An Entertaining Teen Romance

Rating: 7/10 (7 March 2009)

The teenager Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) returns to the rainy Forks from Arizona to live with her father, the Sheriff Charlie Swan (Billy Burke), after the marriage of her mother with a baseball player. The newcomer befriends a group of high school mates and has a crush on the blasé Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). When a truck is going to run over Bella, Edward uses an extraordinary force to save her. The intrigued Belle presses Edward to disclose his secret and he finally tells that his family and he are vegetarian vampires that drink animal blood only. Meanwhile three evil vampires are attacking the locals and Edward and his family protect Bella from the malign vampire hunter James (Cam Gigandet).
"Twilight" is an entertaining teen romance and I believe that the bad reviews are from people that read the book (I have not read the novel, but I know that adaptations of best-sellers are usually disappointing) or that are misguided expecting to see a horror movie of vampires. However, the vampire story is a romance like, for example, the excellent version of "Dracula" of Francis Ford Coppola also is. The different story and the acting are not outstanding but also not as bad as indicated in many reviews. Actually I liked this movie very much. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Crepúsculo" ("Twilight")