Michael Crichton wrote the script with his wife, a former actress, Anne-Marie Martin, and it's about as dull as a prairie vista.
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01/01/00
Twister (1996)
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Reviews Counted:47
Fresh:26
Rotten:21
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 3 hrs 46 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: This special effects-laden blockbuster chronicles one day in the life of a band of gung-ho "storm chasers," who track and follow twisters and tornadoes. The group, led by the gutsy Jo and her... [More]
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Reviews for Twister
Surely the only movie to ever suggest a dumbed-down His Girl Friday, Road Runner cartoon, and The Abyss simultaneously
05/12/08
A movie with wooden performances, a color-by-numbers screenplay, and some mighty cool but hardly revolutionary special effects.
01/01/00
None of the individual characters draw much compassion; with uncharismatic heroes and black-and-white villains, all that's left to root for are the twisters, which are formidably rendered.
06/05/02
Special-effects highlight this Jan DeBont-directed blockbuster that's ruined by cliched plotting and irritating characters.
01/23/06
About as much fun as watching a weather report.
08/20/05
The plot is minimal, and the character exposition full of cliches -- the scenes that don't feature tornadoes seem very long and almost unbearable to watch.
01/20/03
When it sticks to kinetically portraying the sheer oddness of the tornadic phenomenon, Twister is a breeze. When it tries to recreate Hawks, it falls gracelessly from the green sky.
05/08/08
Effects apart, this is dire: predictable, clichéd, sloppily written, pitifully performed and surprisingly short of real shocks and suspense.
06/24/06
What Spielberg knew back in 1975, that Crichton, Martin, and director Jan De Bont still haven't figured out, is that too much of a good thing -- no matter how spectacular it is -- will ultimately kill a movie.
02/27/01
Ugh. Not even a passable popcorn pic, I'm afraid.
04/07/06
The effects were great, the story was dumb. I hate this movie.
10/21/02
Playing tornado hunters Jo and Bill Harding, Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton remember their lines and wait for the props to bump into them. Neither pulls in a whole lot of interest on the screen.
01/01/00
Cheguei à conclusão, depois de assistir a este filme, que paguei o ingresso para ver uma vaca voando e o trailer de 'Missão: Impossível'.
05/31/02
No review available.
10/01/02
You know a movie is in trouble when a cow provides its only moment of authentic human interest.
11/05/08
Top CriticAn excellent example of what the Hollywood F/X blockbuster has become -- all show and very little substance.
04/09/05
The movie is wall-to-wall with special effects, and they're all convincing, although it's impossible for me to explain how Bill and Jo escape serious injury while staring right up into the Suck Zone of the Finger of God.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhatever one might think of the increasing mindlessness of effects-driven blockbusters, you'd think they could at least manage to entertain, or to give you a reason to come back when you get up to go to the restroom.
01/01/00
It was so bad that had it not been for wanting to see all the special effects, I would have been ready to walk out.
01/01/00
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