Synopsis
Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
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Cast
- Miles TellerReed Richards / Mr. Fantastic
- Michael B. JordanJohnny Storm / The Human Torch
- Kate MaraSue Storm / Invisible Woman
- Jamie BellBen Grimm / The Thing
- Toby KebbellDoctor Victor von Doom
- Reg E. CatheyDr. Franklin Storm
- Tim Blake NelsonHarvey Elder
- Joshua MontesQuarterback Speech School Kid
- Dan CastellanetaMr. Kenny
- Owen JudgeYoung Reed
Recommendations
- 50
Variety
Ultimately, Fox’s stab at reviving one of its inherited Marvel properties feels less like a blockbuster for this age of comics-oriented tentpoles than it does another also-ran — not an embarrassment, but an experiment that didn’t gel. - 49
TheWrap
Director Josh Trank, whose debut feature “Chronicle” put a smart new spin on superhero tropes, has assembled a quartet of engaging, charismatic performers and stranded them in a miasma of exposition and set-up that sinks the movie. - 40
Time Out London
This reboot of the Marvel superhero franchise is a film of two halves: the first likeable and fun, the second tiresome and loud. - 40
The Guardian
The cast are some of the most promising actors of their generation, but what chemistry there is between them is swept away by wave after wave of expository dialogue and ludicrous exclamation. - 40
Total Film
Ponderous, pretentious and, most damning of all, just not much fun. - 40
Empire
As an origin story that’s all origins and no story, there’s a hollow, stale feeling to this occasionally admirable attempt to Nolanise Marvel’s dysfunctional family. - 30
Screen Daily
A good cast led by Miles Teller gets swallowed up in a narrative that grows progressively more muddled and tedious. - 25
The Playlist
In turning his back on the familiar tropes of blockbuster comic book movies, Trank doesn't have a clear new identity for Fantastic Four to distinguish itself with, and the result is a movie rich with possibilities, but trapped in the basic structure of a superhero movie, with no idea of how to wholly circumvent traditional expectations.
