Kristen Stewart,
Robert Pattinson,
Taylor Lautner,
Sarah Clarke,
Billy Burke
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In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson), plus those they love, must deal with the chain of consequences brought on by a marriage, honeymoon,... read more
Directed by: Bill Condon
Release Date: November 18, 2011
Keywords:
horror,
vampire,
final,
each,
twilight saga,
part 1,
breaking dawn,
dawn part,
Harry Potter ,
Kristen Stewart ,
Breaking Dawn ,
Bill Condon
DVD Release Date: February 11, 2012
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April 2, 2012Going for the Harry Potter ending effect, and failing badly, the film consists of some strange scenes and absurdly awful script, the director is better off finishing now while he still has an ounce of dignity, while the actors have no idea what they are doing and clearly haven't ... read more
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March 24, 2012Forget the fact that THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN - PART 1 (wow, that's a long title) finally makes the whole "vampire romance" genre look as dumb as it sounds. The thing that truly makes this a bad film is that it starts off as a sappy romantic drama, and it takes over half... read more
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March 4, 2012I usually take my time to make a brief but sustancial opinion of movies, but honestly I was expecting a litle bit more for "The Final "SAGA" (yes " " again)"...c'mon! But not this time...so I'll just say: A wedding long enough to become pregnant.
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February 20, 2012Breaking Dawn: Part 1 really doesn't have a whole lot to work with and director Bill Condon can't make anything of it.
The film's run time is 105 minutes, and even though that is under 2 hours, it still comes out as a long tedious journey. Seriously, the most intriguing
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February 18, 2012Okay, so you're girlfriend/boyfriend/"special friend", wants to see Breaking Dawn, part 2 and you don't.
But if you downright refuse, you know their is going to be hell to pay. So what do you do?
You watch the film as a comedy.
But Ken!? Twilight isn't a comedy! It's a mela-dr... read more -
February 15, 2012I wouldn't call the Twilight series one of my favorite movie series ever, but it's still one of those in which I like or love every film in the series, even the one ("New Moon") that most people didn't enjoy.
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February 13, 2012Not executed well enough. I guess that only the hardcore fans would manage to cherish it. "Breaking Down the Twilight Saga - Part 1" would have been an apt choice of title for the movie IMO. I can only hope that the next part won't create such a feeling for one and all. Amen.
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February 11, 2012Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Billy Burke, Maggie Grace, Jamie Campbell Bower, Michael Sheen, Anna Kendrick
Director: Bill Condon
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January 29, 2012I hate Twilight a lot. But nobody can say I am unfair towards it. The third film was actually entertaining and less infuriating. Breaking Dawn Part 1, is different altogether. It is just a horrible product shoved out with no regard for its audience. Bella and Edward get married a... read more
Critic Reviews
December 5, 2011
Bruce Diones, New Yorker
November 20, 2011
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The last twenty minutes of Breaking Dawn are so harrowing that it's possible to forget that most of the acting is soap-operatic (the guy who plays Carlisle is aging to look like Liberace) and the dial... Full Review
November 18, 2011
Sara Stewart, New York Post
It all goes wrong just when it should go right. Full Review
November 18, 2011
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Melodrama reigns in this supernatural soap opera, even though author Stephanie Meyer's tale takes a decided turn toward the weird and violent. Full Review
November 18, 2011
Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com
This is a well-made film, though sometimes unintentionally funny. Full Review
November 18, 2011
Tom Long, Detroit News
There are a few reasons The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1 is probably the best of the Twilight films. Full Review
November 18, 2011
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
For those of us who are not Twilight fanatics, or even fans, or could not care somewhat less than less, the arrival of Part 1 is not cause for trumpets blaring. But I would imagine that even those who... Full Review
November 18, 2011
Dana Stevens, Slate
By any normal standard, this is a terrible movie, with stilted dialogue and leaden pacing -- every 15 minutes or so, the action stops for a musical montage involving slow-motion handsomeness. But the ... Full Review
November 18, 2011
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Here's hoping Breaking Dawn Part Two gives us more of what Part One provided in the final 30 minutes than what it forced viewers to endure to get there. Full Review
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