| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
C |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"...Deschanel has never seemed so comatose..." more... |
D |
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert |
"...oddly touching." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Geoff Berkshire |
"It's scary how (unintentionally) funny this one is." more... |
C- |
E! Online
Alex Markerson |
"Nothing in The Happening is particularly lively." more... |
C- |
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum |
"...a feature-length Twilight Zone episode..." more... |
C |
filmcritic.com
Bill Gibron |
"It's official: M. Night Shyamalan is no longer the next Spielberg." more... |
D |
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt |
"This paranoid thriller has its moments, but weak story and characters do more damage than any neurotoxic menace." more... |
C |
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano |
"...elegant but failed..." more... |
C |
New York Post
Kyle Smith |
"No one will watch any of Shyamalan's recent films twice. A movie that features Wahlberg suggesting everyone try to outrun the wind can barely be watched once." more... |
C- |
New York Times
Manohla Dargis |
"...a divertingly goofy thriller..." more... |
B |
ReelViews
James Berardinelli |
"...eclipses The Lady in the Water in terms of ineptitude." more... |
C- |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"It's an entertaining movie, which is half the game, but it's not scary, which it should be." more... |
C+ |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold |
"...a pleasant surprise." more... |
B+ |
USA Today
Claudia Puig |
"Shyamalan isn't drawing the caliber of performances from his actors as he used to." more... |
C- |
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