Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: We can say we have a good Fantastic Four movie. It took a while to get here but thank goodness it finally arrived.
- Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: First Steps is not the reboot that the MCU desperately needs. It is fine, neither a return to form from past glories nor a horror to suffer through.
- Alex Bentley @ CultureMap Dallas
- Excerpt: The mid-credits scene – a staple of the MCU – hints at future films, but for a brief, glorious moment, fans are getting a reprieve with this film, which manages to both make the MCU interesting again and become the first Fantastic Four film to actually work
- David “DC” Bolling @ DC’s Take
- Excerpt: The Fantastic Four: First Steps provides the titular team with the much-needed fun and excitement that fans of the comics have been missing from its failed adaptations. Tapped with a likably superb cast, exciting action, and carrying an instant charm that can’t be resisted, it stands out among one of the MCU’s most memorable outings in some time.
- Andrea Chase @ KillerMovieReviews
- Excerpt: There is a sense of fun as well as suspense, but never cynicism or irony. Instead, there is the innocent optimism of that time, when the culture believed that science could make a better future for everyone, and that anything was possible.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Set in the same time period as their 1961 comic book introduction, “The Fantastic Four” owes a lot to its production designer Kasra Farahani (TV’s ‘Loki’) who has created a retro futuristic world that feels like visiting the 1964 World’s Fair.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Enthusiastically taps into the space-age optimism of the 1960s with affection and style, and…it doesn’t require a PhD in comic book history to enjoy.
- Harrison Martin @ Flixfrog
- Excerpt: The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the best superhero movie of the summer. An emotionally fulfilling and visually stunning spectacle. Marvel should fast-track a sequel.
- Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ is yet another reminder that Marvel’s multiverse era is more about setups and disappointments than payoffs. And while this entry is relatively self-contained, it still very much feels like just that: first steps. There’s talent all over this thing, but none of it is enough to make this limp reboot feel anything close to fantastic.
- Eddie Pasa @ DC Filmdom
- Excerpt: A throwback movie that pleases on every level, The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a positive, encouraging entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: Despite the title, it’s not as original as it might like to be, but it nevertheless delivers what summer movies should. It’s clobbering time, so let’s get to it.
- [New] | Diego Salgado @ Sofilm [Spanish]
- Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: A solid superhero film, focused not so much on action and destruction, but rather on the family dynamics of its protagonists.
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