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(1 - 50) of 56 OFCS Rating: 25% Rotten Page   12   > Next 1.5/5 "Let's hope the follow-ups turn out to be better -- they could hardly be worse."   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel "After such recent downers as 'War of the Worlds' and 'Dark Water,' this campy film version of Marvel’s longest-running comic book series is a breath of fresh air."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker F "Oh yes, it’s Catwoman bad."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf 2/5 "Whole chunks of necessary explanation feel like they’ve been left on the cutting room floor"   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null "As Marvel comics fans already know, being zapped by a radioactive cloud in outer space alters your DNA according to your sense of self."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 1/5 "Michael Chiklis won't have to put on that uncomfortable Thing outfit again."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 1/5 "Ten years in the making, and this is all we get?"   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius B- "Aficionados of the comic book will cringe... but hey, it's a fun popcorn flick."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 1/4 "An obnoxious movie in which potential adventure is sideswiped in favor of watery characters and dialogue that feels like it was lifted from five or six reality shows."   Cinemaphile.org   David Keyes 2.5/4 "Fantastic Four is essentially campy fun; this is the sort of movie Schumacher's Batman and Robin was trying to be."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C- "Far less than fantastic."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 1/4 "A painful, sluggish black hole of simultaneous bad ideas and no ideas at all."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman F "Potential audiences would be better entertained by reading all the reviews to see how many synonyms can be used for the word "bad." And it would be much cheaper, too."   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens D+ "Everything about it bears the stench of amateurs, from the unspectacular special effects to the sitcom-lame dialogue to the butchered storyline."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 1/4 "Falls below even the likes of Batman & Robin and The Punisher and all involved should be ashamed of actually inviting comparisons to the shelved Roger Corman adaptation."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B- "Fantastic Four is what it is, and I'm okay with what it is."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 2/4 "One wonders if an added character named Sleeperman would consider joining the crew because then this simplistic sci-fi dud could have been dubbed as Fantastic Snore"   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng D "Could have been dumb fun...unfortunately, the filmmakers succeed in getting only the dumb part right, omitting the fun entirely."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek C "You can feel the flopsweat of the screenwriters, laboring to make their jokes work and their scenes interesting."   Mixed Reviews   Gabriel Shanks 2.5/4 "This movie is more like a B-grade comic book adaptation than the A-list production it should have been."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 1.5/5 "On its own terms, Fantastic Four is a pretty lousy movie, but it looks even worse coming on the heels of so many recent first-rate comic book adaptations."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 2/4 "It’s not particularly fantastic, but Fantastic Four is passable summer popcorn fare."   Sci-Fi Movie Page   James O'Ehley 1/5 "All-talk, no-action superhero flick is a dull, drab mess of shallow plots, dull characters and bland effects."   Netflix   James Rocchi 4/10 "The most endearing terms I might come up with for this film are 'dorky' and 'cute,' but 'cute' is never what a superhero movie aspires to be."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen "It might help if Alba could act, though I doubt her horny legion of fans will complain."   Pajiba   Jeremy C. Fox 5/10 "Not all that exciting to watch, let me tell you."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 3/4 "A better than average comic book effort."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 62/100 "No disgrace, but it's far from a classic either."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi 5/10 "...there is little sense of wonder or excitement in Fantastic Four. It is merely a middling contender among a surplus of superhero movies."   DVDTown.com   John J. Puccio 2/10 "It is, in no way, an improvement over the unreleased Roger Corman version from 1994."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 3/4 "Aquí lo que cuenta es tener una buena bolsa de palomitas y dejarse llevar por la nostalgia del cuarteto más famoso del mundo después de Los Beatles. Sólo eso."   Moviola   Jorge Avila Andrade 2.5/5 "full review in Greek"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 2/5 "Almost fantastically bad."   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 2.5/4.0 "Not a great film but a good opening chapter... a film about a superhero family that’s actually a family-friendly superhero film."   MovieCrypt.com   Kevin A. Ranson 4/5 "There was nothing that I could point to and say, “That was stupid.” Considering the atomic wasteland of superhero properties committed to film, that’s saying a lot."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 3/5 "Fantásticamente ignominiosa pero culpablemente entretenida"   Cinenganos   Luis Martinez "[L]ike a kiddie ride when I’ve been primed to expect the biggest, baddest, meanest emotional-roller coaster of a sexy action movie when it’s all about guys in tights."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/4 "A fairly dull, thoroughly mediocre adventure--hardly the cinematic treatment Marvel's first family deserves."   Mr. Brown's Movies   Michael Dequina 2.5/4 "We know what comic book movies are capable of being. They can have greatness in them. Fantastic Four has nothing more than okay-ness."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B- "The FF are unpretentious and nerdy and they bicker with each other, giving the film a loose, buoyant quality in between action sequences."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 1.5/4 "A wasted opportunity to breathe fresh life into the Marvel universe's long-stodgy elder statesmen. "   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 1/5 "Ao menos, a versão de Corman se assumia como lixo."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 2/5 "Fantastic Four is anything but, and should serve as an indication that maybe its time to put the brakes on the current avalanche of comic book adaptations."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 2.5/5 "Despite a good cast, this is a badly made film that only barely works as brainless filler."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline D- "This new adaptation is sorely lacking in nearly everything that made FF such a blast. It's poorly acted, written and directed."   TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)   Rick Curnutte 4/5 "The film is affable enough, though nothing much seems to be at stake."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves C- "Low indeed have Marvel's fortunes sunk when this is the best they can send against their archrival's superior Batman Begins."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C "Along the lines of such tongue-in-cheek action films as “Sahara” and “National Treasure.”"   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 3/5 "A not-great movie made slightly better by the addition of some extra character development and breathing room, the Fantastic Four Extended Edition is a must-own for fans of the original comic book."   DVDTalk.com   Scott Weinberg 2/5 "Can be fun if your expectations are low enough."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell  (1 - 50) of 56 OFCS Rating: 25% Rotten Page   12   > Next