Reviews Are Now In for Oklahoma Film ‘Twisters’

"Twisters" doesn't officially hit screens in Oklahoma until July 19, but early reviews of the potential blockbuster are rolling in. So far, audience reviews are positive but professional reviews are mixed.

Regardless of what people are saying about "Twisters," Oklahomans will still show up to theaters this weekend to see the movie that is based in and was shot in the Sooner State. Some people may have plans to watch the 1996 film "Twister" before going to see the latest adaptation. While others may be making it a family or friend event to see the movie on the big screen.

What are the early audience reviews of 'Twisters' saying?

If you Google "twisters review" on Netflix, you'll see that "Twisters" so far has an audience rating summary of 3.9 based on 147 ratings added to Google. Sites like Rotten Tomatoes has rated "Twisters" at 77 percent on the "Tomatometer" based on 100 reviews on the site. IGN gave "Twisters" a 8/10 and IMDB issued the film a 7/10.

So overall, audiences like "Twisters," but some reviewers mentioned that they didn't love it as much as "Twister."

What are the professionals saying about 'Twisters?'

Several national media outlets have published their reviews about "Twisters," and most of them have said the same thing: the cast is great, but the script lacks the charm from predecessor. Other sites gave the movie a complete rave.

The review from Vulture said that although "Twisters" isn't a "throwback," it's lacks "an imaginative update on the original." And The Daily Beast referred to "Twisters" as a sequel to "Twister," even though the cast and director have described the film as not being a sequel, but a new story of its own. Either way, The Daily Beast still found that "Twisters" minimized "its predecessor’s goofiness in favor of vacuous character drama, winds up only sporadically kicking into gale-force gear."

But those who didn't compare "Twisters" and "Twister" side-by-side found the movie to be the blockbuster of the summer. IndieWire's review pointed out the differences of the films drama stating that "where 'Twister' spun a vintage screwball comedy into the shape of a cutting-edge disaster movie, 'Twisters' effectively flips that script by launching a (very) breezy modern rom-com..."

The Times of London's review said that "Twisters" would "blow you away" and gave the credit to the film's director Lee Isaac Chung, who is self-proclaimed tornado-obsessed. The review states that the film is "J=jam-packed with elegant directorial choices from the film-maker Lee Isaac Chung, who was Oscar-nominated for writing and directing the 2021 melodrama Minari." And that Chung "proves an inspired selection for a sequel to a one-note blockbuster ('Twister') that came out of the kitschy 1990s disaster movie cycle..."

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