Disappointing on so many levels

Rating: 2/10 (4 December 2015)

The Happening has many of the big budget Hollywood visuals you expect to see, but everything behind it is so disappointing. I can't really say anything new about, so I'll be brief: Idea, actually pretty cool. Which actually makes the rest of it even more disappointing. Script: terrible. Bad dialogue. Boring plotting. Improbable situations. Acting, horrible. The script is partly to blame, but I think there's lots of blame to go around for this one. I have a big "screen crush" on Zooey, but other than being absolutely adorable she contributes nothing (she's not a great actress to begin with, so I guess this is what I expect). Fortunately for her, she's not the worst one. Wahlberg, I don't even know where to start.
If the concept has any draw to you, skip this movie and just use your imagination. Anything you come up with will surely be better than what this is.