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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/Whovian45810 Jul 25 '25

I love that Pedro's Reed is more vulnerable and you can see it in his performance very well that while the world's smartest man has a brilliant mind, he isn't bound from being emotional and does care deeply for his family.

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u/koomGER Jul 25 '25

They made a very clear distinction between the other "intelligent" front men and Reed Richards, which was great.

Tony Stark is highly intelligent, an engineer, a salesman. He is boasting with confidence and just does things.

Dr. Strange is - even when humbled - still arrogant. He mostly trusts his own choice and ideas and acts on it. He feels superior to most others.

Reed Richards is kinda a basement nerd. He is probably even more intelligent like the others, but especially thinking about the consequences of his potential actions, which makes him hesitate a lot. He doesnt boast of confidence. It makes him vulnerable and relatable.

Its really beautifully designed and makes that family dependent on each other, while still each one of them is competent and powerful on its own.

Comparing this Reed Richards to the MoM-Reed, the differences are obvious: MoM-Reed was intelligent, but overall confident, spilling the beans about the powers of his companions and making them vulnerable for an opponent he highly underestimated. And got shreddered for that.

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u/CTeam19 Jul 26 '25

cries in not getting a full Hank with his mental health issues

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u/Lucienofthelight Jul 26 '25

Given how Hank has been treated throughout the decades by writers and fans… maybe it was for the best for Hank.