Like anything, this should be viewed on its own merits

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2005)

I find that so many moviegoers today are so determined to NOT enjoy a movie specifically because of what they have heard critics saying. Fantastic Four has been lambasted as the Mediocre Four and I find that a tad unfair. For all its faults, this movie does something that very few movies now can do; entertain.
This is not the character study of Spider-Man, nor is it the multi-layered Batman Begins. That doesn't mean that this is a bad film. In fact because it is NOT like those films adds so much more to it. We are given yet another look at comic book heroes in their various incarnations and in interesting scenarios.
I would recommend this movie to anyone. How often can you say that? Always there is fear that a movie might offend someone but Fantastic Four proved that there are movies worth watching these days.