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Rating: 6/10 (14 June 2008)

While there was some cheesy acting, disturbing death scenes, mass paranoia and hysteria, these things make up the components of a cult classic. I wouldn't be surprised if, like many of Shyalaman's features, turns into a midnight movie. Think about it. Besides what I've already mentioned, there's a doe eyed heroine played by Zooey Deschanel who stumbles around from scene to scene. Now recall all the old paranoia horrors and you'll find every nuance of The Happening as cheesy but equally frightening as any other cult classic. No matter which way you look at it, The Happening raises many questions about humanity environmentally and internally. People were afraid of Russian terrorists and aliens in the fifties and we're afraid of virtually the same things, this just happens to be a modern retelling.
Additionally, I have to give a shout out to the person who wrote the review titled "the not so happening". The fact that this person thinks that "Failure to Launch" is a good movie completely discredits his/her entire elementary reasoning in their review. Enough said.