The Fantastic Four: First Steps - Reviews

...brims with sincerity, presenting a heroic squad committed to protecting the Earth, while encouraging the whole world to link arms and do its bit, too. Those are the kind of heroes, it feels, that we need right now.

There is fun to be had, but it all just felt like a live-action episode of a Fantastic Four animated series.

It might not be totally fantastic, but The Fantastic Four: First Steps is entertaining enough summer fare, no more and no less.

...a briskly paced superhero adventure that, like the current “Superman,” tosses viewers into the deep end of the pool from frame one and expects them to swim.

...the first in the MCU, a franchise that has brought much of Marvel Comics’s wildest flights of fancy to life, to really channel the spirit of Kirby’s creations and how that first endeared them to audiences.

...feeling almost like a live-action adaptation of Pixar's animated homage to superheroes. 

...this is another step back in the right direction.

...the actual Fantastic Four are great: There’s a charisma to each of them individually and chemistry between them all.

...is a pretty good time, even if it feels as though it could push its aesthetic into more daring territory.

...a real treat to watch a Marvel film that doesn’t depend on viewers having seen a dozen other films and TV shows.

Marvel's year has just got a whole lot better.

Spending time keeping up with the Richards and Storms makes for a lovely evening.

...is a superhero movie where we're already better. And I love that. 

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