A feast of ripe dialogue and bloodsucking action.

The fifth and final entry in the historically successful 'Twilight' franchise is the most self-aware and in some ways the most entertaining.

I'll probably never understand the popularity of the Twilight movies. They're haphazardly assembled adaptations of awful books.

You're going to hear a lot about Breaking Dawn Part 2 being the best of the Twilight movies. That's like saying a simple head cold is preferable to swine flu.

The 'Twilight Saga' has no upmarket aspirations. Seeking neither critical applause or peer-review awards, these movies, like those of Tyler Perry, seek only to provide unabashed satisfaction to those who believe in their characters.

A riotous showdown .. finds an absurdly ingenious way both to preserve and subvert the contentiously passive climax of Meyer's novel.

After the laborious exposition of 'Part 1,' 'Part 2' is able to reap the benefits, tying together some disparate threads and providing real action at the end.

The very title Breaking Dawn, Part 2 hints at what the movie, sadly, reveals to be the case: The Twilight franchise has overstayed its welcome.

The first 'Twilight' film that could get non-fans' hearts pumping turns out to be the last.

Fans of the series, which has made more than $2 billion worldwide, will no doubt find it all terribly romantic and deeply meaningful. The rest of humanity will remain unmoved.

Despite the slow start Mr. Condon closes the series in fine, smooth style. He gives fans all the lovely flowers, conditioned hair and lightly erotic, dreamy kisses they deserve.

While parting involved no sorrow, it was sweeter than expected.

As billion-dollar Hollywood franchises go, this is one of the drawn-out dumbest. The stake through the heart comes not a moment too soon.

Full of pauses and intense looks and vague standing around ..

It's about as exciting as watching David Blaine play Stratego and makes you miss the power of the first four films all the more: the uncontainable yearning of the Bella-Edward-Jacob triangle.

With so many scenes of well-dressed vampires sitting or standing, stiffly, while Taylor Lautner or Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart passes another micro-slab of dialogue like a kidney stone, [Sheen's] overacting's greatly appreciated, thanks.