Zooey Deschanel defends The Happening
Zooey Deschanel defends The Happening Zooey Deschanel has been discussing the critical response to horror film The Happening, claiming “people didn’t get” what director M. Night Shyamalan was trying to achieve with the movie. Released in 2008, The Happening was written and directed by Shyamalan, starred Mark Wahlberg and Deschanel, and was roundly derided by critics. Or as Deschanel puts it, “universally not loved.” The film revolved around a global disaster in which people start spontaneously committing suicide....