, nonsensical 'bad lip-reading' style dialogue and a poorly delivered-yet-somehow interesting plot. "What? No..."

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rockonMar 6, 2018

A big-name cast in a very lame movie. Some movies have such shallow plots and scripts that they should have never been made. This movie proceeds like it only had half a script. Like a team of writers hashed out the entire idea in one hour.A big-name cast in a very lame movie. Some movies have such shallow plots and scripts that they should have never been made. This movie proceeds like it only had half a script. Like a team of writers hashed out the entire idea in one hour. Relies for interest on a small measure of graphic shots of people killing themselves. Beyond that, zzzzz. Not worthy of the science fiction genre. Not even worth a look. Mark Wahlberg and John Leguizamo need new agents if this is the kind of garbage they're urged to take.… Expand

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NoahboyJul 13, 2019

The Happening (2008): With horrible directing, writing, acting, and characters, The Happening ends up being a complete, laugh-out-loud disaster from beginning to end. The writing and acting work hand-in-hand to produce some of the worst lineThe Happening (2008): With horrible directing, writing, acting, and characters, The Happening ends up being a complete, laugh-out-loud disaster from beginning to end. The writing and acting work hand-in-hand to produce some of the worst line delivery in cinematic history. Another fault in the writing is the way the twist is presented: the movie tells you the twist about twenty minutes in, and it ruins the rest of the already ruined story. The characters are also awful, and many of them are either stupid, pointless, confusing, or all. There is a scene where a group of people are driving in a car. They notice that there are dead people up ahead, so they decide to close all of the windows as to not let any of the deadly gas into their car. One of the characters notices a hole in the top of the car, and instead of plugging it up, he asks one of the other people in the car a math question; it's literally the most stupid thing I've ever seen in a horror movie. Other characters are pointlessly creepy with no payoff or reason, or have weird obsessions with dumb things that have no relation to the plot. On top of the awful screenplay and characters, there are many pointless monologues, baffling directorial decisions that are almost indescribable, few good shots, odd cinematography, and the overall quality of a TV movie.… Expand

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ahmedaiman1999Aug 3, 2019

I was about to fall asleep 4 times. And I almost fell asleep once halfway through. But I'm 100% sure there was something happening.

Thank God this is only 90 minutes long!

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DippyS.Oct 5, 2008

No more time in this world should be wasted on this film

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DaveP.Jun 16, 2008

I never take the time to rate movies bbut this one is an exception. Without a doubt this is the worst movie I have ever seen in a theatre, and possibly the worst movie I have ever seen in my life. And yes, I saw Gigli, I saw Battlefield I never take the time to rate movies bbut this one is an exception. Without a doubt this is the worst movie I have ever seen in a theatre, and possibly the worst movie I have ever seen in my life. And yes, I saw Gigli, I saw Battlefield earth and several other awful pices of filmaking and this trumps them all. Worst plot of any movie I have ever seen. I was laughing the entire movie it was so bad. The acting was also just terrible. I don't know how Mark Walhber accepted to be in this. M. Night Shamalany (or howveer you spell his name) should never be aloud to make a movie again in his entire life. I feel cheated just for wasting two hours and $10 or my life. Excuse me while I go throw up.… Expand

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IonA.Jun 19, 2008

Worst movie i have ever seen. I almost fell asleep.

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BillBOct 9, 2008

I laughed so hard while watching this movie, not because it was supposed to be funny, but because it was so badly done. How can Shyamalan not realize that the dialogue, story content, and acting was absolutely terrible? Mark Wahlberg was I laughed so hard while watching this movie, not because it was supposed to be funny, but because it was so badly done. How can Shyamalan not realize that the dialogue, story content, and acting was absolutely terrible? Mark Wahlberg was worse than an 8th grader in a school play and Deschanel was more like a 6th grader. This movie played out like a stupid comedy, even though you could tell that it was 100% serious. Avoid The Happening unless you are a connoisseur of offal movies or you think that M. Night Shyamalan is a good director!… Expand

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EvanO.Jun 12, 2008

M. Night Shymalan's best movie since the Sixth Sense. Visually horrifying and psychologically thrilling. Will leave you thinking for a while afterwards.

