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Fantastic Four Reviews

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Movie Info

Genre :

Superhero, Sci-Fi, Action

Release Date :

July 08, 2005

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Tim Story

Starring :

Michael Chiklis, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, Jessica Alba, Julian McMahon, Maria Menounos, Kerry Washington, Hamish Linklater

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  4 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 4

“..sporadically entertaining but never amounts to more than "Mediocre Four."..”
by Jeff Vice [Deseret News, Salt Lake City]
3.5 of 5

“..really only will earn its moniker among faithful fans...”
by Jeff Farance [The Daytona Beach News-Journal]
2.5 of 4

“..Of all the recent movies derived from comic books, Fantastic Four is among the weakest..”
by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
2 of 5

“..not even interesting enough..”
by Kevin Canfield [The Journal News]
1.5 of 4

“..it's still a major let-down..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
1 of 4

“..isn't worth stealing..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
1 of 5

“..isn't particularly good either..”
by Eric Lurio [Greenwich Village Gazette]
2 of 4

“..isn't a good movie by any means, but parts of it are enjoyable...”
by Daniel Neman [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
2.5 of 4

“..is more like a B-grade comic book adaptation than the A-list production it should have been...”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2.5 of 4

“..is entertaining enough..”
by Tony Norman [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
7 of 10

“..entertaining, but not quite as good as it could have been..”
by Scott Chitwood [Comingsoon]
“..emerges as a tone-deaf mishmash of underdeveloped characters, half-baked humor and unhatched plotting drenched in CGI overkill...”
by Michael Rechtshaffen [The Hollywood Reporter]
4 of 5

“..Director Tim Story does a good job..”
by Jim Pappas [The Trades]
3 of 5

“..clumsy, cheesy, chintzy adaptation..”
by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly]
2 of 5

“..can be fun if your expectations are low enough...”
by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic]
“..an adequate summer popcorn movie..”
by Jean Lowerison [San Diego Metropolitan]
3.5 of 5

“..A fun but deeply flawed movie..”
by [E! Online]
3 of 5

“..a brutally average piece of disposable summer entertainment..”
by Chris Vognar [The Dallas Morning News]
6 of 10
Reviewed by Avril Carruthers [Movie-Vault]
4 of 5
Reviewed by William Arnold [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
4 of 5
Reviewed by Rob Alicea [The Cinema Source]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Brian McKay [EFilmCritic]
3 of 5
Reviewed by Richard Scheib [SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Michael Wilmington [Chicago Tribune]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Ethan Alter [NYC Film Critic]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Scott Mantz [Entertainment Insiders]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Frank Swietek [One Guy's Opinion]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Michael Senft [The Arizona Republic]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Matthew Reynolds [Hollywood]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Glenn Whipp [L.A. Daily News]
2 of 4
Reviewed by Duane Dudek [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Rob Blackwelder [SPLICEDwire]
Reviewed by Scott Foundas [L.A. Weekly]

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