The film is affable enough, though nothing much seems to be at stake.
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Fantastic Four (2005)
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Reviews Counted: 189
Fresh: 50
Rotten:139
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Consensus: Fantastic Four is a goofy, mediocre entry in the superhero genre.
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Theatrical Release: Jul 8, 2005 Wide
Box Office: $154,485,963
Synopsis: Inventor, astronaut and scientist Dr. Reed Richards' (Ioan Gruffudd) lifelong dream is close to being realized. He is spearheading a trip to outer space, to the center of a cosmic storm. There he hopes to unlock the secrets of the human... [More]
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis
Director: Tim Story
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Reviews for Fantastic Four
After the recent crop of enjoyable superhero movies, this is just an embarassment.
01/15/08
Tim Story gives the Marvel comics superheroes the Barbershop treatment.
06/27/07
Shows how filmmaking through market research, screenwriting by committee, and over-dependence on moviemaking technology can result in huge, colourful, loud but totally vacuous and heartless movies.
06/04/07
Marvel Comics continues to empty out its stable of superheroes with this entertaining tale.
04/25/07
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Not all comic-book films have to be as weighty and angst-filled as a graphic novel. Fantastic Four is neither fantastic nor incredible, but it's entertaining nonetheless.
09/22/06
Finally, a movie that explores what happens when a group of people who can’t get along find themselves freakishly mutated by cosmic radiation!
05/12/06
...there is little sense of wonder or excitement in Fantastic Four. It is merely a middling contender among a surplus of superhero movies.
11/27/05
Aquí lo que cuenta es tener una buena bolsa de palomitas y dejarse llevar por la nostalgia del cuarteto más famoso del mundo después de Los Beatles. Sólo eso.
11/27/05
When the playboy, joke-around character is the best part of the film, you know you have problems.
11/11/05
If the equally naive Superman were released today, would it receive a similarly cold reception?
08/24/05
[A]part from some undeniably slick effects … the wow factor in this movie is surprisingly minute … [O]nly Julian McMahon's nefarious psycho, Dr. Doom, shows real promise here.
08/02/05
Light, brisk, fun, daring, then an awesome bridge crash scene! Then it's down hill from there. Still, just barely above average.
07/31/05
Director Tim Story manages to give it no character whatever, with the casting making things worse.
07/30/05
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