Fantastic Four (I) (2005)
Critic Reviews
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ReelViews James Berardinelli
Frustrating because it doesn't seem far removed from a wholly enjoyable motion picture, but the tempo's off, beats are missed, and the production ends up sounding out-of-tune.
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63
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Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
I don't think it will seriously disappoint longtime fans, but it made me itchy as I watched it unfold in ways that the comics never did when I read them in the '60s.
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50
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
This clumsy, cheesy, chintzy adaptation, with its F/X that look dated the moment you see them, is like something left over from the '60s.
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50
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Variety Joe Leydon
A wildly uneven, sporadically slapdash action-adventure that amuses in fits and starts.
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50
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Washington Post Desson Thomson
This "Four" ain't so "Fantastic."
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50
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Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
Even if you can get past the acting -- and in the case of the beautiful, blank Alba, that's asking a lot -- the film just sits there, not exactly torturous, but never very exciting, either.
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50
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Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
It's fun to watch superheroes who aren't quite at ease with their abilities, but "The Incredibles" - last year's similarly themed animated film - is livelier and funnier.
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40
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Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky
A comic-book movie unashamed of its roots, meaning it's unabashed about being silly, overwrought nonsense, which works to its benefit--so much so that you're almost rooting for it by the end.
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38
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Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea
There's nothing remotely fantastic about this Fantastic Four.
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30
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L.A. Weekly Scott Foundas
Directing seems an unduly elegant term for what Hollywood hack du jour Tim Story (Barbershop, Taxi) does here -- the action scenes are so choppily constructed that their excitement disappears faster than the Invisible Woman.
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