Synopsis
An unprecedented series of violent tornadoes is sweeping across Oklahoma. Tornado chasers, headed by Dr. Jo Harding, attempt to release a groundbreaking device that will allow them to track them and create a more advanced warning system. They are joined by Jo's soon to be ex-husband Bill, a former tornado chaser himself, and his girlfriend Melissa.
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Cast
- Helen HuntDr. Jo Harding
- Bill PaxtonBill Harding
- Cary ElwesDr. Jonas Miller
- Jami GertzDr. Melissa Reeves
- Philip Seymour HoffmanDustin Davis
- Lois SmithMeg Greene
- Alan RuckRobert 'Rabbit' Nurick
- Sean WhalenAllan Sanders
- Scott ThomsonJason 'Preacher' Rowe
- Todd FieldTim 'Beltzer' Lewis
Recommendations
- 89
Austin Chronicle
It's a keeper, a tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of 24 hours of really, really inclement weather in the Oklahoma heartland. - 88
USA Today
A summer crowd-pleaser worthy of its wind. - 80
Los Angeles Times
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. - 80
The New Republic
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] - 80
Empire
This film encompasses everything that is both grating and great about the blockbuster. It gives scant regard to character depth or dialogue while still being a must-see hoopla of computer trickery that weakens the knees and raises the neck-hairs. - 80
The New York Times
Hurtling pace, by-the-numbers character development and exotic science. Tornado-chasing suddenly takes on a sex appeal not usually associated with horrendous storms. - 70
Variety
Another theme park ride of a movie without an ounce of emotional credibility to it, Twister succeeds on its own terms by taking the audience somewhere it has never been before: into a tornado's funnel. - 70
Chicago Reader
The engineering of the special effects is fairly impressive, and the sight of so many objects and creatures being buffeted about carries a certain apocalyptic splendor.
