Like many others I vote "not happening" for The Happening.

Rating: 4/10 (21 June 2008)

I'll try to sum this up quickly. M. Night Shyamalan has a lot of good will in my book as "Unbreakable," "Signs" and "The Sixth Sense" are some of the most entertaining and nerve-wracking movies made in the last 10 years. For those three great films alone I'll go see M. Night's future films hoping for anything even close to those highly entertaining films.
The Happening isn't all bad. It is however, about 60% bad. And when it's bad, on occasion, it's downright awful. I was going with it for about the first 30 minutes. The first 30 minutes seemed like a collaboration piece between M. Night and John Carpenter. Again it worked for a while, sort of.
As the non-story "builds" the directing and acting both seem to get sloppier. Scenes become unintentionally funny and I for one found myself groaning out loud and talking back to the screen. I haven't done this so often since Nicolas Cage in "The Wicker Man." I'm convinced The Happening will be studied in future film classes as an example of when things go horribly wrong. It's worth seeing, but don't expect to see a good movie.