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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

2011

Bill Condon

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Anna Kendrick ...

4.5

33,094

Fantasy. Romance. Thriller The Quileute and the Volturi close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses different threats to the wolf pack and vampire coven. Bella (Kristen Stewart) decides to remain human for a while longer after marrying Edward (Robert Pattinson). They honeymoon on a private island where Edward can bask in the sun without causing alarm. When she begins to get sick, Edward rushes her home to Forks. They soon realize that ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"All the more disappointing, then, that a story so pregnant with dramatic possibilities should wind up feeling like such an unconsummated opportunity. (...) the film is rich in surface pleasures but lacks any palpable sense of darkness or danger"	NEG
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"The sexless, bloodless, padded and plodding Breaking Dawn, Part 1 is the worst Twilight movie to date. (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Another fantastically trying drama on the now very boring subject of wolves v vampires (...) The vampire drama of Twilight is all about the romantic agony of eternity, and this franchise feels like it's going on for ever."	NEG
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"An eventful but bloodless first half of the smash series' finale. (...) so dirgelike is the pacing, so banal is Melissa Rosenberg's dutiful script"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Breaking Dawn - Part 1' is absorbing, if somewhat slow-paced (...) Kristen Stewart is really pretty good here (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"Mr. Condon handles the little bit of action in “Breaking Dawn” capably, but it’s his work with (and sometimes around) the actors and his ability to translate ideas visually that lifts this movie above the rest"	POS
United Kingdom	Mark Adams Mirror	"The Twilight films manage to cleverly blend melodrama with supernatural thrills, and while the film is not without its silly moments and cringeworthy dialogue it does deliver the drama and emotional highs we have come to expect."	POS
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"Yes, I know, Twilight fans love The Twilight Saga. But they (you?) deserve something better to love"	NEG
Spain	FilmAffinity	Box Office: in its 1st weekend in North America grossed 139.5 million dollars, the 2nd best entry in the saga: "Twiligth" (2008) grossed 69 million, "New Moon" (2009) grossed 142 and "Eclipse" grossed 64 million dolars in the weekend of its release. This is also the 5th place on the all-time opening weekend chart behind "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2", "The Dark Knight", "Spider-Man 3" and "New Moon".	DIS

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