Happening

Not easy on the eyes, but a bold and timely watch. Amazingly made, shot and acted.

When I read this film had its brutal moments, I actually think it was restrained to a certain extent, not that it had to be a shocking experience or anything like that, but it's inevitably questionable why a dramatization of this topic should show you a reality that many prefer to ignore as long as the problem doesn't affect them directly. Happening focuses more than anything else on loneliness. The tremendous loneliness of its lead character as her pregnancy begins to grow in her belly and her options begin to run out, because as she learns, the inevitability of time becomes a crucial enemy to the situation she ends up resorting to. This is an excellent film that unfortunately brings back the question of when society will understand that women should not be forced to carry anything inside their bodies against their will for whatever reason you may find.

Only one thing interested me: In which scene did all those people faint? Abortion scene or toilet scene? Because Happening nothing adds new to this kind of movie except the toilet scene. The toilet scene is "the scene" that makes the movie significant. Never saw something like that. But I read that most people fainted on the abortion scene. Probably those people didn't watch 2014, The Tribe. The movie has the most intense abortion scene which gave me the goosebumps. Long story short... Happening has the same idea as "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" but adds nothing to the story better than its example. The Toilet scene was a shocker, yes. But unfortunately has nothing special more than that. At least for me. Movies have different meanings to its audience. For those who suffered something like this, it could be a masterpiece.