The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

"Disappointing that a story so pregnant with dramatic possibilities should wind up feeling like such an unconsummated opportunity."

"Flat performances, dodgy plotting and rubbish talking wolves aside, this is a weirdly grim addition to the supposedly tween-friendly franchise, less fairy tale than misjudged horror show."

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

"An emotionally fraught, dramatically leaden tale..."

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

"The film is like a crab cake with three or four bits of crab surrounded by loads of bland stuffing..."

"The acting's better than it's ever been, but with the best will in the world, this can't get past the fact that the story's demented."

"It may be impossible for anyone but existing fans to take this seriously, but for the unconverted, it's still a legitimately engaging, gape-worthy nutso spectacle."