Chaos ensues, but audiences will have to decide if hilarity does as well.

Full Review | Oct 12, 2021

There are lots of amusing plot twists and character quirks to bring the point home. And Judy Greer directs with honesty, her quick wit and impeccable sense of timing shining throughout for a delightfully lighthearted first feature.

Full Review | Oct 12, 2021

The inter-generational scenes are the sweetest, with middle-school-aged kids asking adults about the meaning of love and adults teaching kids about failure and humiliation.

Full Review | Oct 12, 2021

Every performance is a gem.

Full Review | Oct 12, 2021

They all seem to be having a great time, and the result is a winning, lighthearted comedy that addresses real issues related to parent-child relationships - including responsibility and communication - while never getting preachy or didactic.

Full Review | Oct 12, 2021

The film is certainly not a colossal failure, but it is something of a disappointment.

Full Review | Jun 23, 2020

In this exercise in absurdist misanthropy that resembles a failed sitcom pilot, there are some scattered low-brow laughs, but none of the intended redemptive uplift.

Full Review | Dec 27, 2019

Greer certainly knows how to achieve attention through casting, and that's the only reason to sit through the increasingly unfocused endeavor.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Nov 1, 2018

Greer doesn't rewrite any rules, but though AHOMP might not be a crowning achievement, it's occasionally delightful, frequently funny, and good enough to make me look forward to what Greer will do next behind the camera.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.5/10 | Sep 27, 2018

Even if the above factors were clicking on all cylinders, the wrong touch in the editing bay could sink the moment.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 25, 2018

This ensemble film has a slight edge to compensate for its blaring score and comedic misfires.

Full Review | Sep 22, 2018

There will be worse movies this year yet. But "A Happening" may take the 2018 prize for being the one with the faultiest instincts, and without a single genuine moment.

Full Review | Sep 22, 2018

Overstuffed, undercooked, contrived and tone deaf despite a talented cast.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Sep 22, 2018

Cue tonal misfires and a wealth of bumptious music.

Full Review | Original Score: 0/10 | Sep 21, 2018

The title is intentionally ironic, and yet still feels like a bad and desperately unfunny joke. The spectacular all-star cast holds their noses and gamely dives in anyway, for the sake of Judy Greer's directorial debut.

Full Review | Original Score: .5/5 | Sep 21, 2018

For a large cast of characters played by some of the biggest names in Hollywood, the acting wasn't groundbreaking. But it definitely is charming...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 21, 2018

Judy Greer assembled a monumental cast for her directing debut, A Happening of Monumental Proportions. Then she stranded her fellow actors with material that doesn't even begin to tap into their talents.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Sep 21, 2018

That's not to say it isn't well directed or funny in many instances, only that the material itself is dated, misguided, and mostly presented without any bearing on the over-arching narrative.

Full Review | Original Score: D | Sep 21, 2018

Language, sexual situations in so-so ensemble comedy.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 21, 2018

A pointless intermingling of stories leading nowhere.

Full Review | Sep 20, 2018