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The Happening (2008)
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Summary: A paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity. (imdb)
Country: India, USA
Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan
Written By: M. Night Shyamalan
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na Chibichi
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na phuzzy396
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na Harlequin21
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na shadowysa
70
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na Shmendrek
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An embarrassing, incompetent train wreck. Zooey Deschanel and Mark Wahlberg turn in two Razzie-worthy performances. This is seriously some of the worst acting and writing I think I've ever seen in a blockbuster film. "We can't just stand here as uninvolved observers!" is an actual line from the movie. Damn. Furthermore, the concept is very stupid, and the execution even worse. M. Night Shyamalan has ruined his career, this time for good.
na Orion16RUS
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na stahwang
0
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na matchbook
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na FilmStar**
75
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na Eglantine
85
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na lostty
75
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na Ross
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na merva
40
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na Ebi-s
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na Sam Lowry
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na aaa333
70
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na Ateisti
65
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na winds
3
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na enigmabrand
40
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na symatak
65
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na Hells Zargon
7
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The Happening has an implausible but half-decent basic idea, but it's more ironic the entire film could have been written by a plastic house plant. The acting is for the most part horrid, the directing is unimpressive and the script is absolutely terrible. However it provides some unintentional hilarity with some of the worst delivered lines I've ever seen, even Whalberg provides more than his share of the stinkers. "Blast... I'm talking to a plastic plant. Wait... I'm still doing it." LEAVE NOW
na Sambo07
87
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na Golfingdanls
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na alecec24
30
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na tzb
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So amazingly bad it's kinda great.
na gilestel
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na luminare77
10
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na Moragorn
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na inJanuary
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na Emberella
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na fincherking
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na meddle07
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na Aquilla
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na Twatsnot9
10
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na thebleurose
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na Traumzirkus
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na purple_D
75
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na DonnieDurden
0
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na tommy_leazaq
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na Thf
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na pepa
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na garfield989
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na saner
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na jjjB
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na cfreitas
45
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na calharding
31
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A supposed thriller that at no point in its running time remotely approaches anything resembling tension or suspense. By the final 30 minutes you're just hoping it'll end soon so you can go have coffee and forget about the whole thing - which, thanks to a laughable plot, horrendous acting, coma-inducing pacing, and zero climax, is not that hard to do.
na levent
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na Chona
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na oscarwatch
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na aliencowboy
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na norbasha
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na lesintrigant
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na Rydell
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na charlzbryan
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na csdk
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na LmanofMGS3
82
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na otherwordly
70
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na f-adam
5
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na ale000
65
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na lagano
10
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na Hadleyreis
33
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na Michael5139
85
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na CriticalMaus
0
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na sammy_86
45
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Strange...very strange
na pfour
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na fidd
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na lucas M.
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na youngturtle
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na jairammohan
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na Johnny6Gun
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na gborde
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na matt1987
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na RichardvDam
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na cult_of_same
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Predictable but powerful - great casting great acting great meaning.
na marah0103
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na tact
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na skribblez887
0
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na Popojack
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na AstralArtist
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na hsankaya
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na jborregana
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na lukgreen
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na follower
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Starts out promisingly, but any time people are speaking instead of killing themselves it gets painfully uninteresting.
na girlvirus
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na gumballdad
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na facundo
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na roofs_runner
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na laplace
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na Sense1ess
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na Mrgreenshirt
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na Malamir
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na dbarrie
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na moviemanwill
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Camp Comedy of the 2000s.
na Raquet
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na Pedro
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na Calabria
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na DragonKing
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na bharath
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I must say, Shyamalan really knows how to make crappy movies. His only good movie was the Sixth Sense, since then it has been all down hill. The movie really didnt make any sense. The story was just pathetic, this movie is worth the miss.
na JooJoo
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Some of the premise is interesting, everything else is absolute trash. I've never been fond of Walberg but it's almost as if there's some hidden plot element that explains exactly how an actor could get every line of dialogue wrong. It's all beyond me.
na Chani
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na getuliomarx
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na sl0wdjin
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Not bad. Biggest problems were an open ending and no rationale on what caused the crisis. The acting was fine and the storyline works well as an epic flight by ordinary people.
na shahness
35
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Trees? Really? What a twist!
na martinhoh
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na andreamar
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na njgreenwood
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na JerryJ
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na ckr4282
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na farokufu
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na djaunb
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na noir
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na heynorm03
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na Cschellhaas
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na wokelstein
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na cvalleskey
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na chumley
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na auroraluna
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na queendork56
3
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na mokentin
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na lazynick
70
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Inexcusable. This is not the same guy that made "The Sixth Sense". This is not even the same guy that made "The Village". WTF.
na gns
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na Tenletters
85
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na lucasmartins
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na smr5354
50
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na lucaborg
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na kay
12
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na Xairo
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na safacanalp
80
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na pepper_potts
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na fcherchi
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na trickofmind
40
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na hroo772
5
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na coot
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na yeahyeahyeah
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na cgcore
37
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=(
na JStearn
68
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na z3skyguy
75
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na 8raz
46
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na vampiricneko
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na annaud
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na jordanlige
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na sticjazz
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na torontodog
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I wonder if it's time to just label Syamalan a "one hit wonder".
na Jesse
20
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Booooring.
na scottps13
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na jennimikko
65
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na ldsix
66
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na Zeno
65
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na balseiros
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na emtilt
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Really bad. Terrible acting, direction, and script.
na garin
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na lodikrad
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na mikedebell
70
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na OkkCoCa
10
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Huh?
na Numberz
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na Shaunage
30
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na Dazyie
20
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na Gvauz
3
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na MrGoogle
85
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na Puddleglum
63
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na buraktt
83
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na ozkaser
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na kat.zechar
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na lo-fi
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na Frankenstein
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na Reese
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na 80sdarling
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na RapeyVessey
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I refuse to believe that this isn't self-aware. Not even Shyamalan could write dialogue this atrocious and NOT be joking. Definitely up there with "The Room" for best worst movie.
na evil_md
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na vheujge
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One of the funniest movies I've seen in a while.
na locutus266
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