The Happening

2008 · directed by M. Night Shyamalan

Rating

41/100

Hit

no

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?

The Happening (2008), directed by M. Night Shyamalan, rates 41/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Mark Wahlberg
• Zooey Deschanel
• John Leguizamo
• Ashlyn Sanchez
• Betty Buckley
• Spencer Breslin
• Robert Bailey Jr.
• Frank Collison
• Jeremy Strong
• Alan Ruck

Crew

• Tak Fujimoto — Director of Photography
• Conrad Buff IV — Editor
• James Newton Howard — Original Music Composer
• M. Night Shyamalan — Screenplay

More from M. Night Shyamalan

1. The Sixth Sense (1999) — 89/100 · hit
2. Split (2017) — 72/100
3. Unbreakable (2000) — 70/100
4. Signs (2002) — 68/100
5. Knock at the Cabin (2023) — 63/100
6. The Visit (2015) — 62/100

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