Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)

  • 25% of critics liked it
    (189 reviews)

  • 63% of users liked it
    (128,435 ratings)

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, and the tumultuous birth of a child...which brings an unforeseen and shocking development for Jacob… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 57 min.
Directed By
Bill Condon
Written By
Melissa Rosenberg, Stephenie Meyer
Genres
Romance, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Nov 18, 2011 Wide
On DVD
Feb 11, 2012
Summit Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Bruce Diones, New Yorker

    This penultimate "Twilight" film is the best in the series so far. It's languorous, romantic, moody, and, in the end, horrifying.

  • 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 dialogue from hunger.

  • Sara Stewart, New York Post

    It all goes wrong just when it should go right.

  • 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.

  • Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com

    This is a well-made film, though sometimes unintentionally funny.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Scott G


    Going 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… More

  • Alexander D


    Forget 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… More

  • Sergio G


    I 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… More

  • Justin Y


    <i>Breaking Dawn: Part 1</i> really doesn't have a whole lot to work with and director Bill Condon can't make anything of it.<p>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.… More

  • Ken S


    Okay, 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… More

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