The Happening (2008) review

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The Happening (2008):
M. Night Shyamalan directs this thriller about a father (Mark Walhberg) who tries to escape with his family after an apocalyptic event. THE HAPPENING costars Zooey Deschanel and John Leguizamo.

Here are review:
1.Shyamalan’s ideas might have more impact in a half-hour ‘Twilight Zone’ episode, where they would be shorn of some of the pretensions that seem to be mandatory in the feature-length work of a one-time Best Director Oscar nominee.

2.A better title for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening would be Nonsense. It’s like an amusement park ride that has no reason for being — and no meaning — besides visceral excitation. Only difference is that The Happening isn’t fun.

3.Só podemos deduzir que o próximo projeto de Shyamalan será melhor do que este Fim dos Tempos porque sabemos que ele (ou qualquer outro cineasta) dificilmente seria capaz de fazer algo pior.

4.I did find myself caught up in Shyamalan’s apocalyptic world for a time — before some really bad dialogue or acting would shake me out of it.

5.Other than its ripe possibility for mockery, I cannot think of anything that makes the film really worthwhile.

Would you like to watch The happening?