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Looking Back at the First Half of '08 in Filmnew
For this midyear report card, I had a hard time making a list of the best films thus far, because we've only had a few great ones. As for stinkers, the problem I had was figuring out what to cut from an ever-growing list of garbage.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
07-10-2008 |
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'The Happening': Fun With Neuronsnew
The latest M. Night Shyamalan movie can be entertaining -- if viewed as a cheesy, 1950s sci-fi film.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-19-2008 |
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Tags: M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening
Shyamalan's a Ding Dongnew
M. Night Shyamalan aims to evoke 9/11 fear with The Happening but the result is anything but shocking.
New York Press |
Armond White |
06-19-2008 |
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Tags: M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening
'The Happening' is Goofynew

The Happening is being marketed as the first R-rated film from Shyamalan, and it's also widely viewed as Shyamalan's last chance to remind everyone he used to make good movies. It's also so terrible as to be nearly unwatchable.
The Portland Mercury |
Erk Henriksen |
06-13-2008 |
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'The Happening' is NOT Happeningnew
M. Night Shyamalan's latest fails to revive his flagging career.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
06-13-2008 |
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Tags: M. Night Shyamalan, The Happening
M. Night Shyamalan's Latest Twist?new
Once a wunderkind of suspense manipulation -- infamous for his third-act twists but watched for every adroit set piece that came before -- M. Night Shyamalan has recoiled from the disaster of Lady in the Water by making his first lazy movie, a picture that grinds from one obligatory shock to another.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
06-11-2008 |
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In Defense of M. Night Shyamalannew

Like an otherwise artsy band who garners commercial success on the strength of one atypically radio-friendly song, with The Sixth Sense Shyamalan established a base of moviegoers who have since strained to find the same sort of big-box-office spookiness and twists instead of recognizing what each subsequent film has actually had to offer.
San Antonio Current |
Cynthia Hawkins |
06-11-2008 |
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