Chris Weitz’s film caters as well as the previous movie did to pale, fantasy-loving teenage girls, while adding a bit more humour for the rest of us.
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11/27/09
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
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Reviews Counted:199
Fresh:56
Rotten:143
Average Rating:4.6/10
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.
Rated: 12A [See Full Rating]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release:20-11-2009
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
The film takes itself rather earnestly, the heroine is more than half in love with easeful death, and the lighting by Spanish ace cinematographer Javier Aguirresarobe is impressive.
11/27/09
Romeo And Juliet it ain't, but as a solid love story, New Moon gets the blood pumping.
11/27/09
So tedious and stupid that it makes last year's Twilight seem like Nosferatu.
11/27/09
If this is the world’s next generation of womanhood, that's a century of female emancipation down the drain. Bella's more likely to polish her chastity belt than burn her bra.
11/27/09
The relational knots of emo heroes and dreamy hunks are making it start to feel rather soapy
11/25/09
If you buy in to the central romance, you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll swoon. Otherwise, the lingering glances, lip-chewing and regular de-shirting may cause uncontrollable giggles.
11/20/09
Top Critic‘New Moon’ is little more than a skilful soap opera, but it’s still enjoyable escapism – even if you’re old and wise enough to see through it.
11/20/09
Top CriticConsidering it's about vampires, it's ironic the whole affair is mostly bloodless and decidedly toothless.
11/20/09
Top CriticIf the first instalment of The Twilight Saga was a celebration of teenage sulkiness, then this sequel positively drowns in it.
11/20/09
New Moon flirts with various treatment methods – rehab, alternative medication – before giving us the fix we crave. Fans will not be disappointed.
11/20/09
Overall, it delivers on everything Twi-hards will want, but that in itself is this film's failing.
11/20/09
Depending on your gender, age and Twihard-ness, this good-looking angst party is either a solid Meyer adaptation with quiver-worthy moments of hotness; or a wet, ludicrous, unintentionally-funny pile of steaming bathos.
11/20/09
I enjoyed New Moon. It has occasional longeurs, for sure; it lurches from the sublime to the ridiculous (that's a cliché, but this film does just that); but it also has joyous moments.
11/20/09
Most of the movie is concerned with the glum, lonely Bella, who just doesn't know what to do with herself — and it looks as though the film-makers were similarly stumped.
11/20/09
Tedious, long-winded and not so much undead as almost entirely devoid of life.
11/20/09
This second bite is stale.
11/20/09
New Moon suffers from a mild case of second-chapter syndrome; symptoms include the laborious establishing of conflicts, a general air of drift and pointlessness, and a cliffhanger ending. An unappealing formula, but oddly effective.
11/20/09
It isn’t quite as enthralling or as soulful as the original but it still persuades you that such a far-fetched premise should be taken seriously – which is no mean feat.
11/20/09
Pseudo-religious nonsense, with fangs.
11/20/09
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January 11, 2010:
Breaking Dawn Could Start Filming This Fall 
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December 29, 2009:
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December 01, 2009:
Summit Ponders Twilight Finale
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