Before "Bird Box"...

Rating: 4/10 (10 January 2019)

"The Happening" is a Thriller - Sci-Fi movie in which we watch a high school science teacher, his wife and the young daughter of a friend, trying to survive from a very strange force that changes the behavior of everyone in the most strange and horrible way. They have only some theories that made by them in order to run and hide and since scientists don't know have any answers or explanations about this force they will follow their instincts.
I have to admit that since I had already watched the movie "Bird Box" and a lot of people compared these two movies I had high expectations from this movie. Unfortunately, I was disappointed by this movie because it didn't have an interesting plot or as some other people mentioned it didn't have a plot at all. I didn't like the direction which was made by M. Night Shyamalan and because in my opinion he didn't succeed in making this movie interesting and make the audience feel the terror of his cast or make them feel that they were a part of this movie too. Regarding the interpretations, I have to admit that I expected more from Mark Wahlberg who played as Elliot Moore the high school teacher and from Zooey Deschanel who played as Alma Moore his wife.
Finally, I have to say that "The Happening" isn't a good movie, it has a lot of plot holes that aren't covered which is combined with a very poor direction and has as a result, an average movie. I don't recommend anyone to watch this movie because I believe that you are going to waste your time, you won't enjoy it and you are going to get bored.