Fantastic Four (2005) Critic Reviews

There's nothing terribly fantastic about this ho-hum futuristic foray.Read the full review

Compared with the psychological probing and spiritual brooding of "Batman Begins," Fantastic Four is proudly dumb, loud and inconsequential.Read the full review

An overinflated B-movie with no grace, no subtext, no wit, and featuring beefcake/cheesecake actors who look like they've been plucked from the soaps.Read the full review

This "Four" ain't so "Fantastic."Read the full review

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.Read the full review

A wildly uneven, sporadically slapdash action-adventure that amuses in fits and starts.Read the full review

The result is a movie groping for a comic tone while its FX machinery spews vast clouds of visual gibberish.Read the full review

A garish mediocrity.Read the full review

Fails to be anything more than a mild summertime diversion. Based on the Marvel comic book, it's a prototypical air conditioner movie.Read the full review