I think I'll get a second opinion....

Rating: 8/10 (24 July 2011)

When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are changed by cosmic rays.
Reed Richards, inventor and leader of the group gains the ability to stretch his body, and takes the name, Mr. Fantastic.
His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields, calling herself the Invisible Woman.
Her younger brother Johnny Storm gains the ability to control fire, including covering his own body with flame, becoming the Human Torch.
Pilot Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong rock creature calling himself Thing.
Together, they use their unique powers to explore the strange aspects of the world, and to foil the evil plans of Doctor Doom....
No where near in the same league as recent comic book movies, but this was released before a certain Dark Knight, so there was no such urgency for all things serious. The film is like the immature cousin of the marvel world, never taking itself seriously, and knowing that it's tongue in cheek.
And this is where people get confused. It's just a fun movie, they don't waste the film on telling back story and character depth, there's four of them, and the title does class them as fantastic, so it gets straight into the action.
The cast are fine, and do what they have to do well. Evans is the standout, and although Macmohan can do evil, he borders on satire and at some points in the film you almost feel he will say 'quiet smithers, release the hounds' to his aides.
So all in all, this is marvel light for the youngsters, almost a parody, but just gives enough cheese to make it enjoyable.