A mediocre comic book movie

Rating: 5/10 (24 July 2005)

When this movie was first set to be made in the late 1990's with Chris Columbus attached to direct, it became every comic book fan's dream come true. But after years of delays and script rewrites Columbus dropped out and the studio had the brilliant idea of signing a untested director to head the picture .Tim Story's only major film was the lame comedy "Taxi" and yet he landed the job to direct a movie based on comic's first family. Story's fist mistake was casting Jessica Alba as Susan Storm. Her weak and wooden performance makes her co-star Chris Evans, who was badly cast as The Human Torch seem as a small problem. But then there was Michael and Ioan who were cast as The Thing and Mr. Fantastic. These to actors made the movie a little better to watch.
But when it comes down to it Tim Story trades in action for a lame family comedy. This film had the potential to be a great action adventure film but it turns to be just another so so comic book movie.