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Metascore
17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 89Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovIt's a keeper, a tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of 24 hours of really, really inclement weather in the Oklahoma heartland.
- 88USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkA summer crowd-pleaser worthy of its wind.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranPerhaps 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.
- 80The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe New RepublicStanley KauffmannTwister 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]
- 80EmpireEmpireThis 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.
- 80The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinHurtling pace, by-the-numbers character development and exotic science. Tornado-chasing suddenly takes on a sex appeal not usually associated with horrendous storms.
- 70VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyAnother 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.
- 70Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThe 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.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertYou want loud, dumb, skillful, escapist entertainment? Twister works. You want to think? Think twice about seeing it.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittAudiences may howl at the hackneyed plot and dialogue, but you won't hear them over the Dolby sound effects assaulting your eardrums at a gazillion decibels.