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Fresh:10
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Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: While an improvement on its predecessor, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is nevertheless a juvenile, simplistic picture that has little benefit beyond its special effects.
Runtime: 1 hr 32 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $131,766,943
Synopsis: The sequel to the 2005 blockbuster FANTASTIC FOUR, RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER finds the Marvel superhero quartet of Reed Richards (Ioan Gruffudd), Sue Storm (Jessica Alba), Johnny Storm (Chris... [More]
Starring: Michael Chiklis, Jessica Alba, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans
Director: Tim Story
The film's effects people perform many miracles, from draining the River Thames to ensuring that the Thing produces a convincing smile. But one thing they can't do is to make the unfailingly wholesome Mr Fantastic and friends worth worrying about.
Top CriticCatering for its young target market, the film is lively and fun, as it delivers big stunts, a predictably so-so story and some jovial humour that keeps our superheroes grounded
Top CriticIt’s funnier and splashier than the original, but I still can’t quite recommend it.
Top CriticRise of the Silver Surfer is an existentially and aesthetically unnecessary sequel to the equally irrelevant if depressingly successful Fantastic Four.
Top CriticAt times silly and then serious, this Fantastic Four is the cinematic equivalent of multiple personality disorder.
Top CriticIt's all very silly and the Four's life together has all the gravitas of an episode of the Monkees. Entertaining, though.
Top CriticThe film fails to sustain its modest running time of 87 minutes.
Top CriticOnce you accept that Fantastic Four is not trying to be anything deeper than popcorn fare, the ride can be fun -- with an ending more satisfying than Spider-Man 3.
Top CriticEarnest, gee-whiz and foursquare, this simple and intentionally inoffensive sequel gets points for being easy to take and scrupulously avoiding obvious sources of irritation.
Top CriticSentient humans should stay away; all others may enter confident that their IQs are already in the Chernobyl-fried range and will not be affected, except for downward.
Top CriticFaithfully mining one of the Marvel franchise's more intriguing mythologies, the sequel proves every bit as disposable as its predecessor, with even less character definition and several tons more poundage in the f/x department.
Top CriticBigger, better and more polished than the first, with a quite satisfactory ratio of action set-pieces and a lot of juvenile japery squarely aimed at its PG and fanboy audience.
Top CriticAt last! A comic-book block-buster that doesn’t feel the need to justify its own existence with ponderous philosophical subtext and bloated running times.
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