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Director:
Writer (WGA):
M. Night Shyamalan (written by)
Release Date:
13 June 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now... It's Happening.
Plot:
A strange, horrible and unprecedented crisis begins in Central Park. A high school science teacher, his wife and a young girl do what they can to survive it. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(214 articles)
Top 7 Movies That Make The End of the World Sound Hilarious
(From Scorecard Review. 13 November 2009, 2:18 PM, PST)
The Box
(From Scorecard Review. 7 November 2009, 7:34 PM, PST)
User Comments:
The Not Much Happening more (1167 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mark Wahlberg | ... | Elliot Moore |
 | Zooey Deschanel | ... | Alma Moore |
 | John Leguizamo | ... | Julian |
 | Ashlyn Sanchez | ... | Jess |
 | Betty Buckley | ... | Mrs. Jones |
 | Spencer Breslin | ... | Josh |
| Robert Bailey Jr. | ... | Jared |
| Frank Collison | ... | Nursery Owner |
 | Jeremy Strong | ... | Pvt. Auster - MP |
 | Alan Ruck | ... | Principal |
| Victoria Clark | ... | Nursery Owner's Wife |
 | M. Night Shyamalan | ... | Joey (voice) |
| Alison Folland | ... | Claire - Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin |
| Kristen Connolly | ... | Woman Reading on Bench |
| Cornell Womack | ... | Construction Foreman |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Green Planet (USA) (working title)
The Green Effect (USA) (working title)
El fin de los tiempos (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
ñ×ÌÅÎÉÅ (Russia) [ru]
Aeg on käes (Estonia) [et]
Dogadaj (Croatia) [hr]
E venne il giorno (Italy) [it]
El incidente (Spain) [es]
Fim dos Tempos (Brazil) [pt]
L'événement (Canada: French title) [fr]
Mistik olay (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
O Acontecimento (Portugal) [pt]
Phénomènes (France) [fr]
The Happening (Germany) [de]
To symvan (Greece) [el]
Zdarzenie (Poland) [pl]
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MPAA:
Rated R for violent and disturbing images.
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Runtime:
91 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS
Certification:
South Korea:18 | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:15A | Norway:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:PG | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R13 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Brazil:16 | Italy:VM14 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #44343) | Taiwan:R-12 | Japan:PG-12 | Germany:16 | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:16 (cut) (theatrical version) | Sweden:15 | Austria:14 | Denmark:15 | South Africa:16LV | Canada:14A | India:A (cinema release) | New Zealand:R16 (DVD re-rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Spain:15 (DVD rating) | Iceland:16
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The movie was shot completely in sequence. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: After leaving Filbert, when everyone splits off into smaller groups in the field, and Mark Wahlberg's character goes to the truck to see if there's a map, only the passenger door is open, yet the door ajar alarm is dinging. It's a Ford truck so the alarm would only ding if the drivers' side door was open. more
Quotes:
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Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin:
I forgot where I am.
Woman Reading on Bench:
You're at the place where the killers meet to decide what to do with the crippled girl.
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Movie Connections:
Features "Channel 4 News" (1982/I) more
Soundtrack:
Jealous Heart more
FAQ
Where was M. Night Shayamalan's cameo?Is it actually possible for plants to have emotions, or to react to the emotions of humans?
Why did "the happening" not affect some people?
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What can I say. This movie sucked. Not even Mark Wahlberg, whom I rate as a great actor, could save this turkey.
I don't intend to include any spoilers, unless you include the fact that nothing of any note goes on in this picture. Equally the script seems to be written from the perspective of a naive 10 year old for a U-rated audience. The details concerning the relationship friction between the central characters seem so childlike as to be pointless.
Zooey Deschanel, who I enjoyed in Failure to Launch, seems completely miscast or just terrible. Her principle role seems to be to appear as a giant doe-eyed girl stumbling from scene to scene as though awakening from a drug-induced coma.
Shyamalan made a great first movie and I also enjoyed Unbreakable. Other than that he's been sliding into an abyss of drivel and somebody needs to stop funding his crap so I can stop kidding myself into sitting through it with the idea that surely this time it'll be worth it.