2025 · documentary
The Twister: Caught in the Storm
Directed by Alexandra Lacey1h 29m2025
In May 2011, a massive tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri. With pulse-pounding firsthand footage, this documentary goes inside a deadly twister.
Our read: The Twister: Caught in the Storm (2025) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded documentary entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured documentary, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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