THE HAPPENING (2008) - June 18, 2008
A seriously flawed, but still entertaining and mostly well-made film. About a strange disease that makes people immediately commit suicide, the main problem is the off-kilter, sometimes unintentionally campy tone. It seems like Shyamalan is going for a sort of '50s vibe, like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but it doesn't entirely work. It doesn't help that Mark Wahlberg -- who is a good actor -- is clearly miscast, and seems to strike many of the wrong notes in his performance. Shyamalan's direction is mostly quite good (it's definitely a nice looking film), and there are a few sequences here that are just as good as anything he's done; this is definitely not the disaster that many are making it out to be, but it's not exactly in the same league as something like Unbreakable or Signs. ***
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