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Fantastic Four

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Scientist Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) persuades his arrogant former classmate, Victor von Doom (Julian McMahon), to fund his experiments with cosmic energy. On von Doom's space station, the crew -- including astronaut Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis), researcher Sue Storm (Jessica Alba) and pilot Johnny Storm (Chris Evans) -- are exposed to a mysterious cosmic storm that bestows super powers upon them. As they cope with their transformations, von Doom vows his revenge.
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Marred by goofy attempts at wit, subpar acting, and bland storytelling, Fantastic Four is a mediocre attempt to bring Marvel's oldest hero team to the big screen.

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J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Marvel Comics continues to empty out its stable of superheroes with this entertaining tale. Apr 25, 2007 Full Review Mark Salisbury Time Out Fantastic it most certainly ain't. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Keith Phipps AV Club A garish mediocrity. Sep 26, 2005 Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Fails to live up to its namesake or to the accomplishments of other Marvel features that paved the way for this adaptation. Rated: 2/5 Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand [Director Tim] Story and his writers never manage to capture the family dynamics that writer Stan Lee introduced in comics or the sense of power and scale created by [artist Jack] Kirby. Sep 5, 2025 Full Review Adrian Martin Film Critic: Adrian Martin This is a strictly by-the-numbers superhero blockbuster. Rated: 2/5 Jul 30, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Bentley M The opening scene of reed ruining the proposal of Sue and Victor is kinda funny in the way they did it. The scene where they get hit by the solar blast looks really bad but it was suspenseful to see if Ben makes it in time. The scene where victor is talking to the board reminded me of the science of Green Goblin in Spider-Man in 2002. The science of Johnny and the Nurse is hilarious and the dinner where Sue and Reed figure out they have powers is awesome even if the CGI is pretty bad. Reed using his powers to get into Ben’s room looks weird but his power will weird however you do it. When Debbie leaves her ring on the floor and Ben can’t pick it up is just sad irony. I feel for Ben in this movie. When Victor comes to the Baxter building and starts yelling at reed and Ben shows up and see him. I almost see it as Victor feeling bad for Ben and toning it down for him. That’s is just me though. I love how there is a montage of everyone using their powers in way you would never think of like reed stretching his face to shave. The CGI I keep complaining about is for a reason like when Victor blows a hole in one of his boards members chest looks terrible. “Susie, look at me. What I would do to be invisible.” Is the greatest line in the movie and shows us how Ben feels about everything he doesn’t want to be a thing, he wants to be himself. The scene after Ben leaves after smashing the toy really shows me how good Joseph Quinn as Johnny was. This movie makes Johnny seem like the most oblivious and dumbest person, which kind of irritates me. I actually really like the design for doctor doom in this movie, I wouldn’t be mad if this is what it looked like in Avengers Doomsday. Since we are talking about suits, I don’t really like the suits for the Fantastic Four. They are a little bland and the blue is too dark, and the logo should have been in the middle and not to the side. I like how Doom is poking fun at Reed by giving him science lessons even though Reed is technically smart her than Doom. I like the fight scene with Doom and Ben but I don’t think Doom could just throw Ben like a rag doll. The final battle is awesome too. Sue’a nose bleeding shows how her power takes a massive toll on her body. Johnny going supernova was awesome. Ben saying “Flame On, Kid” was awesome and I don’t really like Doctor Doom becoming almost like a statue in the final battle. Sue and Reed marrying at the end was poetic to how she was gonna marry Victor. Now this review is MASSIVE because I was writing as I was watching the movie so I was writing in time with everything happening and what I thought. Overall this is a dumb fun movie to watch it wasn’t bad at all and was actually a fun time. The CGI could have been better but for it’s time it’s okay. The plot was okay but overall a 3/5 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/03/25 Full Review Hayden H Chris Evans is Amazing at Human Torch a great and fun movie! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/02/25 Full Review Uncle R. The film is not comic accurate. It’s very slow, and very bland. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/09/25 Full Review Cheryl T This movie was fantastic Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/21/25 Full Review Sebastian D Chris Evans’ brash energy as Johnny Storm sparks a few fun moments, but they’re buried under a sluggish pace and generic villain. The tone wobbles between campy and dull, never capturing the Fantastic Four’s epic potential. It’s a relic of pre-MCU stumbles, watchable only for nostalgic curiosity but a letdown for fans craving superhero grandeur. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/21/25 Full Review JBird a Fantastic Four is a good film to watch, Tim story did good with directing and bringing this movie to the big screen 20 years ago when it was the Year 2005 .cast such as Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans & Michael chiklis. Julian McMahon played a better Doctor Doom this film R.I.P to him. I like the movie but the film can use more action though it really had a lot of action in it though in the story I'm glad they stick with the original comic book of how they became superheroes and how they got in their powers in space. which is actually not too bad though. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby did good with creating these amazing superheroes. I give this film The B+ . it's not too bad to watch but the film could use more action scenes instead of it being at the end of the movie Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/14/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Scientist Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd) persuades his arrogant former classmate, Victor von Doom (Julian McMahon), to fund his experiments with cosmic energy. On von Doom's space station, the crew -- including astronaut Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis), researcher Sue Storm (Jessica Alba) and pilot Johnny Storm (Chris Evans) -- are exposed to a mysterious cosmic storm that bestows super powers upon them. As they cope with their transformations, von Doom vows his revenge.
Director
Tim Story
Creator
Stan Lee
Producer
Chris Columbus, Avi Arad
Screenwriter
Mark Frost
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
20th Century Fox, Marvel Enterprises, 1492 Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Suggestive Content|Sequences of Intense Action)
Genre
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 8, 2005, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 26, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$154.7M
Runtime
1h 46m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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