Silly and stupid, with a lot of bad acting. There are some truly bafflingly terrible scenes in this film.

However, Shyamalan is still capbable of creating some nice suspense sequences, so the film can't completely be dismissed.

Very creepy atmosphere and cool plot but the acting was flimsy.

"cok sorgulama; izle ve git" demisler... yedik yine omrumuzden iki saat :(

I am traditionally a fan of M. Night Shyamalan (save for Lady in the Water) so I went into this film with moderate expectations. I love the filmmaker's ability to invoke creepy moods and an ominous atmosphere, and he does not disappoint with "The Ha... (read more) I am traditionally a fan of M. Night Shyamalan (save for Lady in the Water) so I went into this film with moderate expectations. I love the filmmaker's ability to invoke creepy moods and an ominous atmosphere, and he does not disappoint with "The Happening" The problem is, however, that Shyamalan has major weaknesses in most other areas of filmmaking, and while with his previous efforts his storytelling ability was able to overcome these weaknesses, such is NOT the case here. The writing is silly, bordering on campy; the actors are mismatched; the pace is meandering, even at a skimpy 90 minute running length, and while there are some genuinely creepy parts, for most of it's length the movie features characters looking worriedly into the camera, followed by frantic running, followed by more worried looks, some obvious dialogue, insert random colorful character, kill them off, then more running, more worried looks. Repeat for 90 minutes.

Claro... cuando te pintan una peli tan mala y acabas viendola al cabo del tiempo, nunca te parece para tanto... el comienzo está bien y te deja bastante intrigado. El gran problema que tiene es que no te explica que coño pasa. Lo deja todo a tu ima... (read more) Claro... cuando te pintan una peli tan mala y acabas viendola al cabo del tiempo, nunca te parece para tanto... el comienzo está bien y te deja bastante intrigado. El gran problema que tiene es que no te explica que coño pasa. Lo deja todo a tu imaginación y claro, cuando acaba la peli te quedas con un WTF! en la mente que no sabes si has visto algo que te gusta o te han tomado el pelo...

The Happening is an awful letdown, yet it leaves you with something new, as a gently waving tree -- that classical image of pastoral tranquillity -- mutates into a harbinger of doom.

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.

All that's missing is the head alien of Plan 9 From Outer Space dropping by to lecture the populace for disrespecting nature: 'Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!'

Woeful clunker of a paranoid thriller.

Shyamalan tries to give the events a scientific underpinning. But his logic is spotty, so what are meant to be eerie moments are not convincing.