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The Happening (2008)
The Happening is the kind of movie where you'll roll your eyes so much that they might roll out of your head. It's a bad movie; call me crazy all you want, but I actually enjoyed it. In The Happening, science teacher Elliot Moore, along with his wife Alma and a little girl, have to outrun a neurotoxin that causes people to kill themselves. It's a scary thought, especially when the villain is completely invisible and unstoppable. The scenes where people suddenly stop in their place, walk backwards and commit suicide in the most convenient way possible is when The Happening is legitimately creepy and suspenseful, save for a ridiculous scene early in the movie where it's literally raining men. That's not what makes this movie so entertaining though. Absurd scenes like Mark Wahlberg introducing himself to a plastic plant or a group of people trying to "outrun the wind" makes The Happening a fun movie to watch. Don't watch this movie because you want a serious thriller in the vein of Shyamalan's earlier films; watch it as a silly, brainless movie, and it'll be a lot of fun.
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