Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 166
Fresh: 61 | Rotten: 105
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.
Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 38
Fresh: 13 | Rotten: 25
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.
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Movie Info
The world's most famous team of astronauts-cum-superheroes returns in the effects-heavy sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. As the story opens, Sue Storm (aka The Invisible Girl [Jessica Alba]) and Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic [Ioan Gruffudd]) prepare for their upcoming, superhero-studded wedding celebration. But Reed cannot stay focused on the nuptials -- he's distracted by wire reports of a bizarre, comet-like object hurtling toward the Earth with tremendous force, triggering
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Cast
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Ioan Gruffudd
Reed Richards -
Jessica Alba
Sue Storm -
Chris Evans
Johnny Storm -
Michael Chiklis
Ben Grimm -
Julian McMahon
Victor Von Doom -
Kerry Washington
Alicia Masters -
Andre Braugher
General Hager -
Laurence Fishburne
Silver Surfer -
Doug Jones
Silver Surfer -
Beau Garrett
Captain Raye -
Brian Posehn
Wedding Minister -
Zach Grenier
Rafke Sherman -
Dawn Chubai
Anchorwoman -
Chris Gailus
Anchorman -
Kevin McNulty
Baxter Building Doorman -
Andy Stahl
Tailor -
Debbie Timuss
Hot Party Girl #1 -
Moneca Delain
Hot Party Girl #2 -
Crystal Lowe
Hot Party Girl #3 -
Chris Calleri
Club DJ -
Kenneth Welsh
Dr. Jeff Wagner -
Ben Ayers
Guard #1 -
Vanessa Minnillo
Johnny's Wedding Date -
Alicia Thorgrimsson
New York Pedestrian -
Valerie Tian
New York Teen Girl #1 -
Jeanna Haddow
New York Teen Girl #2 -
Ali Costinam
New York Teen Girl #3 -
Patricia Harras
Fan Four Receptionist -
Gonzalo Menendez
Lieutenant -
Suzanne Ristic
Airline Woman -
Giuliana DePandi
Entertainment Reporter -
Malcom Boddington
Pub Owner -
Cole Landels
Gift Shop Kid -
Cameron Cleary
Flower Girl -
Stan Lee
Rejected Wedding Guest -
Silver Butler
Wedding Planner -
Michasha Armstrong
Wedding Security -
Hitoshi Ikezaki
Japanese Fisherman -
Peter Kawasaki
Japanese Fisherman -
Fareed Abdelhak
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All Critics (166) | Top Critics (38) | Fresh (61) | Rotten (105) | DVD (27)
An off-brand superhero movie, the cinematic equivalent of one of those generic breakfast cereals with a badly drawn squirrel for a mascot.
Top CriticThe performances are plywooden, the cornball visual gags are groanworthy, and Tim Story still can't direct his way out a sack with a map.
It's funnier and splashier than the original, but I still can't quite recommend it.
The first movie's genesis story was more fun than the perfunctory doomsday scheme trotted out here.
If you swept the cosmic dust of the superhero boom into a flimsy dustpan, you'd have the Fantastic Four franchise.
Peppier than the stale original from 2005, and it's sprinkled with more eye candy, but no one will mistake it for brain food.
Boring is the deal.
A little tastier but still far from a gourmet feast.
Despite some gratuitous allusions to Gitmo, the third-rate effects and the two-bit characters make this a summer wipeout.
When Jessica Alba was at the MTV Movie Awards she called Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer the best family/comedy of the summer. That alone should spell disaster for a superhero film.
It doesn't suck. Or maybe I went into the theater with such low expectations that it couldn't possibly be as bad as my imagination had concocted.
Parents longing for entertaining and intelligent family superhero fare would be much better served renting 2005's Zathura or Sky High.
While the gags are aimed squarely at a family audience, there's nothing wrong with that and this is certainly a film you could take even tiddlers to without worrying they are going to have nightmares later.
While the Silver Surfer cushions the blow, this is a sequel I can ultimately throw away...
Can't anyone in comic book movies come up with new villains anymore?
This sequel is out, overall succumbing to the weaknesses of the first movie, which, once again, relegates it to sitting at the kids' table at the gathering of comic book movies.
Much better than the first; OK for tweens and up.
The same kind of lightweight but well executed comic book-based romp as its predecessor.
For a film that's supposed to be playful, it's an awful, tedious drudge.
Characters to love, story to hate.
A big-budget bust, and while it isn't as awful as its lame 2005 predecessor, it does come close to achieving the former film's sense of decay.
I have read many of the legitimate criticisms of this sequel, and I agree with them, and I do not care.
As the Surfer rises, so too does this franchise.
While not entirely fantastic, this Four is fun, fast-paced, and family friendly.
A merciful dearth of plot in favor of mindless set pieces, so-so effects work and passable PG-rated humor.
Audience Reviews for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Super Reviewer
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- Johnny Storm: Show off.
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- Victor Von Doom: Let's all go for a spin!
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- Ben Grimm: OK. That one hurt.
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- Ben Grimm: Yeah, that's right. Keep running, Boo-Boo!
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- Silver Surfer: I will no longer serve. This is the end, for us both.
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- Johnny Storm: To quote a friend of mine. It's clobbering time.
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Foreign Titles
- Les 4 Fantastiques et le Surfer d'Argent (FR)
- Los 4 fantásticos y el Silver Surfer (ES)
