The Twilight Saga: New Moon

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    The Twilight Saga: New Moon
    2009

    Synopsis

    Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with Jacob Black, a werewolf. But before she knows it, she's thrust into a centuries-old conflict, and her desire to be with Edward at any cost leads her to take greater and greater risks.

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    Cast

    • Kristen StewartBella Swan
    • Robert PattinsonEdward Cullen
    • Taylor LautnerJacob Black
    • Dakota FanningJane
    • Michael SheenAro
    • Ashley GreeneAlice Cullen
    • Rachelle LefevreVictoria Sutherland
    • Billy BurkeCharlie Swan
    • Peter FacinelliDr. Carlisle Cullen
    • Elizabeth ReaserEsme Cullen

    Recommendations

    • 75

      Chicago Tribune

      Why does “New Moon” basically work, even with its grave self-seriousness? A few reasons. Weitz lets the material breathe, and his actors interact. The film does not try to eat you alive.
    • 70

      Variety

      Carried by Kristen Stewart's compellingly dark performance, but also by helmer Chris Weitz's robust visuals.
    • 63

      USA Today

      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.
    • 60

      Time Out

      Is this sequel defending its fan base and preempting criticism about its transparent agenda? This IS a soap opera, folks--and acceptable escapism for those old enough to see it yet still young enough to shriek at undead dreamboats.
    • 60

      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.
    • 60

      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.
    • 50

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Let's just say it: It's great there's a movie that makes teenage girls scream. Half the movies Hollywood makes are designed to make teenage boys scream, and those boy movies are just as ridiculous and a lot nastier than New Moon.
    • 50

      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.

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