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68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics What's this?

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6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

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  • Starring: Bill Paxton, Helen Hunt
  • Summary: The largest storm to hit Oklahoma in more than half a century is brewing, and it promises to drop multiple twisters into Tornado Alley. It's the storm that two rival groups of scientists have been waiting for to earn their place in meteorological history. (Warner Bros.)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    It's hard to dislike a picture with flying cows and oil trucks.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    60
    Extreme-weather buffs, thrill-ride junkies and anyone else in search of mindless entertainment need look no further.
  3. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: Barbara Shulgasser
    38
    Big swirls of computer-generated dirt, a bickering couple and the dead certainty that the fiancee will leave and the bickerers will get back together. An exciting night out, or what?

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Masseffectfan1
    10
    May well be the best film ever made, everything about it is amazing you love storms or tornadoes then twister is for you! also the special effects in this film are superb outstanding and still show up well today despite the film being made in 1996… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. MovieLonely94
    10
    why won't we let God's hand piss us off with a lot of incredible movies including this one. Twister is a neat movie with very rad visuals and very hilarious acting.… Expand
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  3. j30
    5
    Aw the good old Jan de Bont days filed with good special effects and well not much else. First Speed (pretty awesome), then Twister (pretty OK), then Speed: Cruise Control (oh God no), then The Haunting (make it stop!), then finally Lara Croft (I've lost faith in humanity). That pretty much sums it up right there.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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