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Twister

1996

Jan de Bont

Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz ...

5.3

24,292

Action. Thriller. Drama The house rips apart piece by piece. A bellowing cow spins through the air. Tractors fall like rain. A 15,000-pound gasoline tanker becomes an airborne bomb. A mile-wide, 300 miles-per-hour force of total devastation is coming at you: Twister is hitting home. In this adventure swirling with cliffhanging excitement and awesome special effects, Helen Hunter and Bill Paxton play scientists pursuing the most destructive weatherfront to ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"It lacks the wit of his 'Speed', but it sure has the energy (...) The movie is wall-to-wall with special effects, and they're all convincing (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Ian Nathan Empire	"Like all white-knuckle rides, once you're done you fancy doing it all over again (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"It looks real, and Director Jan De Bont keeps the action coming so fast there's no time to question it (...) It's hard to dislike a picture with flying cows and oil trucks."
		Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"Like the more entertaining 'Jurassic Park', it's a triumph of technology over storytelling and the actors' craft. Characters exist merely to tell a couple of jokes (...) and otherwise kill time between tornadoes."
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"It's a perfect motion picture roller coaster -- fun, fast, and furious... as long as you don't think too hard (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter	"While the special effects are clearly the star of this masterwork, the storyline itself, although predictable, is crisp and full of heart."
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Jan de Bont, who directed 'Speed', sustains that film's breakneck tempo while also summoning as many echoes of the Steven Spielberg cosmic adventure style as he possibly can."

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