I like a character study, but this just seemed like a wacky, disjointed portrait of a sad, sick family. Nothing entertaining or enlightening to me about it.

No tornado in the movie.

very disturbing performances by a very eccentric cast of misfits. Sort of like the Adams family with no plot...

If you ever feel your family might be a bit messed up, just watch this movie. Crispin Glover is brilliant and disturbing. Dylan McDermott seems comfortably normal at first, but later proves he has what it takes to be a part of this crazy family. Harry Dean Stanton plays the patriarch trying to keep the whole thing together.Suzy Amis is convincingly bipolar in a frustrating but also endearing way. Lois Chiles seems to channel some pent up rage that offers several inconveniently funny moments. My favorite bit was the cameo by William S. Burroughs. His line about what happened to "Jim" was so bizarrely out of place, it had me laughing for several minutes.There honestly isn't much of a story to this film. It is just a character study in what might happen if you put a bunch of slightly crazy people together. But in the end, I felt the conclusion was both fitting and satisfying.Five stars because I wouldn't change a thing. It's perfectly weird and wonderful as it is.

Crispin Glover, brilliant, creepy, perfect.
Twister is a masterpiece of dysfunctional, over privileged America.
A disturbing yet delightful study of what could happen to a family
that isnt preoccupied with "jobs" or "personal responsibilities."
For those of us who enjoy the darker side of the human condition,
your in for a real treat!
"Daddy is so mean."

This is the way movies used to me made.