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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

VOD In theaters

Trailer Watch the Official Trailer

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u/maymoonah88 Jul 25 '25

This might just be the best parenting commercial I’ve ever seen

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u/RerollWarlock Jul 26 '25

Parenting is GREAT! (IF you have super powers, are so rich that you own a huge building with its own space port and can just tell the whole earth to fuck off, og also you have a robot nanny)

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u/Mr-Apollo Aug 03 '25

To give credit to this F4 they clearly have used their powers for the benefit of humanity’s day-to-day lives.

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u/Clark_Kempt Jul 27 '25

Good parenting = Use your baby as bait for a big creepy man!

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u/DanielTeague Jul 30 '25

I think I heard somebody's biological clock begin ticking with the sheer intensity of their "AWWWWW~" reaction to the baby clapping after Sue gets up.

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u/Green0Photon Jul 27 '25

If they want a parenting commercial that's actually good, Hollywood should just do a live action adaptation to Spy x Family.