Review: 'Twilight' Takes Bite Out Of Book's Fun (flag)

www.starpulse.com — Teenage girls will surely squeal with delight throughout "Twilight," the feverishly awaited adaptation of the hugely selling vampire novel by Stephenie Meyer.[...] Read more!

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Early Twilight Reviews Not Terrible
Cinema Blend News — ... “There's nothing transporting about the visuals. "Twilight" was a famously low-budget production compared to most traditional blockbusters, but this is ridiculous.” - Christy Lemire, AP “There’s a playfulness that seems just so right in Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight.” - ...

Twilight Reviews
Movie Moron — ... Here’s what the movie critics are saying - Variety - “Twilight is a disappointingly anemic tale of forbidden love that should satiate the pre-converted but will bewilder and underwhelm [the uninitiated ]…the actors’ early, awkward interactions feel particularly forced, and the script gives Stewart virtually nothing with which to convince the audience of her transcendent love for [Pattinson].” Associated Press - “…much of what made the relationship between Edward and ...

The 'Twilight' Reviews Are In!
MTV Movies — ... "Much of what made the relationship between Edward and the smitten Bella Swan work in Meyer's breezy book has been stripped away on screen," says Christy Lemire at The Associated Press, observing that the chemistry between Pattinson and Stewart simmers rather than boils. "The funny, lively banter — the way in which Edward and Bella teased and toyed with one another about their respective immortality and humanity — is pretty much completely gone, and all that's left is a slog of adolescent angst." ...