Harry Dean Stanton, Suzy Amis, Crispin Glover

An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch (Harry Dean Stanton) of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon. He is currently dating a children'...( read more  read more... )s TV evangelist (Lois Chiles). Also living at the farm is his layabout daughter (Suzy Amis) and her precocious 8 year old daughter, his would-be artist son (Crispin Glover), the son's fiancee (Jenny Wright), and the black maid (Charlaine Woodard). Also thrown into the mix is the daughter's ex-husband (Dylan McDermott), a ne-er-do-well who is seeking to get back in his ex-wife's good graces.

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16,625 ratings

PG-13, 93 min.

Directed by: Michael Almereyda

Release Date: June 1, 1989

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DVD Release Date: November 18, 2003

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  • December 31, 2006
    Good Flick, better than average
  • December 6, 2006
    I really hated how all the supporting characters had their little quirks which were supposed to make up for the weak story and lame starring cast. And the evil meteorology team.... ooooooh! Who could forget them!?
  • November 21, 2006
    I have always been interested in Tornadoes. So I liked this movie. A good one to watch.
  • May 3, 2009
    1/2 star and I am being nice, I mean 93 minutes of sleep would been more of an adventure then this movie was. Yes it was that bad. I am trying to see all of Suzy Amis, at least I was till this point. I have seen some bad movies in my life and at least I found one or two good part...( read more)s in a bad movie, but good luck trying to find one in this movie. The movie is based on the 1981 Novel OH written by: Mary Robison's, The many reviews I have seen say that this family was trapped together in a house during a tornado, how untrue, a tornado past threw the town but trapped, I think Not. So why the Movie was called twister is beyond me. But confuse this not with the 1996 Movie Twister this is about tornado's. One of the few movies I am glad it was over when it was over even thought it was over when it started. 1/2 star
  • February 27, 2008
    its ok.
  • October 3, 2009
    Not the one with Bill & Helen? Oh.
  • June 5, 2009
    Um......I thought this was the one with Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton.....
  • May 4, 2009
    might be funny in a weird sort of way
  • April 6, 2009
    Great movie with stunning actions! Must see!
  • March 29, 2009
    God's weather is amazing!

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  • JDFortuneFan
    May 6, 2007
    Too bad someone doesn't add more info... I know it's not Twister with Helen Hunt.
  • xtreme2252
    January 26, 2007
    Is this movie a parody, or something?

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