The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Reviews
Big Hollywood
This third "Twilight" film eclipses its predecessors but its anti-climactic story and its melodramatic tendencies still hold it back.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
Flix Capacitor
it'll still appeal more to teen girls and the Twi-hard, Robsessed fanbase than boyfriends who've been forced to watch by their other halves, but thankfully there's less mopey melodrama.
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| Original Score: 3/5
ComingSoon.net
Eclipse's adolescent roots continue to shine through but for once they're made to work in the film's favor rather than against it. It's competent and only rarely silly and considering the hole the series has been in that's quite a feat.
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| Original Score: 7/10
Moviedex
Eclipse surprises with (much needed) improvement; the first real blockbuster of the franchise.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
The Mercury
Eclipse reinvigorates the Twilight saga, giving the fans what they want as well as being good enough to keep casual viewers interested.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Manages to transcend the soapiness of its predecessors and work quite well as an engaging story about sacrifice, romance and, interestingly, the inner conflicts of the undead.
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| Original Score: B-
Cinema Signals
Was two hours' worth of such repetitive and overheated emotional triangulation really necessary--even for the demographic that'll be breathing hard over every frame?
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| Original Score: 3/5
Matt's Movie Reviews
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third outing in the supernatural saga of high romance and higher camp, finally shows its fangs with a dazzling display of imagery to go along with a hurried sense of danger.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Daily Express
The film is a swirl of raging hormones, bitter jealousies and the aching grip of feelings that have yet to be physically consummated.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Q Network Film Desk
brings a smoother, more confident style and tone that balances the romance and the violence in a way that gives the film more weight.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Daily Mail [UK]
It is a surprise to discover that the same territory here provides some serious entertainment.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Sun Online
A solid and frequently enjoyable film.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Birmingham Post
The good news is that the mood is a little lighter than in New Moon, which was full of teenage angst and suicide attempts. Edward and Bella even get to smile now and again and there's the occasional funny line.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Digital Spy
It's a definite step up from New Moon and might even leave the harshest critics just a teeny bit excited about what's in store come the two-part Breaking Dawn... The countdown to November 2011 begins...
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| Original Score: 3/5
News of the World
More pouting, mumbling and gazing into the distance, mainly. But hey. NOBODY does it better than these guys.
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| Original Score: 4/5
indieWIRE
All three actors are comfortable with their characters, and Slade finds the right balance of action and romance; the story feels organic. Some of the dialogue is earnest and silly, but the core strength of the Stephenie Meyer novels is here: the battle be
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| Original Score: B+
Total Film
Not as good as Twilight, not as bad as New Moon, Eclipse is decent teen cinema that will thrill fans and mollify their accompaniers. Can't wait for the caesarean-by- teeth in the next one...
| Original Score: 3/5
Sky Movies
The franchise has finally produced a movie that all will be able to enjoy -- even hard-done-by boyfriends who've been dragged kicking and screaming to see it.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Atlantic City Weekly
It's a nice mix of comedy and action, especially with the running gag of Jacob appearing shirtless early and often so Jacob fanatics can howl about his hot abs.
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| Original Score: 3/4
