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CrapScore 78, Premium Crap

The Happening

“We've sensed it. We've seen the signs. Now...it's happening.”

Premium Crap. CrapScore 78, rated by 1 admin.

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Why it’s crap
An unexplained mass disaster sends people fleeing through an increasingly unhelpful landscape. The frightening opening gives way to bizarre conversations and performances that make ordinary questions sound like messages from another species.

Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones

The club’s verdict

Acting
9/10
Plot
8/10
Effects
5.5/10
Dialogue
9/10
Rewatchability
7.5/10
  • “Something is happening. Natural conversation is not one of those things.”

    @flabbergasted_jones, scored it 78

Synopsis and movie facts

When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister?

Released
2008
Directed by
M. Night Shyamalan
Running time
90 min

Starring

  • Mark Wahlberg as Elliot Moore
  • Zooey Deschanel as Alma Moore
  • John Leguizamo as Julian
  • Ashlyn Sanchez as Jess
  • Betty Buckley as Mrs. Jones
  • Spencer Breslin as Josh
  • Robert Bailey Jr. as Jared
  • Frank Collison as Nursery Owner

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