New Moon Reviews: Twilight Saga New Moon Earns Mixed Reviews
November 20th, 2009 by Wendy
Tagged as: Kristen Stewart, Movie Review, New Moon, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Twilight
The New Moon reviews are in! And, it seems, critics are giving the Twilight Saga New Moon some mixed reviews. No worries though – if you’re a Twilight fan, no bad critiques are going to keep you from seeing the next installment.
Here is an overview of just some of the New Moon reviews… if you’ve seen it, please leave a comment about what you thought.
Metacritic.com has Twilight New Moon reviews scoring an average of 45 out of 100, based on 27 critic reviews, while RottenTomatoes.com gives New Moon 29% on the Tomatometer. Ouch!
MTV, Larry Carroll: “A triumph for Twilighters.”
Entertainment Weekly, Lisa Schwarzbaum: “Fan-ready and saga-solid.”
Variety, Jordan Mintzer: “Carried by Kristen Stewart’s compellingly dark performance, but also by helmer Chris Weitz’s robust visuals.”
The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Rechtshaffen: “Once again, the three young leads give committed performances, with Lautner’s character allowed a larger share of the spotlight this time around.”
USAToday, Claudia Puig: “The werewolves have it all over the blood-suckers in The Twilight Saga: New Moon. When these oversize, hirsute creatures burst onto the screen, they inject life into a rather inert story.”
Boston Globe, Ty Burr: “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.”
Rolling Stone, Peter Travers: “Ever since “True Blood” glamoured me, Twilight seems even more sexless and toothless. I prefer my undead with a little life in them.”
New York Post, Kyle Smith: “New Moon is supposed to be an exciting love story plus monster action. So where’s the excitement? Where’s the action?”
Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert: “The Twilight Saga: New Moon takes the tepid achievement of “Twilight,” guts it, and leaves it for undead.”
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On November 20th 2009, Rebecca wrote:
Out of all the Twilight Books, New Moon was my least favorite so I’m not in a super big hurry to go see it but from what I have seen of the previews, it looks like they did a good job of portraying the book.
On November 25th 2009, Linda Allison wrote:
Usually when i see a movie,i enjoy it more if the critics dislike the movie. What they hate i usually love. For the actors sake i like to see them get a good review after all of the time and effort spent on their character. In my opinion New Moon was super. Kristen Stewart gave a brilliant performance of Bella. She has her to a T. Its amazing that this actress is only 19. With more life experiences she will be possiblly the best actress around for many year to come.
On November 25th 2009, Linda wrote:
What the critics hate i usually love. In my opinion New Moon was super. Kristen Stewart gave a brilliant performance of Bella. She has her to a T. Its amazing when Kristen is only 19. With more life experiences she will be possibly the best actress around for many years.
On November 25th 2009, Linda wrote:
The critics are crazy, New moon was super. Kristen gave a brilliant performance of Bella. Its amazing when Kristen is only 19. With more life experiences she will be possibly the best actress around for many years.