Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

While the premise of the movie - that a tornado can cause a nuclear reactor to go into a near meltdown - is a bit far fetched, I find it funny that so many of the reviewers (including some who confidently claimed they worked in the industry) thought the possibility of a reactor going unstable due to a natural disaster was "impossible".I wonder what they would say today, with FOUR of Japan's nuclear reactors going hot. Obviously, cascading failures ARE not only possible, but under the right circumstances (or the most horrific collection of bad luck), probable.Granted, it wasn't a tornado. Heck, it wasn't even the earthquake itself that caused Japan's nukes to go hot. It was the tsunami that followed the quake that led to the disastrous failure of not one, not two, but FOUR reactors. So far the Japanese are barely keeping the rods covered with water - sea water, because they have no pumps to pump in the fresh water that should be used (JUST like in the movie). Even so, 3 of the 4 plants have now suffered major explosions that blew the roof off - literally - and all are emitting unacceptable radiation levels just from the steam releases alone.Turns out the writer of this script was a lot more prescient than anyone gave them credit for when the movie came out! Let's just hope that the ending of Japan's very real nuclear crisis is as good as the ending of the movie - or else it is not just Japan that will pay the price for our foolish arrogance.

I thought it might be from the 'Airplane' stable and expected Leslie Nielson to suddenly appear to check out the reactor with his stethoscope. Admittedly, it was made for TV so we don't expect Hitchcock or Spielberg, nor do we expect quality performances but this film was sunk by cliché, incoherent direction, wooden acting and afternoon soap-opera production values. At every crisis, when we are told everything will go critical in three minutes, we are diverted to another lengthy scene with sloppy, sentimental kids and policemen overcoming their past personality disorders, termagant truckers and 'authority' being challenged. The three minutes must have been up twelve times and counting in the second reel - but this director managed to remove any potential for tension by flabby timing, irrelevant digressions and unintentional humour arising, I suspect, out of a complete lack of empathy with the subject. The cast run about like hysterical hens - even Homer Simpson makes a more convincing safety officer - the technology is plain daft - the dialogue and action is drenched in the sort of syrupy saccharine emotion which seems to dominate the American film industry - and, of course they all 'lurve' each other at the end- The house collapses but the corpse's makeup is intact and the little boy finds his crash helmet before he takes his bicycle out on the freeway! One of the cast prays at the end and so, I suspect, does the producer!

If you are looking for an interesting and believable movie, keep looking and give "Atomic Twister" a pass. If you are a typical guy and/or a fan of Sharon Lawrence, then rent/watch this low-budget perplexing movie. Honestly, whatever acting talents that these performers may possibly have are totally overshadowed by the outrageous plot. This cinematic underwhelming devolves eventually into a showcase for the beautiful Ms. Lawrence's physical attributes, which are noteworthy. The cleavage shots of the babysitter are gratuitous, reflecting the tawdry side of Hollywood's enduring legacy. The attempt at any anticipation- building or credible character development by the plot is almost comical. The actors and actresses clearly needed the money. Sadly, Ms. Lawrence may have felt like she had to over-act all the way through this lame effort. Bottom line: a disaster movie that wasn't for devotees of the Lifetime Channel and bored men who are tired of clicking past too many shopping channels and we've seen all the shows on The History Channel, Discovery Channel, American Choppers, etc.

I knew when I saw the description in the TV guide that this was a winner, then I forgot it was on. Luckily my friend sent me a text to say "This is SO 'so bad its good', I may pee"What higher praise can there be!This movie was nearly as funny as Speed 2 (we were nearly thrown out of the cinema for that one - did no-one else know it was a comedy?)All that was missing here was George Kennedy. Although it did have Carl Lewis!!and did anyone else pick up on the irony/symbolism of the kids playing 'Twister'? Fantastic.Get in some pizza and plenty of alcohol, you won't have a better evening's entertainment!!