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:197
Fresh:56
Rotten:141
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: $267,320,977
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 Criticfull review at Movies for the Masses
12/10/09
Kristen Stewart does herself no favors by following her performance in Adventureland with this mope-a-palooza retread
12/08/09
I am not ashamed to admit that I will be the first in line for Twilight part three.
12/07/09
The entire film seems to consist of three thoughts, cycled ad nauseum: Don't leave me. I can't live without you. Make me a vampire.
12/06/09
As she ponders her future, Bella is less aware than you are that she has very similar effects on the monster boy rivals for her affection -- glowing eyes, rising tempers, pronounced teeth, ungodly strength, usually demonstrated on others of their ilk or f
12/04/09
The scenery is still there, but just about everything else that worked in the first film doesn't in 'New Moon.' For one thing, the structure is a mess.
12/03/09
Despite the focus on young, shirtless werewolves and well coiffed vampires, the second installment of Stephanie Meyer's immensely popular series comes off as a tepid adventure in Zombieland.
12/02/09
Around about here, Pattinson gets to bare his own chest -- a bad idea in a movie that also features Taylor Lautner- and we notice that while his face is heavily pancaked, his torso is of a normal human hue. Whatever, I suppose.
12/01/09
Bella's tedious moping takes center stage until a poorly delivered telephone message (what a lame dramatic device!) sends everyone to Italy to confront 'the Vulturi'...
12/01/09
Bella could go down in literature as one of the dullest, most self-obsessed geeks of all time. Pick a wolf, pick a vampire, pick someone in the animal kingdom, and get on with it.The first film was tolerable. "New Moon" just needs to go away quickly. P
12/01/09
Not as intense as it's predecessor Twilight, but still manages to shine."
11/30/09
So we've got a paper cut and a phone call, and a romance that never feels as big as the movie tries to make it seem.
11/28/09
"New Moon" is a terrible, terrible movie that is essentially "Transformers 2" for the training bra set with pseudo-soulful glances from bare-chested boys substituting for giant robots blowing things up.
11/27/09
Had the audience at my screening heaving and sighing so often, here's a recommendation: Bring an oxygen tank. You'll need it and a mask, particularly in the presence of so much heaving and sighing and busy shirtlessness.
11/27/09
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Careful with those camera phones, boys and girls: According to a Chicago woman, she was jailed for filming her sister's surprise birthday party during a "New Moon" screening. More...
December 01, 2009:
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November 26, 2009:
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November 22, 2009:
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