If "The Happening" is serious, it is a shame. If it is not, then it is a crime. M. Night Shyamalan's cinematic ouvre features a number of intriguing films, though he seems to be running on a steadily dwindling supply of creative fuel. "The Sixth Sense" featured an interesting premise which, although far from being original in the strictest sense (James' "The Turn of the Screw," for example, explored the same macabre, supernatural territory with riveting results) yielded genuine empathy for the protagonist and a jolt of surprise when his actual status as one of the departed souls who could ...
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