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Film Review — Twisters

Film Review — Twisters

A breezy albeit unremarkable belated sequel, with impressive special effects doing their best to upstage Glen Powell

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Jul 20, 2024
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Credit: Universal/Warner Brothers

The poster for Twisters features the tagline “From the producers of Jurassic World”. I suppose they were unlikely to go with: “From the director of Minari”. If Lee Isaac Chung’s name were removed from the credits, you’d have to be psychic to spot any auteur link between Twisters and his low-key, heartfelt, Oscar-nominate…

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