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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:7
Rotten:3
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: Having lost much of its bite transitioning to the big screen, Twilight will please its devoted fans, but do little for the uninitiated.
Theatrical Release:19-12-2008
Synopsis: Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother re-marries and sends Bella to... [More]
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
I watched Twilight in a cinema full of young girls who, when they weren't texting friends and guzzling soft drinks, giggled, sighed and exhaled with a passion that was not only endearing, but a measure of its emotional truth.
Top CriticA sometimes girlie swirl of obsession that will delight fans, this faithful adaptation is after teenage blood, and will most likely hit a box office artery.
Top CriticSome will find it all too polite, but compared to rival blockbuster exercises in explosive CGI mayhem, its character-based index of longing and protectiveness at least provides a viable alternative moodscape.
Top CriticNot quite the solid grounding a major new franchise needs, but a stylish and enjoyable supernatural emo romance.
Top CriticThe two hormonal teenagers sizzle like sausages in a frying pan. The supernatural stunts don’t disappoint. Neither does the deadpan wit.
Top CriticIt is, in its unworldly way, sweetly idealistic with a charm all of its own: a teen romance to get your teeth into.
Top CriticIt rekindles the warmth of great Hollywood romances, where foreplay was the climax and a kiss was never just a kiss.
Top CriticThe movie was directed by Catherine Hardwicke. She uses her great discovery, Nikki Reed, in the role of the beautiful Rosalie Hale. Reed wrote Hardwick's Thirteen when she was only 14. That was a movie that knew a lot more about teenage girls.
Top CriticA disappointingly anemic tale of forbidden love that should satiate the pre-converted but will bewilder and underwhelm viewers who haven't devoured Stephenie Meyer's bestselling juvie chick-lit franchise.
Top CriticAn underwhelming vampire romance long on camp but short on emotional insight.
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October 30, 2009:
Twilight Returning to Theaters Nov. 19 
On November 19, one day before Summit releases "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," more than 2,000 theaters will host a special one-day run of "Twilight." More...
September 23, 2009:
Stephenie Meyer's The Host Heading to Theaters
"Twilight" author Stephenie Meyer's first "adult" novel, "The Host," will get the feature film treatment courtesy of Andrew Niccol, who has agreed to write and direct. More...
August 21, 2009:
Hardwicke Helming The Girl with the Red Riding Hood
"Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke has signed on to direct "The Girl with the Red Riding Hood," the "gothic retelling" of the fable in the works at Warner Bros. More...
August 10, 2009:
Updated: The New Moon Teaser Trailer Teaser; Is 14 Seconds Enough for Fans?
It's one thing to announce a trailer debut and have fans furiously mark their calendars, DVRs and web browsers at the ready. But when a studio can cause a frenzy by announcing a... More...
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