Is Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn 'genuinely brilliant'?

Most critics are panning the latest Twilight flick. But one says the vampire melodrama is surprisingly good

"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1"
(Image credit: Summit Entertainment/ Andrew Cooper)

Brace yourselves. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part One, the penultimate Twilight flick, is finally here. In the movie, which opens Friday, passive and pretty cipher Bella (Kristen Stewart) and hunky and heroic vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) get hitched. Then, at long last, they consummate their relationship, leaving young Bella pregnant with a demon baby that rips her apart from the inside. As expected, the majority of critics are ripping the film just as impolitely. But one goes so far as to say that it's actually "genuinely brilliant." Really?

Yes... at least in parts: I assumed this movie would be unbearable, says Glenn Kenny at MSN. But I "actually... rather enjoyed it." The filmmaking is "witty and intelligent" — particularly in a "ravishing dream sequence" early on. And it's nice to see Stewart standing up straight for once. Then there's the finale. It's "genuinely brilliant," closing with a "a final shot that's actually as awesome as it is predictable."

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