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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. Read more

Starring	Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo
Director	M. Night Shyamalan
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller

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- THE HAPPENING is a divertingly goofy thriller with an animistic bent, moments of shivery and twitchy suspense and a solid lead performance from Mark Wahlberg
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- - New York Times
  - 29 Mar 2011 at 01:35
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  warning!!!
  
  DO NOT see this movie if you think it's going to be good like "Signs" or "The sixth sense". I wasted 90 minutes of my life watching this... read more »
  
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  - Letchworth Garden City
  - 13 Jun 2008 at 20:14
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  A two star for dissapointing just about says it
  
  Well I had not read the reviews before hand but I thought a pairing of Zooey and Wahlberg must be good, this thinking unfortunately did not pay off, the idea is... read more »
  
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- - JC21
  - 17 reviews
  - Billericay
  - 02 Jun 2012 at 21:40
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  COMPLETE GARBAGE!!!
  
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  ABSOLUTE PANTS!!!! Cant believe i got excited waiting for the post to come with this :( bad career move whalberg, and why put a katy perry lookalike in who has ... read more »
  
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- - SGT-Lei
  - 1 review
  - Hyde
  - 02 May 2012 at 17:18
- - 0
  - 0
  A night of toothache would be more enjoyable.
  
  Everything has already been said about this awful film, a waste of electricity watching it and a waste of 90 minutes of my life - DIRE.
  
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- 1113796
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Big-G
  - 4 reviews
  - Loch Lomond, Scotland
  - 24 Apr 2012 at 08:35
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  - 0
  Unbelivably BAD
  
  I read the reviews just before watching this film and thought... 'it really can't be THAT bad... Mark Wahlberg is normally in films I enjoy watching... ... read more »
  
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- - Boyms
  - 5 reviews
  - 10 Apr 2012 at 00:07
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  Comme ci, comme ca.
  
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  Meh.
  
  This is a bit silly but then I don't think this was supposed to be a flick that was intended to be taken too seriously.
  
  It does ... read more »
  
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- 1109638
- - Stiofain
  - 9 reviews
  - 09 Apr 2012 at 12:05
- - 1
  - 0
  Awful Awful Awful!!!!
  
  Nothing happens its is by far the worst film I have ever watched! I will never get that time back! Mark Wahlberg is awful god knows why any one hires him!
  
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- 1105637
- - Rv11
  - 2 reviews
  - 25 Mar 2012 at 20:53
- - 1
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  WORST film EVER.
  
  WORST film I have ever seen. I have never be tempted to do a review before until I seen this. It is THAT bad. No explanation at all for the storyline apart from... read more »
  
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- - Mandyo
  - 1 review
  - 13 Mar 2012 at 09:53
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  OK at best
  
  strange film. cant say I have raved about it to anyone, its kind of one you would watch if there wasn't anything else available and think it was ok.
  
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- - a customer
  - 08 Mar 2012 at 23:20
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  What Happened?
  
  Seriously WTF happened? There was no explanation given and seeing that the lead character was a scientist of all people you would at least expect some kind of ... read more »
  
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- - Crookshanks
  - 318 reviews
  - Newport, Shropshire
  - 07 Mar 2012 at 21:06
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  - 0
  Good idea, the rest was rubbish
  
  Good idea, rubbish acting, terrible script and awful ending. What Failed Actress's School did they find the main charactor's wife? I'll bet money ... read more »
  
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- - MzKaz
  - 1 review
  - 06 Mar 2012 at 18:48
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  warning!!!
  
  DO NOT see this movie if you think it's going to be good like "Signs" or "The sixth sense". I wasted 90 minutes of my life watching this... read more »
  
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  - Letchworth Garden City
  - 13 Jun 2008 at 20:14
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  scariest trailer ever
  
  well i have not seen this film yet but click on the trailer.possibly more frightening than the exorcist.Some of the scariest scenes ever seen........ not for ... read more »
  
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- - mattyladd
  - 22 reviews
  - sutton
  - 14 Jun 2008 at 15:26
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  The Happening
  
  From M. Night Shymalan, director of 'Signs', 'The Sixth Sense', 'Lady in the Water' and 'Unbreakable' comes 'The Happening&#... read more »
  
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  - Basingstoke
  - 06 Jun 2008 at 17:42
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  hhmmm
  
  I think someone made a boo-boo with attached trailer...lol
  
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  - Heywood
  - 08 Jun 2008 at 19:26
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  The Happening
  
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  I've just lost 90 mintes of my life and the culprit for this travesty................ M Night Shyalaman .............. Science teacher Elliot Moore (Mark ... read more »
  
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  - Abertawe
  - 03 Jan 2009 at 11:16
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  - 3
  The most boring piece of rubbish I have ever watched
  
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  I don't know how to express my anger towards this movie.
  
  First, it gave the most useless 90 minutes in my life
  
  then I can't help ... read more »
  
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- - Picktokyo
  - 54 reviews
  - London, England
  - 19 Jun 2008 at 01:23
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  Worst Movie Ever
  
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  I am a big M. Night Shyamalan fan. I loved The Sixth Sense, Signs, The Village, Unbreakable and i even thought that Lady in the Water had its moments but be ... read more »
  
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- - Gazman
  - 6 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Jun 2008 at 17:15
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  worst film ever
  
  This has to be the biggest disappointment ever. The acting is so bad that I actually laughed throughout the whole film (not a good sign for a film dubbed as the... read more »
  
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  - Cardiff
  - 31 Aug 2008 at 18:28
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  Brilliant!
  
  Dont listen to the bad reviews, watch it and make up your own mind. I wasn't expecting much of this film because of all the bad reviews but it's the ... read more »
  
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- 578041
- - Sainty
  - 66 reviews
  - Hartlepool
  - 19 Jun 2008 at 08:38
- - 16
  - 0
  A feeling of disappointment as you leave the cinema...
  
  To put it simply, this is not a good film.
  
  Poor writing and directing from Shyamalan (also director of The Village and Lady in the Water which were ... read more »
  
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- 578181
- - LouisBP
  - 1 review
  - Ryton
  - 19 Jun 2008 at 12:54

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  In THE HAPPENING, M. Night Shyamalan serves up a slice of apocalyptic strangeness. The film opens onto New York City's Central Park with a crowd of people enjoying an idyllic summer day. The carefree scene soon takes a terrifying turn, when out of nowhere, hordes of people begin to commit suicide ...

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  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....