Good concept but disappoints

Rating: 3/10 (16 July 2013)

The Happening seemed to have potential from its concept and the idea but the overall execution and writing of the film collapses. A main reason why the film is harshly criticized is because of the acting from the leads Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel. They seemed miscast and it was hard to take Wahlberg serious as a Science teacher and the chemistry between them two seemed almost fake (at least in the first 45 mins).
The film starts off promising, drags around in the middle then picks up and becomes a more thriller suspense in the last 30 minutes. From around the part when they meet the older lady Ms Jones, I feel as if the films picks up and start becoming a little more interested. Still crazy in concept but it was more enjoyable from this point on. From there, we see her helping them in her house, feeding them and of course acting suspicious towards them. Once her characters exits out, we then see Wahlberg and Deschanel try and survive in her house then they eventually end of leaving. We last see them curled up in the outhouse, then it cuts a blank screen and a tagline shows "three months later", and everything seems fine and normal. Fee like this ending was a copout and Shyamalan could have thought of a better ending. As a rewatch 05/04/20' The Happening remains an overall disappointment in concept film. It has some moments of entertainment as already highlighted but a majority of the film is quite boring and plain. There isn't much of a climax.