Fantastic Four
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: August 7, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
27
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 40 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
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18
Negative:
21
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAug 6, 2015
A lightweight and basically unnecessary attempt to once again bring some cinematic life to one of the lesser teams in the Marvel Universe. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzAug 6, 2015
There are no people to watch in Fantastic Four, only collections of character traits and attitudes brought fitfully to life by actors who might've mistakenly thought they were hitching a ride on the superhero movie gravy train by signing up for this misfire. Read full review
33
IndieWireKate ErblandAug 6, 2015
A superhero film with no power and worse special effects that attempts to rewrite a story that's yet to be told effectively. Read full review
30
The New York TimesA.O. ScottAug 6, 2015
This Fantastic Four, directed by Josh Trank from a script he wrote with Simon Kinberg and Jeremy Slater, feels less like a tale of superhero beginnings than like a very long precredit opening sequence. Read full review
30
Screen DailyTim GriersonAug 4, 2015
A good cast led by Miles Teller gets swallowed up in a narrative that grows progressively more muddled and tedious. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeTom RussoAug 17, 2015
Ultimately, what Fantastic Four delivers is change for change’s sake, rather than change for the better. Read full review
25
Tampa Bay TimesSteve PersallAug 6, 2015
Fantastic Four is so mediocre that its title seems like a violation of truth in advertising laws. Read full review
25
Portland OregonianMarc MohanAug 6, 2015
This is the Fantastic Four. Maybe someday they'll get to act like it. Read full review
25
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanAug 6, 2015
The special effects look cheap, the acting is wooden, and the shouted dialogue consists largely of throwaway action-movie cliches (“Let’s do this”) and B-movie sci-fi jargon (“His bioenergy is off the charts!”). Read full review
25
USA TodayBrian TruittAug 6, 2015
An unfortunate movie that does an embarrassing disservice to the decades-old property and is a frightful waste of all the talent involved. Read full review
25
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsAug 6, 2015
From Miles Teller to Kate Mara to Reg E. Cathey, everyone on screen in Fantastic Four speaks in a flat, earnest monotone with a determinedly low-keyed air bordering on openly not giving a rip. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineEric HendersonAug 6, 2015
It adds more grist for the mill to the notion that studios don't hit the big red "reboot" button in any other state than a panic. Read full review
25
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 6, 2015
It’s a joyless relaunch/re-imaging. Read full review
25
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezAug 5, 2015
Fantastic Four is so bereft of all the things we expect from a superhero movie — humor, excitement, adventure, awe — that it plays like a drawn-out pilot episode for an upcoming TV series no one would ever watch again. Read full review
25
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthAug 5, 2015
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. Read full review
20
New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierAug 6, 2015
Someone forgot to put anything fantastic into Fantastic Four. Read full review
20
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyAug 4, 2015
A sense of heaviness, gloom and complete disappointment settles in during the second half, as the mundane set-up results in no dramatic or sensory dividends whatsoever. Read full review
11
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAug 12, 2015
Steer clear, Friends of Ol’ Marvel! Read full review
0
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriAug 6, 2015
Given the level of talent involved both in front of and behind the camera, nobody should feel much joy — no anti-tentpole schadenfreude or blockbuster-busting righteousness — to discover that the latest Fantastic Four film is a catastrophe Read full review
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Rolling StonePeter TraversAug 6, 2015
The latest reboot of the Fantastic Four — the cinematic equivalent of malware — is worse than worthless. Read full review
0
New York PostLou LumenickAug 6, 2015
A lousy script, unfocused direction, incoherent editing, shockingly terrible special effects — and, probably, panicked studio executives — have left its four talented stars muddling through a dull superhero origin story with zero payoff. Read full review
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