Movie

Twister

1989 · 94 min

A quirky, talky comedy where eccentric family members bicker and drift in a storm-bound house, feeling both absurd and gently sad.

Tagline: A Comic Adventure In Windy Living
Overview: An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon. He is currently dating a children's TV evangelist. Also living at the farm is his layabout daughter and her precocious 8 year old daughter, his would-be artist son, the son's fiancée, and the black maid. Also thrown into the mix is the daughter's ex-husband, a ne-er-do-well who is seeking to get back in his ex-wife's good graces.
How it feels: Whimsical, absurd, melancholic and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, isolation, identity, grief
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
isolation
identity
grief
love
Places: single country house
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild