Fantastic Four (2005)
Four astronauts have their lives changed forever, when they end up being hit by a cloud of cosmic radiation and gain superpowers. Reed Richards now has the ability to stretch his body like elastic. Sue Storm is now the invisible woman. Johnny Storm becomes the human touch and Ben Grimm becomes the ';;;;Thing';;;;, a man made out of rock. Together, they use their unique powers to explore the strange aspects of the world, and to foil the evil plans of Doctor Doom.
8 December 1955, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
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8 June 1978, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
30 October 1970, Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
28 November 1975, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
9 April 1978, California, USA
14 March 1971, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
22 January 1956, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
17 December 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
13 January 1964, London, England, UK
17 March 1975, Smithers, British Columbia, Canada
April 29, 2009
Some comics just shouldn't be turned in to movies...
April 16, 2009
Director Tim Story ("Barbershop") sets an uneven tempo for the embarrassingly clunky script by Michael France ("Hulk") and Mark Frost ("Storyville").
October 18, 2008
The film is made in the internet equivalent of capital letters and its simplistic morality stands out on the big screen more so than on the small page.
April 26, 2011
Fantastic Four is terribly miscast. It's poorly written, visually uninteresting, and worst of all, boring. The film drags considerably. There are huge gaps without any action and it brings the pacing to an unbearable crawl.
July 12, 2005
Before the inevitable and surprisingly anticlimactic battle with Doom, we are treated to two extreme-sports demonstrations, several training montages, [and] an ill-advised love triangle.
August 03, 2015
Lee and Kirby built Marvel Comics on the foundation of the FF and it's no stretch to say this franchise could still be going strong a decade later with a better opening act.
July 11, 2005
Bland performances throughout. And really, who wants to make Jessica Alba the invisible girl? What a bad idea. I want her to be visible at all times.
June 24, 2006
Fantastic it most certainly ain't.
March 22, 2011
Fantastic Four is actually very true to its source material - often literally so - but generally misses the spirit entirely.
September 26, 2005
A garish mediocrity.
July 08, 2005
It exists largely to entertain and delight, which used to be precisely what summer blockbusters were engineered to do.
April 25, 2007
Marvel Comics continues to empty out its stable of superheroes with this entertaining tale.
