Good Movie - Bad Reviewers

Rating: 8/10 (16 June 2008)

It makes me crazy when I read reviews and the people writing them criticize a film and don't even have their facts straight. How can you understand a complex movie like The Happening when you didn't get that Alma and Elliot were "married," not dating as a previous critic stated. I think the actions of people in a crisis is explored in such a subtle way that I wish I had a pause button to think and talk about it more. The only thing I wanted more was back story to the main characters. I wanted to be more invested in their survival not frustrated in trying to understand why a father would abandon his child to look for his wife that he was not even sure where she was. I do have questions, but think that M. Knight has delivered another complex thoughtful film here.