The Happening

Rating: 8/10 (14 June 2008)

The New R rated film by M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening staring Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, and John Leguizamo. The movie is about a Pheliadelphia high school teacher and his loved ones who flee a mysterious phenomenon that's causing pepole to kill themselves.
I have Liked M. Night since the Sixth Sense all the way through Lady In The Water (yes i liked The Village and Lady In The Water) but this time he hands in a confused movie. The movie starts out really good and then by the middle where walhberg and his family are trying to find a place to hide it starts unravaling. The acting was good, I liked Mark Walhberg, lots of pepole though he was miscast. Zooey Deschanel, who I really like, was the one that felt out of place. I liked her, but not as good as I had hoped I would. John Leguizamo was also good. The movie isn't scary or suspenseful, its also not a horror movie, it's more of a drama in my opinion. They are trying to promote this movie as "His first R Rated movie". Big deal there was hardly any blood or language to earn its R Rating.
Don't get me wrong I liked this movie, but after a while it started to lose me, the ending needed something... Its hard to review this movie without giving anything away (which its not that big a spoiler). Overall I liked the movie, but M. night needes to really sit down, take a year or two off and make an amazing movie again!! P.S. The movie Dose Not have a twist in the end!!