Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

PG

2007

1h 32m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

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Reed (Ioan Gruffudd), Susan (Jessica Alba), Johnny (Chris Evans) and Ben (Michael Chiklis) face an intergalactic messenger who has arrived to prepare Earth for its destruction. While the enigmatic being wreaks havoc around the world, the heroic quartet must also contend with the unexpected return of their enemy, Victor Von Doom.

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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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Dana Stevens

Slate

09/22/2007

An off-brand superhero movie, the cinematic equivalent of one of those generic breakfast cereals with a badly drawn squirrel for a mascot.

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

06/30/2007

2/5

The film's effects people perform many miracles, from draining the River Thames to ensuring that the Thing produces a convincing smile. But one thing they can't do is to make the unfailingly wholesome Mr Fantastic and friends worth worrying about.

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

06/30/2007

1.5/5

Rise of the Silver Surfer is both relentlessly dull and curiously bombastic.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 11

3/5

Galactus cloud aside, this did feel like an organic extension of the original movie, with Johnny Storm, Thing, and Silver Surfer all being the standouts.

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John Stark

Mac the Movie Guy

Jul 29

47/100

The Rise Of The Silver Surfer is also the fall of the Fantastic Four.

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Matt Neal

Movies Ate My Life

11/03/2021

2/5

A scattergun sequel that makes the franchise feel tired, two films in.

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Travis M

@TMorg007 May 20

Fantastic Four has never been portrayed very well on the screen in live action films, but this FF sequel (and its previous installment) are STILL the best versions we have yet. One day Marvel may get it's act back together, but in the meantime at least this one feels like it respects the source material.

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David L

@RT26256886 Apr 19

This script of this movie feels like something that belongs in a silent movie. Totally outdated creative writing that made the whole movie so unbearable to watch that turning on the news felt like actual entertainment.

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Joseph Tutorials T

@OSCGJoseph Mar 27

85% Pretty good I thought i wasn't gonna like it knowing doom is really bad in these movies and galactus cloud is Really odd but I love overall these characters how the actors play them they are really good in the roles The story is weak but this movie is fun and fast paced a lot of action

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Bret M.

@BretM-3 Mar 20

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is a movie that is not perfect but deserves more love than it gets. The biggest mistake this movie makes is Galactus. To this day I'm unsure if they was a design choice, studio mandate, or budget constraints, but I am so annoyed with "Fart Cloud" Galactus. Even if it wasn't up to the movie makers, it's not a valid excuse for how bad this version of Galactus is. But other than that I really like this movie. I don't love the Johnny power switch subplot, but that's a minor complaint. The actors do a good job and the CGI has held up pretty well for the most part. Overall, I wish we had a new cut of this movie with comic accurate Galactus, but even without, this movie is still pretty good and worth watching.

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Darwin A

@TASM2012 Mar 12

Es excelente, a día de hoy me sigue encantando, lo mejor Silver Surfer y la pelea de Johnny y Dr. Doom.

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Trinity F.

@Quasar83 Jan 31

I loved this one instead of 2025 movie.

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Reed Richards

Jessica Alba

Susan Storm

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Synopsis

Reed (Ioan Gruffudd), Susan (Jessica Alba), Johnny (Chris Evans) and Ben (Michael Chiklis) face an intergalactic messenger who has arrived to prepare Earth for its destruction. While the enigmatic being wreaks havoc around the world, the heroic quartet must also contend with the unexpected return of their enemy, Victor Von Doom.

Director: Tim Story
Producer: Bernd Eichinger, Avi Arad, Ralph Winter
Screenwriter: Don Payne, Mark Frost
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: 20th Century Fox, Marvel Enterprises, Dune
Rating: PG (Sequences of Action Violence|Innuendo|Some Mild Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 15, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 26, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $131.9M
Runtime: 1h 32m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)