Nothing happened.

Rating: 4/10 (3 July 2008)

M. Night Shyamalan has had 3 very successful horror movies such as the 6th sense, Unbreakable, and Signs. The Village and The Lady in the Water were not very good critically or in the box office. The trailer for Shymalan's newest movie The Happening looked very promising. The plot of an unknown force making people kill themselves is a very interesting concept. Mark Wahlberg would seem like a good fit to cast as a main character. Unfortunately The Happening is not Shymalan's comeback like many had hoped. It has very poor direction and script. The acting was frankly, terrible and the viewer had no reason to care for any of the characters. The suicidal scenes were cool and were used quite well. However the plot fell short and the menace was not very scary once we found out the source. The whole environment is the source of the toxins is a good idea in theory but poorly used. The ending was good and would have been great if the movie had taken a different direction but alas it wasn't. This could be the end of M. Night's career.