Synopsis
As a new day begins in the small American town of Minninnewah, the residents start their day as ordinary as the next. Mother Nature, however, has other plans for them. Inhabitants have just 13 minutes to seek shelter before the largest tornado on record ravages the town, leaving them struggling to protect their loved ones and fighting for their lives. Left to deal with the aftermath, four families must overcome their differences and find strength in each other in order to survive.
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Cast
- Amy SmartKim
- Thora BirchJess
- Anne HecheTammy
- Trace AdkinsRick
- Yancey AriasCarlos
- Tokala Black ElkSteve
- Peter FacinelliBrad
- Will PeltzLuke
- Davi SantosDaniel
- Laura SpencerVicky
Recommendations
- 75
Observer
Written and directed with an overload of talent by Lindsay Gossling, it rarely falters and leaves a viewer grateful for a whirlwind of character-driven suspense and humanity instead of the usual Hollywood cliches. - 63
Movie Nation
For an emotionally-grounded disaster movie, I found it a harrowing recreation of the real thing, emotionally affecting and not bad. Not bad at all. - 42
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The film’s heart may be in the right place, but a melodramatic score, pastoral cinematography and deeply sentimental character arcs make for an altogether mediocre drama, not an urgent thriller. - 40
The Guardian
The production values are a bit too pedestrian to elevate this much above the ordinary. - 33
The Film Stage
Gossling populates this little town with so many horrible people that you assume the tornadoes are coming to purge them from society. It’s therefore somewhat jarring when she lets impending tragedy provide them redemption instead.
