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6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 25
  3. Negative: 2 out of 25

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  1. PatC.
    Jun 3, 2004
    7
    A movie of three dimensions: the basic story line - which is crap, the special effects - which are awesome, and an interspersion of refreshingly quirky elements ? which while fragrant are not potent enough to overcome the heady stench of formula, but are worth suffering for. For example, the soundtrack is spiced up with offbeat musical selections (Deep Purple?s ?Sweet Child in Time?) and the climactic scene from ?The Shining?. Melissa (Jami Gertz) comes across as boring and annoying simply because she is the only sane character in the cast. She provides the one spot of class acting in the film. Her caring restrained acceptance, while soaked like a puppy left out in the rain, that she is losing her fiancé and must let him go, is truly touching and, in the context of this film, embarrassingly genuine. The film charges ahead in pursuit of a twister?s ?suck zone?, determined to placate viewers with garbage, so Melissa drops from the show halfway along. The improbable and myopic story line proceeds to smother any further deviation from the romantic reunification formula, and tries to evoke absolution-by-tornado as a quest for the comfort of hearth and home, as in the Wizard of Oz?s, ?there?s no place like home.? What it feels like is the scarecrow?s lament, ?if I only had a brain.? Once the need to force the plot is disposed of and the good guys are happy happy happy, the film is free to conclude for what it really is, a theme poem about the weather. The most stirring part of the entire movie is during the credits as cumulus clouds pile into the stratosphere to Van Halen guitar licks. Bottom Line: As blockbusters go, good movie. (The Blockbuster Formula requires subtracting 3 points before viewing.) The special effects are better than good. As depicting tornadoes with enhanced authenticity, they are better than perfect.… Expand
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  2. GaborA.
    Jun 9, 2004
    1
    I don't know how, but it was worse than i expected.
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  3. GavinC
    Aug 10, 2009
    9
    A great thriller with a bit of romance and plenty of education.
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  4. SaerA.
    Aug 22, 2004
    8
    Twister has great special effects althought the acting was average by Bill Paxton, but overall its a really good movie.
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  5. LucyK
    Nov 26, 2005
    9
    This is a successful thriller; action packed, well timed, and great acting.
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  6. KD
    Dec 13, 2005
    10
    This movie kicks ass from beginning to end. great special effects great action great story, great everything.
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  7. MovieLonely94
    Oct 27, 2010
    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.
  8. davenbettridge
    Aug 28, 2011
    5
    Cut out the special effects in this movie and your left with actors who give the most annoying performances of their careers and a preposterously ridiculous predictable plot. This movie may be watchable but people who say its good need to get their heads checked. Twister is mediocre save for the special effects. Pass.
  9. j30
    Jan 26, 2012
    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.
  10. Masseffectfan1
    Apr 24, 2012
    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
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Metascore
68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    80
    Perhaps the greatest compliment that can be paid to the rush of raw excitement "Twister" creates is that it makes it possible to ignore the painful awkwardness of the film's expository sequences and thudding dialogue of the "OK, boss lady, hold your horses" variety.
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  2. The New Republic
    Reviewed by: Stanley Kauffmann
    80
    Twister is full of marvelous special effects. The story exists only to provide some respite between those marvels, like dialogue in an opera full of terrific arias. [10 June 1996, p.24]
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    88
    A summer crowd-pleaser worthy of its wind.
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