An unintentional comedy

Rating: 2/10 (13 May 2016)

Normally, I would never recommend a Shyamalan film... but my god, The Happening is special. Genuinely special. Indescribably bad, yet so damned funny, there are very few films I can honestly point to and say you should definitely see, because you will never see anything like it.
It's bad. It's absolutely, explosively bad, And you should watch every glorious moment of it.
The plot is insane, and never fully explained or justified. The acting? Tommy Wiseau would tell them off for it. People rib Mark Wahlberg for his performance, but at least he's fun. Zoey Deschanel on the other hand, acts like she's either on a powerful drug or a drama student hired out of college who would work for a corn dog. The dialogue is magnificent, like whomever wrote it was an alien who had only ever read theory on how human couples interact. The chemistry and characters? It wasn't until the end of the movie that I realised the two leads, Wahlberg and Deschanel, were playing a MARRIED COUPLE, and when I found out I had to look it up to see if it was true.
And don't even get me started on the guy who likes hot dogs...
I can't rate it higher then a 2, because a movie that tries to be so serious yet fails on every level, can hardly be called a good film because it makes you laugh. But I can't punish it too badly, because I enjoyed every stinking moment of this train-wreck. Give it a try if you're a fan of films lie The Room, Showgirls, Troll 2, bad films in general, because The Happening is a distinguished member of the "So Bad It's Good" club, in my eyes.