Metacritic Movie Ratings
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 75

  out of 100

  USA TodayScott Bowles

  It is in many respects the best installment of the franchise as its stars go from sullen kids to sullen young adults, where their expressions look more natural.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  The latest and best of the movies about a girl, her vampire and their impossible, ridiculously appealing - yes, I surrendered - love story.

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• 63

  out of 100

  Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert

  Absorbing, if somewhat slow-paced, and has without doubt the most blood-curdling scene of live childbirth in a PG-13 movie.

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• 50

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  All the more disappointing, then, that a story so pregnant with dramatic possibilities should wind up feeling like such an unconsummated opportunity. Drawn from Stephenie Meyer's polarizing, weirdly compelling fourth novel, the film is rich in surface pleasures but lacks any palpable sense of darkness or danger.

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• 42

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum

  What we learn in this all-pain/no-pleasure episode is that marriage feels like a life sentence, weddings are miserable events, honeymoon sex is dangerous and leaves a bride covered in bruises, and pregnancy is a torment that leads to death in exchange for birth.

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• 40

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesBetsy Sharkey

  The film doesn't have nearly the bite - ferocious or delicious - that any self-respecting vampire movie really should. It's as if all the life has drained away.

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