Rotten
An off-brand superhero movie, the cinematic equivalent of one of those generic breakfast cereals with a badly drawn squirrel for a mascot.
Dana Stevens, Slate
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Discover the secret of the Surfer.
2007 · 1h 32m · PG
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Directed by
Tim Story
Overview
The Fantastic Four return to the big screen as a new and all powerful enemy threatens the Earth. The seemingly unstoppable 'Silver Surfer', but all is not what it seems and there are old and new enemies that pose a greater threat than the intrepid superheroes realize.
Director and cast
- Tim Story Director
- Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic
- Jessica Alba as Sue Richards / Invisible Woman
- Chris Evans as Johnny Storm / Human Torch
- Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm / The Thing
- Julian McMahon as Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom
- Laurence Fishburne as Silver Surfer (voice)
- Doug Jones as Norrin Radd / Silver Surfer
- Kerry Washington as Alicia Masters
- Andre Braugher as General Hager
- Beau Garrett Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
38%
Tomatometer
Rotten
The performances are plywooden, the cornball visual gags are groanworthy, and Tim Story still can't direct his way out a sack with a map.
David Fear, Time Out New York
Rotten
It's funnier and splashier than the original, but I still can't quite recommend it.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
The first movie's genesis story was more fun than the perfunctory doomsday scheme trotted out here.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rotten
If you swept the cosmic dust of the superhero boom into a flimsy dustpan, you'd have the Fantastic Four franchise.
Scott Brown, Entertainment Weekly
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