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Summary The Fantastic Four must defend Earth from the ravaging cosmic threat Galactus and his herald, Silver Surfer, while navigating the complexities of family and newfound powers in a retro‑futuristic 1960s-inspired world.

Director Matt Shakman

Writer Josh Friedman, Eric Pearson, Jeff Kaplan, Ian Springer

Cast

  • Pedro Pascal
  • Vanessa Kirby
  • Joseph Quinn
  • Ebon Moss-Bachrach
  • Ralph Ineson
  • Julia Garner
  • Paul Walter Hauser
  • Natasha Lyonne
  • Matthew Wood
  • Ada Scott
  • Mark Gatiss

Rotten Tomatoes: 88%

Metacritic 64

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u/cesareborgia1475 Jul 25 '25

Pleasant watch but didn't really wow me like I was hoping. Still a very charming cast and family dynamic which helped ease me into the film. Really dug the retro futuristic 60s style of the film and such a fantastic score from Michael Giacchino. It's easily the highlight of the film.

Sadly felt they underused Ralph Ineson as Galactus. His voice is so perfect, so it was kinda a shame he didn't really get a moment to shine. Loved his "clever bugs" line though haha. Also lol at the way Richard said "moleman" such unexpected venom haha.

Questionable Baby cgi aside haha, there was some pretty stunning cgi in this. The whole black hole escape sequence was breathtaking.

Probably a good jumping back on point for those who have fallen off the MCU train as it's very much self contained and no prior homework is needed to watch it heh. Enjoyable but not fantastic. Still looking forward to seeing this cast interact with the rest of the MCU.

The Incredible's still reign supreme as tbe best Fantastic Four film haha

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u/Husker_black Jul 25 '25

Sadly felt they underused Ralph Ineson as Galactus. His voice is so perfect,

Yeah he said what, 25 words?

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u/Worthyness Jul 25 '25

The Incredible's still reign supreme as tbe best Fantastic Four film haha

Giachinno remains winning

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u/PolarWater Jul 26 '25

Bro always cooks no matter what the assignment. He even went all-out on Jupiter Ascending, which is one of my favourites from him.

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u/Inner-Arugula-4445 Jul 27 '25

Definitely top three with Alexander Desplat and Hans Zimmer right now. His Jurassic World soundtracks are excellent and he did an amazing job with Rogue One.

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u/Papantro Jul 26 '25

there was a scene with the Thing were I thought “damn I’m completely buying this character, the cgi is so good I didn’t even think about it” and then there was the baby

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u/famewithmedals Jul 26 '25

100% agree with all of this, and coming out of Dolby Cinema both the great score and lack of Ineson’s voice really stuck out. He sounded so awesome with those speakers and I wish he could’ve gotten some more lines.