New Moon stars Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan and Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black. The films are based on the novels by Stephenie Meyer.

"Kristen Stewart is a little twitchy ('Can't she get through one scene without playing with her hair?' a friend of mine sniped afterward) but her antics and moody moping are perfectly appropriate to the troubled-teen character. As for her co-stars — well, they do exactly what they need to do, which is embody two separate kinds of wish-fulfillments for the fans. A newly buff Taylor Lautner is hunky, often shirtless — and very much the Bad Boy (complete with motorcycle and delinquent friends) every girl is warned about. And Robert Pattinson — all tousled locks and malnourished torso — has all the troubled anguish of the Sensitive Soul No One Understands."—Stephen Whitty, New Jersey Star-Ledgerhttp://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1626718/story.jhtml

"Instead, "New Moon" consists largely of Bella being sad, then Bella being a little happier, then Bella being sad again, then Bella being happy one last time after a trip to Europe to reunite with her loved one. There's little in the way of forward momentum until the final 30 minutes; stretching out this picture to longer than two hours was indefensible. "—Sonny Bunch, The Washington Timeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/20/movie-review-the-twilight-saga-new-moon/