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MatthewH.Jun 16, 2008

The worst movie I've ever seen in the theater. Terrible acting. Atrocious writing. Horrible plot. The only funny thing about the movie was one of the character's lazy eye...seriously. The foreshadowing was so obvious. I felt like The worst movie I've ever seen in the theater. Terrible acting. Atrocious writing. Horrible plot. The only funny thing about the movie was one of the character's lazy eye...seriously. The foreshadowing was so obvious. I felt like M. Night and a class of kindergartenerds not only formed the plot between snack and nap time, but also wrote the script.… Expand

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SteveK.Jun 19, 2008

One of the worst films I've ever seen, It was a great concept that failed on all levels. Poor script, poor acting, poorly executed.

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ArianaM.Jun 30, 2008

All you have to do is read the illiterate comments of the people who liked this to know that this movie isn't worth the dirt they stood on to film it.

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BlakeO.Sep 23, 2008

The story had no direction or ending. Where do I go to get last 2 hours of my life back?

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JamesNJul 21, 2009

Quite possibly the worst film I've ever seen. Wahlberg's acting blends in well with the trees and blows much harder than the deadly breeze he runs from.

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DavidCNov 8, 2008

I swore I would never see another M. Night Shyamalan movie after The Village...I should have known better because this was one of the WORST movies I've seen in the last 15 years, tied with Battlefied Earth. It's good for laughts, I swore I would never see another M. Night Shyamalan movie after The Village...I should have known better because this was one of the WORST movies I've seen in the last 15 years, tied with Battlefied Earth. It's good for laughts, but not with the movie --- at it. Once again Mark Wahlberg has proven that he is a terrible lead actor, although he is a great supporting actor (e.g., The Departed).… Expand

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JonK.Oct 31, 2008

Absolutely one of the worst movies I have ever seen. I liked pretty much all of the other movies by this director, but this was horrible. Don't waste your time or money!

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PhilD.Jun 13, 2008

I don't know if it was a dark comedy or they were trying to make a real horror movie... but it was a real horror movie that it was make in the first place and people paid to see it...

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KimB.Jun 14, 2008

Horrible, horrible, horrible. I'm assuming boom mikes are now members of The Screen Actors Guild, or at least they should be with so many appearances in this disaster!

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SimonM.Jun 14, 2008

The only thing I'll give this film is that it isn't as bad as Lady in the Water >:P Over all it was just boring.

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BlackpantherJun 14, 2008

This movie sucks. Do not go see this movie you will be bored to death. This is one of the worst movies ever made. Do not go see this movie!

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MatthewT.Jun 17, 2008

Garbage. Hot garbage.

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JesseC.Jun 21, 2008

I am actually seeking out movie review sites where I can post zeros for this movie. It is Gigli bad. I have emailed all of my friends and warned them. Gone are all of the tension and pacing found in Shyamalan's previous efforts. Gone I am actually seeking out movie review sites where I can post zeros for this movie. It is Gigli bad. I have emailed all of my friends and warned them. Gone are all of the tension and pacing found in Shyamalan's previous efforts. Gone are any semblance of entertaining story. In place is some gratuitous gore that seems to be added only to assist in product-placement and garner an "R" rating. Avoid this movie at all costs. I shudder to think if it is ever shown in-flight. It will be a tragedy because people will walk out.… Expand

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EricP.Jun 24, 2008

This is the funniest horror movie I've seen since Stir of Echoes, yes I said FUNNIEST! It's so horrible it's funny, please, trees killing us. Come on, that's one of the stupidest ideas I've ever heard. The acting was This is the funniest horror movie I've seen since Stir of Echoes, yes I said FUNNIEST! It's so horrible it's funny, please, trees killing us. Come on, that's one of the stupidest ideas I've ever heard. The acting was just awful and it wasn't scary at all. I had the ending guessed 15 minutes into the movie, which was faster than The Village. Basically, don't waste your time.… Expand

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PaulL.Jul 21, 2008

M night Shymalan should know how to improve himself since the sixth sense. This is got to be the worst movie of 2008.

