Film Review – This Is Happening

“This Is Happening” takes on a substantial amount of confused emotions while it maintains life as a stoner comedy. It’s an odd bouillabaisse of feelings and tonal shifts, overseen by writer/director Ryan Jaffe, who makes his helming debut with the effort. “This Is Happening” takes some bizarre detours, and perhaps the overall psychological thickness proves a bit too difficult for the script to manage, but the feature finds clarity more often than not. It’s bright work from Jaffe, who oversees a lively cast and an authentic rendering of a combative sibling relationship, while dumping in dollops of pathos and slapstick to keep the road trip offered here as unexpected as possible. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com