Four young outsiders teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe which alters their physical form in shocking ways. The four must learn to harness their new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.
Don't believe the anti-hype. This is a feisty B-movie that has something to say.
The latest Marvel comic-book adventure is straining for indie credibility while moving at a glacial pace – wasting some fine actors in the process.
The first part of a two-part film you can’t watch just yet, Fantastic Four ends on an optimistic, just-you-wait-for-the-sequel note. But 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.
Drab and humourless superhero reboot from Chronicle director Josh Trank.
The plot of this updated reboot is full of black holes.
Ponderous, pretentious and, most damning of all, just not much fun. Flame off.
The Marvel superhero family’s poor relations deserve so much more than this dire reboot.
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