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CarlosS.Jul 23, 2008

Awful unrealistic dialogue. No scientific sound grounds at all. Awful camera movement. Doubly awful acting by Wahlberg and and the little girl. A perfect blend of a B 60's horror movie, with comics, with you-name-it. Everything is Awful unrealistic dialogue. No scientific sound grounds at all. Awful camera movement. Doubly awful acting by Wahlberg and and the little girl. A perfect blend of a B 60's horror movie, with comics, with you-name-it. Everything is predictable, nothing holds interest. From an aesthetic and cinematographic point of view; this is unacceptable!:… Expand

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ALL242Aug 26, 2008

This is the worst movie I have ever seen. Unfortunately, I paid full price in the theaters to see the movie. The acting is sub-par, which is the best part of the entire movie. I fail to understand why wind moving through a field toward a This is the worst movie I have ever seen. Unfortunately, I paid full price in the theaters to see the movie. The acting is sub-par, which is the best part of the entire movie. I fail to understand why wind moving through a field toward a group of people running away would get a rise out of anyone. Save yourself the time and money and watch ice melt in the sink, it's much more enjoyable.… Expand

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PeteS.Jun 13, 2008

This was the worst movie I've ever seen. Based on the trailers I thought I might be genuinely scared. The pulse never raced and I actually chuckled a few times. The emotion I felt most during the movie must've been boredom. This This was the worst movie I've ever seen. Based on the trailers I thought I might be genuinely scared. The pulse never raced and I actually chuckled a few times. The emotion I felt most during the movie must've been boredom. This movie was awful!… Expand

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FranklinD.Jun 14, 2008

M. Night Shyamalan should stop making movies. This movie is laughable at best. His next movie should be a documentary of the people who want their money back from the Village, Lady in the water, and this shameless excuse for a movie.

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JohnLJun 16, 2008

There can not be any other explanation for Raveesh S.'s comment besides he works for the studio that produced this. Worst movie I have ever seen in theatres.

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ChrisRJun 17, 2008

M. Night's next movie will be a tribute to how consistently disappointing his movies are. Starring Nicholas Cage, the entirety of the film will be of him standing outside the theater, ticket in hand, ominous expression on his face. M. Night's next movie will be a tribute to how consistently disappointing his movies are. Starring Nicholas Cage, the entirety of the film will be of him standing outside the theater, ticket in hand, ominous expression on his face. "Should I see this?" At the last ten minutes, he decides to go in, and the movie ends with him waking up, crying at night many years later, wondering "why oh why, did I go in?"… Expand

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TylerD.Jun 17, 2008

The worst movie I've ever seen. The only scary thing is how unintentionally funny this movie is. The most disturbing part is in half the scenes you can see the mic dropping down into the top half of the screen. *ITS A $60MILLION DOLLAR The worst movie I've ever seen. The only scary thing is how unintentionally funny this movie is. The most disturbing part is in half the scenes you can see the mic dropping down into the top half of the screen. *ITS A $60MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE HOW CAN YOU ALLOW THAT.* There is nothing redeeming, Horrible acting, writing, directing, just everything is a disaster. I feel dumber for having seen it. I would rather castrate myself than see this again.… Expand

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JWilsonJun 18, 2008

Really bad film - transparent acting, no depth in the script, no suspense - whole thing was laughable, but for all the wrong reasons. Why were 2 shots of the boom left in and not spotted by the editing team? - I walked out before the film Really bad film - transparent acting, no depth in the script, no suspense - whole thing was laughable, but for all the wrong reasons. Why were 2 shots of the boom left in and not spotted by the editing team? - I walked out before the film ended - I could not have cared less if all the characters had just dropped down dead!… Expand

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SteveKJun 28, 2008

I have never rated a movie before, but I figure I have to warn everyone, this so called movie was the worst thing I've ever wasted my time watching.... You've been warned.

