Don’t get it twisted: Movies aren’t ‘meant to be message-oriented’

Published July 26, 2024 5:10am ET



A summer blockbuster is being panned by scientists for not having enough of an agenda? Say no more.

Twisters, a stand-alone sequel to the 1996 film Twister (without the s), arrived in theaters earlier this month to much audience acclaim and big box-office numbers. The film, starring Glen Powell from Top Gun: Maverick, is “a well-crafted action-romance that arrives like a much-needed cool breeze,” according to a movie critic at the Washington Post

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