A funky, fun film version of the famous Marvel superhero concoction, one of the earliest of the revisionist wave of supes and in some ways the most lovable or at least the most knowable.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
Frustrating because it doesn't seem far removed from a wholly enjoyable motion picture, but the tempo's off, beats are missed, and the production ends up sounding out-of-tune.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Claudia Puig
There's nothing terribly fantastic about this ho-hum futuristic foray.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
This clumsy, cheesy, chintzy adaptation, with its F/X that look dated the moment you see them, is like something left over from the '60s.Read Full Review »
Fails to be anything more than a mild summertime diversion. Based on the Marvel comic book, it's a prototypical air conditioner movie.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Stephanie Zacharek
Fantastic Four doesn't expand on, or even illuminate, anything much beyond the most basic theme of what it feels like to be an adolescent misfit. This is a comic-book movie that actually makes an effort not to go over kids' heads.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Dana Stevens
Compared with the psychological probing and spiritual brooding of "Batman Begins," Fantastic Four is proudly dumb, loud and inconsequential.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
There's nothing remotely fantastic about this Fantastic Four.Read Full Review »
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Slate: David Edelstein
An overinflated B-movie with no grace, no subtext, no wit, and featuring beefcake/cheesecake actors who look like they've been plucked from the soaps.Read Full Review »
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