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The Happening

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A group of bored hippies decide to play "war" with the neighborhood kids. When they chase one kid into his home, the boy's father (Anthony Quinn) takes their toy guns for real weapons and assumes he's being abducted. The group's leader, Taurus (George Maharis), runs with the idea, and decides to hold the old man for a $200,000 ransom. But when no one agrees to pay up, the old man decides to work with his abductors to get back at his friends and family who refused to help him.

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times The film as a whole is well made, if a trifle slowly paced, and one or two of the comedy sequences are inspired. Rated: 2.5/4 Nov 19, 2018 Full Review Tony Mastroianni Cleveland Press The movie is loaded with slapstick, throw-away lines, and sight gags but occasionally pulls up sharply on a note of pathos. Nov 19, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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s r Poor, weird, and alternative, but it ends in a moral that shows that things are not what they always seem. Some beach boys and girl kidnap a mafioso trying to get a ransom. But things take turns for the serious and it is just not the best show. Some good dialogue at times, but nothing really happens in a believable way. Strong cast though. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member no connection whatsoever between this and the m night shamaklan vehicle of the same name Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I really dig this movie. And the theme song is super great. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A group of bored hippies decide to play "war" with the neighborhood kids. When they chase one kid into his home, the boy's father (Anthony Quinn) takes their toy guns for real weapons and assumes he's being abducted. The group's leader, Taurus (George Maharis), runs with the idea, and decides to hold the old man for a $200,000 ransom. But when no one agrees to pay up, the old man decides to work with his abductors to get back at his friends and family who refused to help him.
Director
Elliot Silverstein
Producer
Jud Kinberg
Production Co
Columbia
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 41m