In the movie, a team of meteorological Researchers successfully create a data-gathering instrument, designed to measure the strength of the tornado. She finally puts it to test when a tornado hits Oklahoma..
8 October 1969, Saugus, California, USA
1 July 1956, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
26 October 1962, London, England, UK
28 October 1965, Chicago, Illinois, USA
29 December 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
25 August 1962, Chicago, Illinois, USA
4 October 1969, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
14 May 1972, Bellingham, Washington, USA
15 June 1963, Culver City, California, USA
4 February 1952, Frankfurt, Germany
24 April 1964, USA
23 July 1967, Fairport, New York, USA
8 April 1955, Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
November 27, 2014
Holds up against the noisy, busy, idiotically-scripted movies of today for all sorts of reasons [but] that does not excuse it from being a noisy, busy, idiotically-scripted movie in its own right.
June 24, 2006
Effects apart, this is dire: predictable, clichéd, sloppily written, pitifully performed and surprisingly short of real shocks and suspense.
June 18, 2002
It looks real, and Director Jan De Bont keeps the action coming so fast there's no time to question it.
November 05, 2008
You know a movie is in trouble when a cow provides its only moment of authentic human interest.
February 14, 2001
An expert in making audiences squirm and twist, at making us feel the rush of experience right along with the actors, De Bont choreographs action and suspense so beautifully he makes it seem like a snap.
July 23, 2008
The action starts in the opening frame and never lets up.
May 21, 2008
It may not be fashionable to like Twister, but darn if it isn't an entertaining electro-shock of action cinema.
November 05, 2008
Extreme-weather buffs, thrill-ride junkies and anyone else in search of mindless entertainment need look no further.
January 02, 2011
Decent disaster movie for teens.
May 12, 2008
Surely the only movie to ever suggest a dumbed-down His Girl Friday, Road Runner cartoon, and The Abyss simultaneously
October 18, 2008
Even more than with most of Michael Crichton's concoctions, this one conveys the overwhelming impression of a mechanical entertainment, a very high concept in which the characters and their problems seem like utterly arbitrary creations.
January 01, 2000
It's a perfect motion picture roller coaster -- fun, fast, and furious... as long as you don't think too hard.
