The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 219
Fresh: 60 | Rotten: 159
The Twilight Saga's second installment may satisfy hardcore fans of the series, but outsiders are likely to be turned off by its slow pace, relentlessly downcast tone, and excessive length.
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 47
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 27
The Twilight Saga's second installment may satisfy hardcore fans of the series, but outsiders are likely to be turned off by its slow pace, relentlessly downcast tone, and excessive length.
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The supernatural tale of star-crossed lovers continues as the Cullen family flees Forks in order to protect Bella (Kristen Stewart), and the heartbroken high-school senior discovers that vampires aren't the only creatures in town. Realizing that Bella will never be safe as long as he's around, Edward (Robert Pattinson) makes the difficult decision to leave his beloved behind shortly after her 18th birthday. Reeling from her loss, Bella embraces self-destruction after being comforted by Edward's
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Cast
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Kristen Stewart
Bella Swan -
Robert Pattinson
Edward Cullen -
Taylor Lautner
Jacob Black -
Ashley Greene
Alice -
Rachelle Lefevre
Victoria -
Billy Burke
Charlie Swan -
Peter Facinelli
Carlisle -
Nikki Reed
Rosalie -
Kellan Lutz
Emmett -
Jackson Rathbone
Jasper -
Michael Sheen
Aro -
Dakota Fanning
Jane -
Edi Gathegi
Laurent -
Graham Greene (II)
Harry Clearwater -
Christopher Heyerdahl
Marcus -
Tinsel Korey
Emily -
Jamie Campbell Bower
Caius -
Cameron Bright
Alec -
Noot Seear
Heidi -
Elizabeth Reaser
Esme -
Daniel Cudmore
Felix -
Chaske Spencer
Sam Uley -
Alex Meraz
Paul -
Kiowa Gordon
Embry Call -
Tyson Houseman
Quil Ateara -
Bronson Pelletier
Jared -
Gil Birmingham
Billy Black -
Justine Wachsberger
Gianna -
Christina Jastrzembska
Gran/Bella -
Michael Welch
Mike -
Justin Chon
Eric -
Russell J. Roberts
Mr. Berty -
Cam Gigandet
James -
Charlie Bewley
Demetri -
P. Adrien Dorval
Bob Marks (Neighbor) -
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Christian Serratos
Angela -
Curtis Caravaggio
Rogue Vampire -
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All Critics (224) | Top Critics (50) | Fresh (61) | Rotten (161) | DVD (6)
So long as there are people, there will be love stories -- I hope they all feel as lush and lively as this one.
Top CriticI am not ashamed to admit that I will be the first in line for Twilight part three.
If only director Chris Weitz had managed to tease out the real drama -- Bella's fear of aging -- instead of a tired one.
A landmark cinematic event in 280 words, or one for every $500,000 of weekend box office.
It has an amazing kind of emotional integrity and intensity.
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!"
Entertaining for what it is and the alpha male werewolves end up being a lot more fun than the brooding, moody vampires.
The brooding and sulking is so palpable in "New Moon," the latest film in the Twilight series, that you could probably cut it with a knife. If the filmmakers thought that this would be enough to carry a film for over two hours, they were sadly mistaken.
Ostensible heroine Bella is such a weak, needy, pathetic co-dependent who stirs up so much sh*t for those she purportedly loves that it's hard to muster much rooting interest for her.
The net result is boredom unless you're already heavily invested in this series and bringing your own enthusiasm to the table.
Unfortunately, but not unexpectedly, new director Chris Weitz has decided to be generally faithful to his source material despite the problems it's going to give him through a narrative that could delicately be described as 'sprawling.'
The Twilight Saga's New Moon is not terrible, despite featuring some excruciatingly lazy storytelling, atrocious performances, listless direction and a core storyline that is both uninteresting and somewhat disturbing.
...a marked improvement over its decidedly uneven predecessor...
Robert Pattinson and his stomach cramps - I mean, aching unrequited love - are less oppressive, but the trade off is Taylor Lautner and his relentless shirtlessness.
Poorly structured, poorly paced, poorly executed CGI in places and characters that are unlikeable, despite the fact that we should be rooting for them. An inaccessible mess.
Audience Reviews for The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The whole film is ridiculous and is almost soft silly MTV porn, the werewolf characters all walk around topless and in shorts all the time which is kinda odd. The wolf CGI looks OK fur wise but then you see their faces and mainly the eyes and it all falls apart. The ending set in Italy is a mess and I couldn't follow what the hell was suppose to be happening, and did I mention 'Bella' flirting with 'Edward' to 'Jacob' every other scene not knowing who she wants *yawn* you just wanna slap her.
Its virtually the same as the first film but with werewolves, more naughty vamps trying to kill 'Cullen' and 'Bella' and a very predictable outcome. I haven't read the books but from other reviews I have read these films don't compare in anyway, shame is the first film was actually not bad as a teen angst vamp flick for the modern age, a kind of 'Lost Boys' crossed with 'Interview' but with a softer edge. This is just a preset, money spinning, CGI rushed 'Harry Potter' type franchise like everything in this day and age, no quality or actual decent acting, its just faceless pretty people who are ten a penny in most films these days and will vanish into obscurity in years to come. There is yet a third outing for this silliness to come despite the outcome of this film (they just love to whack out a preset trilogy for everything huh) and I will watch it simply for my love of anything to do with vamps and lycans, I know what I'm in for.
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- Caius: We do not offer second chances...
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- Edward Cullen: Leaving you was the hardest thing I've done in 100 years. I swear, I will never fail you again.
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- Emmett: Dating an older women? Hot.
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- Edward Cullen: Bella, will you marry me?
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- Bella Swan: Why didn't you let me speak to him!?
- Jacob Black: He didn't ask for you.
- Bella Swan: I don't care!
- Alice: Bella, he's going to the Volturi. He wants to die too.
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- Jacob Black: You're such a hypocrite. What, I'm not the right kind of monster for you?
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Foreign Titles
- New Moon - Biss zur Mittagsstunde (DE)
- Twilight - Chapitre 2 : tentation (FR)
My favorite character in the book is Alice. And Ashley Greene continues to do a wonderful job in that role in the movies. More Alice please.
Robert Pattinson . . . wow . .lets just say I dont get it. Now that ive seen trailers for his new movie I even more dont get it. His acting seems just very bad. His dialogue and delivery are just painstakingly bad.
Taylor Lautner on the other hand given the same horrible words to speak seems to come across more sincere and more believable. Can you even believe stuff in a movie like this?
All and all seems like they are holding pretty steady to the books. The shapechangers in wolf form look bad ass. The fight scenes do give it a kinda mythical feel. 3 stars for at least staying pretty close to the books and for Ashley Greene :)