Oh dear dear dear! Do not see this film. Just when I thought M. Night Shyamalan couldn't get worse than 'The Village' he turned out this poorly written, amateurishly directed, and frankly unpleasant piece of drivel. I for one can't understand the recent trend in deliberately making bad B-movies (such as the Grindhouse films) but maybe it provides a nice excuse for derivative filmmakers like Tarantino and Shyamalan to be lazy about their work.
'The Happening' provides us with the ludiocrous story of trees and plants releasing a deadly toxin into the air of North-East America, causing people to kill themselves immediately. Cue lots of references to gruesome deaths and silly close-ups of trees looking menacing - all accompanied by terrible dialogue and flinch-worthy performances from Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel.
The general impression is of a cheap, lazy film that insults its audience by offering so little in narrative, drama and depth. Clearly the film is trying to hint at the Earth's revenge for human-induced global warming but it's a very superficial message and not written well enough to really have any effect on its audience.
'Sixth Sense' was more than a fluke, I'm sure, but Shyamalan's run out of ideas since and has become more concerned with spectacle and a clever twist. Please stop letting this man make films.
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