Parents' Guide to

Twisters

Movie PG-13 2024 117 minutes
Twisters Movie Poster: Three people look at a large tornado in the distance

Common Sense Media Review

Sandie Angulo Chen By Sandie Angulo Chen , based on child development research. How do we rate?

age 12+

Frightening storm scenes in propulsive sequel to 1990s hit.

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Parent and Kid Reviews

age 11+

Based on 24 parent reviews

age 12+

Fantastic movie but avoid previews if you bring kids

The movie was great! BUT....I'd avoid the previews. Two rated R previews and 1 specifically freaked even me out! My 11 almost 12 yr old daughter had her eyes covered the whole time and was horrified with what she heard. Whyyyyyy put those in a pg 13 movie??!!
age 12+

Finally

Our family has not been to the theater in some time because we found the content was not in sync with our values. However, the family really wanted to see this movie so we did and I am so happy we went. What a refreshing change. Aside from some swearing we weren't too happy about (which was much less than the original), this movie was a drastic change from what seems to have become the new normal. The plot was very similar to the original movie and there was more action in this one. Finally a great family movie worth seeing.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (24 ):
Kids say (37 ):

This technically remarkable sequel banks on Powell's charm and fiery tornadoes to appeal to a new generation of disaster-film fans. As in the original, Twisters' story includes a young female meteorologist's tragic loss during a tornado and two competing groups of storm-chasers. Unlike the original's second-chance romance between exes, director Lee Isaac Chung's sequel offers a slow-burn love triangle that never really gives the underused Ramos' character, Javi, a chance against the "cowboy charisma" of Powell's tornado wrangler. That subplot aside, the best part of Twisters isn't the script by Mark L. Smith—which never dares to address the reality of climate change, despite the movie's obsession with the ever-increasing number of twisters in America's Tornado Alley—but the spectacle of the storm-chasing sequences, now complete with fireworks and fire.

The very British Edgar-Jones is an outstanding actor, but she's miscast as an Oklahoman; her accent is so wrong that the filmmakers should have changed her character's background. But that aside, she does have the vulnerability befitting someone living with Kate's trauma and survivor's guilt. Powell is a natural playing another seemingly arrogant, smirky man with hidden depths, and the supporting cast (particularly Tyler's crew) includes a diverse group of recognizable if underused actors, including Sasha Lane, Katy O'Brian, Brandon Berea, and Tunde Adebimpe. And David Corenswet (looking like a young Campbell Scott) is notable as Javi's business partner who takes a heel turn. Despite the movie's story flaws, the action is undeniably riveting, with thrilling sequences set in such places as a motel, fields, a rodeo, and a movie theater. Think of this as an old-school blockbuster with a little do-good message.

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