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Released in 1990, Twister had the misfortune of being distributed by Kitchen Confidential DVDs the comically hapless studio Vestron. But even if it hadn’t been, its commercial prospects would seem limited at best: A film whose most saleable element is a classic Crispin Glover performance isn’t likely to challenge the Jerry Bruckheimer productions of the world. The feature-length directorial debut of Michael Almereyda,Twister centers on a Midwestern family whose patriarch’s wealth allows its members to spend their days indulging their eccentricities. but Woo and his cast are so infectiously earnest The Glades DVDs and unbridled in their delivery that the occasional groaners don’t take away from the fun.

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