Comments on: So what is happening in ‘The Happening’? http://www.criticasm.com/2008/07/21/so-what-is-happening-in-%e2%80%9cthe-happening%e2%80%9d/ Tongue-In-Cheek Rants And Reviews Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:25:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: criticasm.com » Blog Archive » YES! Is the new No in Yes Man http://www.criticasm.com/2008/07/21/so-what-is-happening-in-%e2%80%9cthe-happening%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-183 criticasm.com » Blog Archive » YES! Is the new No in Yes Man Tue, 24 Feb 2009 12:16:01 +0000 http://www.criticasm.com/?p=14#comment-183 [...] he wants to drive home again. It is then when he meets the lovely Allison, you know the chick from THE HAPPENING Zooey Deschanel. Because of this – and some more of these “coincidental scenes” – he starts [...] [...] he wants to drive home again. It is then when he meets the lovely Allison, you know the chick from THE HAPPENING Zooey Deschanel. Because of this – and some more of these “coincidental scenes” – he starts [...]

]]> By: FL http://www.criticasm.com/2008/07/21/so-what-is-happening-in-%e2%80%9cthe-happening%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-7 FL Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:18:18 +0000 http://www.criticasm.com/?p=14#comment-7 I agree with you on the acting, it was pretty horrible, but I really loved the story behind the film. I don't know, something about it kept me thinking about the film for another two hours after it. It seemed to make barely to no sense at all, but for some reason it kept inspiring thought. But still, definitely not Shyamalan's best work. But it was still one of his usual "Think for way too much time after you see it." I agree with you on the acting, it was pretty horrible, but I really loved the story behind the film. I don’t know, something about it kept me thinking about the film for another two hours after it. It seemed to make barely to no sense at all, but for some reason it kept inspiring thought.

But still, definitely not Shyamalan’s best work. But it was still one of his usual “Think for way too much time after you see it.”

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