Therefore little effort has been made to improve upon the first picture. As before, a lot of the acting is shonky, the production values are cheap, and the pacing rarely breaks out of a ponderous plod.
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11/19/09
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
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Reviews Counted:174
Fresh:50
Rotten:124
Average Rating:4.7/10
Consensus: The Twilight Saga's second installment may satisfy hardcore fans of the series, but outsiders are likely to be turned off by its slow pace, relentlessly downcast tone, and excessive length.
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $142,839,137
Synopsis: In the second installment of Stephenie Meyer’s TWILIGHT series, the romance between mortal and vampire soars to a new level as BELLA SWAN (Kristen Stewart) delves deeper into the mysteries of the... [More]
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning
Director: Chris Weitz
Reviews for The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Top CriticConsidering Lautner's acting improved so much sans shirt, I wonder if there might have been Oscar buzz had he taken off his pants
11/19/09
Top CriticThere is one thing to be said about the way Weitz handles time travel. He can make two hours and 10 minutes seem like a thousand years.
11/18/09
Top CriticThe screenplay feels padded and the different strands of the storyline do not mesh together seamlessly. Performances however, live up to expectations with Stewart and Pattinson exuding the magic that reminds us why we care so much about their relationship
11/18/09
Top CriticWeitz brings a few more flickers of humour to the narrative, but the essential, appealing earnestness of the book remains, whole-heartedly embraced.
11/17/09
Top CriticThe first half is laboured and feels like a bridge for the third instalment, but there’s still plenty of cast chemistry and great set pieces.
11/17/09
Top CriticFerocious werewolves suppressing their inner humans, up to no good undocumented undead illegally crossing borders for no reason than as possible filler, and sexy vampires that make panting girl hearts flutter and swoon across America.
11/24/09
Who am I to quibble with a patently-preposterous, escapist fantasy which never takes itself seriously, yet somehow still resonates perfectly with the overly-sentimental, puppy love inclinations of passionate, prepubescent females?
11/24/09
A perfect movie for pre-teen and early teen girls but a letdown for the rest of the audience due to its slow pace and whiny tone
11/24/09
If only director Chris Weitz had managed to tease out the real drama -- Bella's fear of aging -- instead of a tired one.
11/24/09
A landmark cinematic event in 280 words, or one for every $500,000 of weekend box office.
11/24/09
New Moon has more humor, more action and fewer extraneous characters. Long story short: It glides where the first film galumphed.
11/24/09
'Dogs, vampires....my miserable life would be so much less complicated if I were ugly or maybe French,' exclaims Bella.
11/24/09
For me, nothing in 'New Moon' matches the visual excitement of the vampire baseball game in 'Twilight.'
11/24/09
The soundtrack will be smothered by the sounds of screaming girls, and laughing at them may be the only pleasure you get out of this arduously edited angst fest.
11/24/09
Bella’s confusion about the mystery of boys, adrenaline and testosterone matches her confusion about her soul. For Weitz, it’s all just F/X.
11/24/09
Boring, but I'll say this about New Moon: it appears to have been made by people more familiar with the craft of cinema than Twilight was.
11/24/09
benefits from greater romantic tension emanating from a love triangle, the inclusion of werewolves, and Kristen Stewart reducing her lower lip biting by at least fifty percent
11/23/09
The number one killer is that it's two hours and 10 minutes long and the plot recycles itself over and over again.
11/23/09
It has an amazing kind of emotional integrity and intensity.
11/23/09
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