Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart take their relationship to the next level in Breaking Dawn. Photo / Supplied
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart take their relationship to the next level in Breaking Dawn. Photo / Supplied
There's only one new movie hitting cinemas this weekend - but reviewers say you probably shouldn't see it.
That film is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, the fourth and second-to-last film in the hugely popular series based on Stephanie Meyer's best-selling novels.
The Twilight movies are made to keep their mostly tweenage fan base coming back for more, and none of the films have been critically acclaimed.
Even so, Breaking Dawn Part 1 has been scoring some pretty average reviews.
On review aggregate sites, the film rates just 46 per cent on Metacritic and a miserly 28 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes.
One Australian radio reviewer said: "This weekend, millions of people around the globe will be conned into handing over their hard earned cash to see a film with no plot, no action and no climax."
And while there have been few print reviews so far, the Washington Post's Mark Jenkins says it has "regressed ... delivering more filler, less feeling and crummier CGI than last year's Eclipse".
New York Daily News reviewer Elizabeth Weitzman said: "To outsiders, in fact, Breaking Dawn: Part I will probably look like the weirdest, most expensive chastity commercial ever created."