Fantastic Four

Name: Fantastic Four
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Released: July 8, 2005
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 40
Cast: Chris Evans, Hamish Linklater, Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis

2005

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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: July 8, 2005 | PG-13

Starring: Chris Evans, Hamish Linklater, Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis

Summary: Marvel's first family of comic superheroes takes the world by storm as the longest running comic book series in history comes to the big screen. [20th Century Fox]

Director: Tim Story

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Fantasy

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 106 min

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William Arnold

It's done with an agreeable confidence and flair, the actors all fit comfortably in their roles and the effects are fun. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

I don't think it will seriously disappoint longtime fans, but it made me itchy as I watched it unfold in ways that the comics never did when I read them in the '60s. Read full review

Joe Leydon

A wildly uneven, sporadically slapdash action-adventure that amuses in fits and starts. Read full review

Pete Vonder Haar

The release of Fantastic Four marks the beginning of the end for movies based on Marvel Comics' upper tier of characters. Read full review

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

A comic-book movie unashamed of its roots, meaning it's unabashed about being silly, overwrought nonsense, which works to its benefit--so much so that you're almost rooting for it by the end. Read full review

Jack Mathews

It needed a star like Clooney at its center, and a character actor like Alan Rickman as Dr. Doom. You don't expect realism from a comic-book movie, but you do want the characters to seem larger than life. Read full review

Premiere Aaron Hillis

From less a purist's standpoint than a seeker of serviceable junk food, this comprehensive waste of time is too bouncy to be an "Elektra" bummer, but should make Marvel mascot Stan Lee think twice about burning another lucrative bridge with unintentional hilarity. Read full review

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ImpostirEvil

Aug 10, 2015

Good times, FF needed a new look, very reminiscent of the Ultimate FF by Millar. Enjoyed Doom as well. Love the Sci-Fi explorer approach. The new actors on board were great.

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Jun 10, 2021

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BlazeC.

Dec 6, 2005

The movie was really good and I think that the critics are wrong. It was a great story with great graphics..... IT WAS A GREAT MOVIE !!!!!!

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TheElusivePossom

Aug 30, 2005

You have to take a film like Fantastic Four with a pinch of salt, because it is what it is: an FX-laden, cheesy-line-riddled action-fest. In terms of depth, it's on a par below X-men and Spiderman, swapping multi-dimensional character presentation and believable plights with tighter You have to take a film like Fantastic Four with a pinch of salt, because it is what it is: an FX-laden, cheesy-line-riddled action-fest. In terms of depth, it's on a par below X-men and Spiderman, swapping multi-dimensional character presentation and believable plights with tighter costumes and firmer buttocks; perhaps a fair trade? The film reflects the powers of its heroes well: it seems hot at first, but soon requires huge stretches of imagination, resulting in a plot that is rocky, and at times invisible. The extent to which The Thing's wife harshly breaks of their marriage based on his new image is ridiculous. Otherwise, the film manages to hold your interest for as long as it lasts, but culminates in a dire conclusion (it hurts to compare the final epic battle of this film and any other super-hero flick, it really does). Just about worth seeing, but everyone will anyway.… Expand

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Onlyclassicvg1

Dec 25, 2020

Not all that bad but better than that disaster from 2015. Is it a masterpiece? no. Is it acceptable? Yes! The story is acceptable, good characters, good acting, and actually fun. I do get why most people hate it but like I said before it's

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CineAutoctono

Jul 25, 2015

Here 's another Marvel movie because beyond the Fantastic Four director Tim Story was fair as in the sequel, but do not despair because the restart in this year will be better than the two of Story.

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RobertoL.

Sep 17, 2005

Worst comic book film ever.

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