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RandoM.Jul 11, 2008

It wasn't happening. 'Nuff said.

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TommyBoyJul 18, 2008

Story line so incredibly bad. Another pure crap movie from India's loser director. Unfortunately the only thing positive about this movie was the jump in his bank account balance. How he could possibly believe anyone would love the plot Story line so incredibly bad. Another pure crap movie from India's loser director. Unfortunately the only thing positive about this movie was the jump in his bank account balance. How he could possibly believe anyone would love the plot of this crappy movie is beyond me. The ONLY movie he ever did that was of any value was his "Sixth Sense". From that point on even Mel Gibson couldn't save his "Signs" project.… Expand

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TechnichaJul 22, 2008

Started out great but the ending was the worst i have ever seen. No closure what so ever. The acting performance was mediocre. Watch this and you are gonna get disappointed

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AnthonyNMar 26, 2009

Steaming piece of crap. No one deserves having to watch this, not even mass murderers.

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ryancarroll88Aug 27, 2010

More proof that M. Night Shyamalan is, indeed, a one-trick pony that relies on the same techniques in every film. Whereas some of his other movies occasionally have good acting and cinematography to pick up the slack, this movie has nothing.More proof that M. Night Shyamalan is, indeed, a one-trick pony that relies on the same techniques in every film. Whereas some of his other movies occasionally have good acting and cinematography to pick up the slack, this movie has nothing. It's just crap.… Expand

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MovieBoozerAug 4, 2012

MovieBoozer Rating: Six-Pack. Do not watch this movie sober!

I would almost recommend watching this film just to revel in the sheer awfulness of it. Just sit back and laugh at all the millions of dollars and months of people

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oringetoeJul 15, 2013

This review contains no spoilers, ironic really considering it was a waste of time and money and spoiled my day. People in the film start killing themselves for no apparent reason, probably after finding out who the director was. Very littleThis review contains no spoilers, ironic really considering it was a waste of time and money and spoiled my day. People in the film start killing themselves for no apparent reason, probably after finding out who the director was. Very little Happens, which Happened to be the films only redeeming feature. If less and less had Happened, way back until what may Happen was merely a possibility of it Happening until finally there was no chance of it Happening I would have had a better day, something I like might have happened.… Expand

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AvgassFeb 22, 2015

A movie called "The Happening" in which nothing really happens. Somehow the direction made class leading actors appear totally void of talent. For once the critics seem to have scored this more appropriately than the users. The longer M.A movie called "The Happening" in which nothing really happens. Somehow the direction made class leading actors appear totally void of talent. For once the critics seem to have scored this more appropriately than the users. The longer M. Night Shyamalan makes movies the worse he gets. Only redeeming feature is some unintentionally hilarious suicide scenes. Dreadful waste of time. Holds the record for being the worst movie I have sat all the way through, and I watch all kinds of **** Avoid at all costs… Expand

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92rossJun 24, 2021

I heard this movie was awful but that doesn't even begin to describe how terrible it is.

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The3AcademySinsDec 10, 2018

The Happening is one of the most hilariously bad movies I have ever seen. This is up there with The Room in terms of cinematic disasters. I don't know what M. Night Shyamalan was thinking when he made this, but boy am I glad he did. MarkThe Happening is one of the most hilariously bad movies I have ever seen. This is up there with The Room in terms of cinematic disasters. I don't know what M. Night Shyamalan was thinking when he made this, but boy am I glad he did. Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel give stupefying performances. The cinematography is overly dramatic and boring at the same time. The script is puzzling at best and downright incomprehensible at worst. If you love bad movies, make The Happening one of your movies!… Expand

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BarWilsAug 23, 2019

Awful dialogue. Horrible acting. Ridiculous plot. I’D GIVE NEGATIVE 10 IF POSSIBLE

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