Twister Reviews

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/10

The effects were great, the story was dumb. I hate this movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/10

It looks real, and Director Jan De Bont keeps the action coming so fast there's no time to question it.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5

Cheguei à conclusão, depois de assistir a este filme, que paguei o ingresso para ver uma vaca voando e o trailer de 'Missão: Impossível'.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5

An adrenalin-pumping thriller that leaves you with a deep respect for the terrifying power of nature.

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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.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

An expert in making audiences squirm and twist, at making us feel the rush of experience right along with the actors, De Bont choreographs action and suspense so beautifully he makes it seem like a snap.

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Steven Spielberg was one of the executive producers, while the story was written by Michael Crichton, but even the great ones bomb out now and then.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

A summer crowd-pleaser worthy of its wind.

| Original Score: 3.5/4

In a word, wow.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

The story is pretty thin, but the gee-whiz effects -- especially in an auditorium with good stereo sound -- are guaranteed to knock the audience for a loop.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Hunt and Paxton play off each other well. We don't learn a whole lot about their characters, but it's impossible to not cheer for them anyway.

Full Review | Original Score: 77/100

I like Twister. I really like it. Okay: I love it.

Full Review | Original Score: 9/10

It's a perfect motion picture roller coaster -- fun, fast, and furious... as long as you don't think too hard.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Never before have I experienced a picture that could have been so good and that had so much going for it, that blew it so badly.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4

Science aside, it's not hard to feel that these excitable characters are a wee bit berserk. But the movie works as escapism even if you do know enough to come in out of the rain.

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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.

Full Review | Original Score: 0 out of -4..+4

It's blatantly pirated stuff. Hopefully screenwriters Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin weren't paid too handsomely for these recycled ideas.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4