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Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: That flip tone -- the gags and one-liners -- get us past the longing, the depression, the sulking, the almost comically swooning moments. Read more
A.O. Scott, At the Movies: It has an amazing kind of emotional integrity and intensity. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Wisely New Moon brings back screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who continues to prove she has a much better way with English than the author of the books, Stephenie Meyer. Read more
Mary F. Pols, MSN Movies: 'New Moon' is also a less pretentious movie than its predecessor. Writer Melissa Rosenberg, who wrote the screenplay for 'Twilight' as well, has loosened up a bit... Read more
Manohla Dargis, New York Times: The big tease turns into the long goodbye in The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Read more
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: Weitz's pacing is so limp you're going to need the electricity generated by a live audience to keep from yelling, "Hurry it up!" Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: The movie gives the 'Twilight' fans exactly what they want but doesn't offer too much for the rest of us. Read more
Ruth Hessey, MovieTime, ABC Radio National: What a bloated, self-important, crashing bore! Read more
Genevieve Koski, AV Club: In spite of its wealth of conflict, New Moon suffers from a dearth of accompanying tension and excitement, thanks to the increasingly tedious relationship at its center. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: It's too long, it's poorly acted, the story's clunky and the dialogue is laughable. Read more
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: Where the first film's director, Catherine Hardwicke, plugged into Meyer's vision of supernatural teenage lust with abandon, Chris Weitz is stuck with a sequel that's a morning-after mope-fest. Read more
Amy Nicholson, Boxoffice Magazine: New Moon isn't good enough to seduce new fans, but it's not bad enough to break off relentless infatuations. Read more
Jessica Hopper, Chicago Reader: The movie's script and production values represent a big step up from the nearly unwatchable predecessor and make it suitable viewing even for people who aren't Twilight nerds. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Memo to director Chris Weitz and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg: Just because you make a movie about vampires doesn't mean you suck the life out of your story. Read more
Joy Tipping, Dallas Morning News: Inept cinematography? Oh, yes. Dark and moody is one thing, but this is so murky you have to squint to figure out what's going on. Read more
Tom Long, Detroit News: A big bowl of adolescent romantic mush garnished with horror-lite action scenes and a rushed road trip, The Twilight Saga: New Moon is a mess. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Weitz goes for an appealing, slightly old-fashioned look, one in which the near-
constant rain nicely mirrors Bella's internal weather conditions. Read more
Laremy Legel, Film.com: So long as there are people, there will be love stories -- I hope they all feel as lush and lively as this one. Read more
David Germain, Associated Press: All three lovers are so joyless, it's hard to imagine why any of them would want to spend eternity together. Read more
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Constrained by the plot of the novel, the film keeps the two lovers apart for quite a spell, robbing the project of the crazy-in-love energy that made Twilight, the first entry in the series, such a guilty pleasure. Read more
Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News: Sexier, darker and funnier, New Moon rises well above the anemic 2008 film version of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Even the appearance of Dakota Fanning as a red-eyed bloodsucker capable of inflicting intolerable pain on others falls flat: When one of the presiding vampires mutters "Let's be done with this," you can't help but agree. Read more
Rafer Guzman, Newsday: This episode is as repetitive as the first, with endless scenes of kissus interruptus punctuated by moody indie-rock songs. Read more
Louisa Thomas, Newsweek: If only director Chris Weitz had managed to tease out the real drama -- Bella's fear of aging -- instead of a tired one. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: It's slow and not particularly fulfilling -- a half-an-hour or so of drama stretched out for about two. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Weitz takes a looser approach than the series' last director, Catherine Hardwicke, did. He has a better sense of humor, too. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Director Chris Weitz proves that The Golden Compass was no fluke: He really is a non-master of action. Read more
Sara Vilkomerson, New York Observer: I am not ashamed to admit that I will be the first in line for Twilight part three. Read more
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: This swoony adaptation of the second installment in Stephenie Meyer's young-adult series is a potent stew of fairy tale and romance-novel fantasy. Read more
James Berardinelli, ReelViews: New Moon comes dangerously close to self-parody on more than one occasion, but it seems blissfully unaware of this and soldiers on with a seriousness that's unintentionally funny. Read more
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com: The boys preen while the girl sulks. And pouts. And sulks. And pouts. Read more
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The Twilight Saga: New Moon takes the tepid achievement of Twilight, guts it, and leaves it for undead. Read more
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone: I can't comment on the acting because I didn't catch Pattinson, Stewart and Lautner doing any. They basically primp and pose through the same humdrum motions they did before. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: New Moon offers few of the juicy, go-for-broke romantic pleasures of its predecessor, and the movie is so badly shaped that it's hard not to blame Weitz as a director. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Alexandre Desplat's overwrought musical score will appeal to viewers who already agree that Bella and Edward's love is glorious. Others won't be persuaded, no matter how much he insists. Read more
Dana Stevens, Slate: Mopey, draggy, and absurdly self-important, the movie nonetheless twangs at some resonant affective chord. Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Kristen Stewart brings such raw vulnerability to the screen that she makes moping attractive. Read more
Kevin C. Johnson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: New Moon indeed feels new, often in ways that are good for the series. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Weitz is more awkward than Hardwicke with the casual teenaged interactions. Melissa Rosenberg's dialogue hasn't improved, though she gets a boost by using quotes from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: The stakes are higher and the intensity deeper this time, despite a plot that approaches the ripest of melodrama - and which occasionally provokes unintended laughter, as does the terribly twee soundtrack. Read more
Nancy Gibbs, TIME Magazine: Twihards will appreciate director Chris Weitz's faithfulness to the source text, even as he improves on it. Read more
Anna Smith, Time Out: '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. Read more
Christopher Orr, The New Republic: A landmark cinematic event in 280 words, or one for every $500,000 of weekend box office. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: Though an improvement over the first Twilight film, this sequel (both based on Stephenie Meyer's best-selling books) drags and sputters, even in scenes meant to be infused with passion. Read more
Jordan Mintzer, Variety: This second screen installment of Stephenie Meyer's bestselling series focuses, somewhat convincingly, on the emotions of an 18-year-old coping with her undying love of the undead. Read more
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Ella Taylor, Village Voice: Alone of all the earnest players in this turgidly euphemistic melodrama, Sheen seems to grasp that the only way you can keep a straight face through this choked-up virginity is to carry it way into camp. Read more
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: Despite melodrama that, at times, is enough to induce diabetes, there's enough wolf whistle in this sexy, scary romp to please anyone. Read more