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Metascore
38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttIt took three films, but The Twilight Saga finally nails just the right tone in Eclipse, a film that neatly balances the teenage operatic passions from Stephenie Meyer's novels with the movies' supernatural trappings.
- 80VarietyVarietyEmploying a bigger budget, better effects and an edgier director ("Hard Candy's" David Slade), Eclipse focuses on what works -- the stars.
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Liam LaceyWith the bigger story and more fully developed relationships than the previous films, this is the first Twilight film that feels like a real movie in its own right.
- 63Orlando SentinelRoger MooreOrlando SentinelRoger MooreThe Twilight Saga comes close to that sweet spot between swooning silliness and special effects slaughter with Eclipse.
- 60Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzForget Team Edward vs. Team Jacob. I'm backing Team David, as in David Slade, the director who has finally managed to breathe some life into the "Twilight" series, heretofore a deadly dull undead undertaking.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThe truth is, almost everyone planning to see Eclipse will know how things end before the opening credits even appear. So Slade and his cast can be proud that they consistently keep us involved anyway.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe movie contains violence and death, but not really very much. For most of its languorous running time, it listens to conversations between Bella and Edward, Bella and David, Edward and David, and Edward and Bella and David. This would play better if any of them were clever conversationalists, but their ideas are limited to simplistic renderings of their desires.
- 50Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisThese movies are more about the experience of hearing girls and women who should know better holler at the screen. They could just as well be at a concert.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsMore happens in Eclipse than in the previous "Twilight" zone, "New Moon," and yet it's duller
- 42Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallTampa Bay TimesSteve PersallI honestly thought Eclipse would be different, after "New Moon" showed stirrings of cinematic life.