The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1

"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" 

"The sexless, bloodless, padded and plodding Breaking Dawn, Part 1 is the worst Twilight movie to date. (...) Rating: ★ (out of four)" 

"An eventful but bloodless first half of the smash series' finale. (...) so dirgelike is the pacing, so banal is Melissa Rosenberg's dutiful script" 

"Breaking Dawn - Part 1' is absorbing, if somewhat slow-paced (...) Kristen Stewart is really pretty good here (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of four)" 

"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" 

"Yes, I know, Twilight fans love The Twilight Saga. But they (you?) deserve something better to love" 

"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."