40
Metascore
35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliFrustrating 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.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonI 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.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThis clumsy, cheesy, chintzy adaptation, with its F/X that look dated the moment you see them, is like something left over from the '60s.
- 50VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA wildly uneven, sporadically slapdash action-adventure that amuses in fits and starts.
- 50Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonThis "Four" ain't so "Fantastic."
- 50Miami HeraldRene RodriguezMiami HeraldRene RodriguezEven 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.
- 50Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittIt'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.
- 40Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskyA 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.
- 38Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaThere's nothing remotely fantastic about this Fantastic Four.
- 30L.A. WeeklyScott FoundasL.A. WeeklyScott FoundasDirecting 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.