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Twilight

2008

Catherine Hardwicke

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli ...

4.8

69,604

Fantasy. Romance. Thriller Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she’s ever met. ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The movie is lush and beautiful, and the actors are well-chosen. (...) 'Twilight' will mesmerize its target audience (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)."
		Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"A deeply sincere, outright goofy vampire romance for the hot-not-to-trot abstinence set. (...) This carefully faithful adaptation traces the sighs and whispers"
		Justin Chang Variety	"A disappointingly anemic tale of forbidden love that should satiate the pre-converted but will bewilder and underwhelm viewers who haven't devoured Stephenie Meyer's bestselling juvie chick-lit franchise."
		Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] features an exquisite look in terms of cinematography and design (...) There is considerable potential for this apparent franchise. One can only hope when it's done, everyone recognizes that the first film was the weakest."
		Kyle Smith New York Post	"'Twilight' lack blood. (...) combines the plot of HBO's 'True Blood' with the intensity level of 'Saved by the Bell' (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Stewart and Pattinson are both terrific. Even when the movie gets really silly, they never do (...) They make you understand why the books sold 17 million copies (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)."
		Claudia Puig USA Today	"'Twilight' barely gets the blood flowing (...) Despite questionable casting, wooden acting, laughable dialogue and truly awful makeup, nothing is likely to stop young girls from swarming to this kitschy adaptation (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)."
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The most entertaining teen film since '10 Things I Hate About You' (...) It is, in its unworldly way, sweetly idealistic with a charm all of its own (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Will Lawrence Empire	"The director here manages to improve on the film’s papery progenitor (...) [It] will delight fans (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Dana Stevens Slate	"As a life lesson for teenage girls, 'Twilight' (excuse the pun) sucks. As a parable for the dark side of female desire, it’s weirdly powerful."

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