I think Shyamalan should be praised for the courage to still do this movie while knowing all the way that it will obviously multiply the army of his haters.

Rating: 10/10 (15 June 2008)

I think Shyamalan should be praised for the courage to still do this movie while knowing all the way that it will obviously multiply the army of his haters. And I fully agree with Roger Ebert: this movie has a special charm that will be effective for some. It’s a slow thing, with very little action and less explanation of what is it exactly happening. Still I guess it's one more worst case scenario for the humanity that does have some dim point in it. «Happening» is a strange movie, not cut by the common patterns of all pictures about death-threats capable of destroying mankind. And it has its certain audience of those who will admit they’d behave just the same way as heroes do. Perhaps this movie might serve as a test of a level of one’s cynicism and flexibility of some kind. All the reactions in fact lie between two basic: “oh what a crap” and “why not, if mutant lizard Godzilla, huge ape and little aliens had their chance to decrease the population of NY why freaked out trees could not?» Also I find duet Walberg/Deschanel very charming, unexpectedly charming I should say. Those two play love in a way that you truly believe there’s some.
After all I like what Shyamalan does and I hope he can and will do better. And that he would not loose the rest of his credibility in the eyes of the studios after this one.