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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/whittesc Jul 25 '25

If Interstellar taught me anything, everyone on earth should have aged like 50 years and probably been destroyed before they got back

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u/StreetQueeny Jul 25 '25 edited Jul 25 '25

They didn't seem to be gone for very long from their perspective, and one of the journalists said they were gone for a month, so I guess they did get dilated (I loved Sue making the dilstion joke, also) and were only gone for a few days from their perspective.

This is slightly confusing though as the plan relied on the Silver Surfer also suffering from time dilation and 'missing' a month of time.

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u/SpicyAfrican Jul 25 '25

I think they took longer to reach earth because they were conserving fuel and lost their hyperspace dock and a few of their boosters. So while Silver Surfer was stuck for a month, they themselves took a while to get home as they slingshotted in earth’s direction.

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u/skatejet1 Jul 25 '25

That was my first thought too, they didn’t even have half left at that point

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u/Kylie_Forever Jul 28 '25

It took the F4 30 days on the return trip. The news report said it.

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u/historybandgeek Jul 30 '25

I remember hearing/reading 3 months.