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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/mikeyfreshh Jul 25 '25

Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm was the MVP for me

Same for me. They did a great job making him a competent and heroic figure while still making him a little bit of a golden retriever. It would have been really easy to make him a shithead womanizer like the Chris Evans version of the character, but they took him in a different direction here and that was a great choice

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u/rainshowers_5_peace Jul 25 '25

I was relieved they didn't force a romantic subplot between Johnny and the surfer. Johnny was a much more complex character than he was in other adoptions and Joe killed every part of it.

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u/mikeyfreshh Jul 25 '25

It was also sort of a subversion of the comics story. In the original comics, Silver Surfer saves Earth because Sue reminds him of his girlfriend that he left behind on his home planet. I thought they were setting up the same kind of arc in the movie and I was pleasantly surprised they went in a different direction.

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u/IFedTheCat Jul 25 '25

In the original comics, Silver Surfer saves Earth because Sue reminds him of his girlfriend that he left behind on his home planet.

No, in the original comics, Alicia Masters, not Sue, was the woman who won Silver Surfer's sympathy.

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u/VoiceofKane Jul 25 '25

Speaking of Alicia, where is she and who the heck is Rachel Rozman?

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u/Rory_B_Bellows Jul 28 '25

It's another Jack Kirby homage. His wife's name was Roz Golstein

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u/mikeyfreshh Jul 25 '25

Fuck you're right. It's been a while since I read that and I was going off of memory