Critical reception for the 2008 vampire romance film Twilight was overwhelmingly negative, with reviewers tearing apart the wooden acting, bizarre blue tint, and a script heavily reliant on awkward staring contests.

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Critical reception for the 2008 vampire romance film Twilight was overwhelmingly negative, with reviewers tearing apart the wooden acting, bizarre blue tint, and a script heavily reliant on awkward staring contests. Despite the complete lack of critical respect, the movie grossed over four hundred million dollars globally and spawned a massive franchise because an army of teenage girls simply did not care what fifty-year-old male movie critics thought about sparkly vampires. The studio executives quickly realized they did not need to waste money on things like compelling dialogue or decent CGI wolves as long as Robert Pattinson looked mildly pained and brooding on the poster. It remains a beautiful testament to the terrifying economic power of obsessed teenagers who will happily fund a multi-billion dollar empire just to watch two incredibly pale people aggressively whisper at each other in the woods