Why did Ebert like this as much as he did?

Rating: 1/10 (1 May 2009)

"The Happening" is a sad and pathetic film. Throughout the movie, I was thinking, "Does MKS really think the world and 'nature" are like this? Where did he go to school? Does he ever read actual, real books about science, physics, and subjects other than film?" Of course, it was easy for me to think these thoughts because the acting is totally and uniformly awful. There are NO good acting roles in this film and every single actor just tanks it. Wahlberg is terrible in a Snidely Whiplash fake way in the first scenes and just goes downhill. I've never understood Deschanel's appeal and she makes Wahlberg look like Gielgud. My only hope is that MKS really does understand how stupid the whole story is and was trying to create a grand metaphor for, for...something else, I guess. Can't imagine what. Don't waste your time on this, even if you just want to see how bad it is.