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Mood:
Exciting Rough Suspenseful
Plot:
Obsessive Quest Race Against Time Disaster Forces of Nature Chases and Races Danger Escapades
Genres:
Adventure Action Drama
Time/Period:
20th Century 90s
Audience:
Boys' Night Date Night Teens
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Award Winner Blockbuster
Attitudes:
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Twister, 1996

Starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton

Directed by: Jan de Bont

Written by: Michael Crichton

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 113 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:6.0

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Twister can be described as exciting, rough, and suspenseful. The plot revolves around forces of nature, disasters, and an obsessive quest. The main genres are adventure, drama, and action. In approach, Twister is serious and realistic. The storytelling is fast paced. It takes place in the 1990s. Twister has received attention for being a blockbuster and an award winner. It is well suited for a date night, teens, and a boys' night.

Summary of Twister

In this action-packed disaster film set in America's heartland, an ex-husband-and-wife team of storm chasers rushes to be the first to study the dynamics of tornados with some fascinating new technology. Though Helen Hunt (AS GOOD AS IT GETS) and Bill Paxton (APOLLO 13) star--along with a pre-fame Philip Seymour Hoffman--the uncredited lead roles are the tornados, created with eye-dazzling computer-generated effects. SPEED director Jan de Bont takes the helm for this massive box office hit, while bestselling author Michael Crichton contributed the fast-moving story. TWISTER earned Academy-Award nominations for its achievements in sound and visual effects.

Details

Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	10 May 1996
Runtime:	113 min

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Helen Hunt

as Dr. Jo Harding

Bill Paxton

as Bill Harding

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Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton in Twister (1996)

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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. Full Review

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by: Todd McCarthy

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... Full Review

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by: Kenneth Turan

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Twister - not so much

I watch this movie mostly because it is like watching a bad magician. If you know what to look for this movie gives away all its special effect secrets on screen. Also it does not have much of a story. I wanted to like this one but can't. Read and rate it

24.October.2011
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by: Mdterry
Mdterry rated this movie5/10So-so

Ridiculous...

Bad movie Read and rate it

01.May.2010
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by: mema007
mema007 rated this movie1/10Awful

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