After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
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.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
16 Nov 2012
rotten:
I'll probably never understand the popularity of the Twilight movies. They're haphazardly assembled adaptations of awful books.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
18 Nov 2012
rotten:
If anything, this series has gotten dumber and more inert as it has progressed, with this last one finally reaching over into an extended wallow in camp.
– Bilge Ebiri,
New York Magazine/Vulture,
19 Nov 2012
rotten:
The fifth and final entry in the historically successful "Twilight" franchise is the most self-aware and in some ways the most entertaining.