“The Twilight Saga: New Moon” hits movie theaters today, and fanatic teenage girls all over the country are making the film a phenomenon before it even opens. Takeaway contributor and New York Times movie critic A.O. Scott, our middle-aged reviewer who liked the movie, explains what all the fuss is about.
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