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The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review (2025) — 78% Celluloid Score

Directed by Matt Shakman · 2025 ·

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Answer Summary: Is The Fantastic Four: First Steps worth watching?

The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) earns a 78% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.

Quick Verdict: What is the Celluloid Score for The Fantastic Four: First Steps?

Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.

78%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Five-source breakdown

86% Critic Score
88% Audience
73 Metascore
★★★½☆ Letterboxd 3.6
7.2 IMDb /10
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Runtime
1h 55m
Cast
Pedro Pascal , Vanessa Kirby , Joseph Quinn , Ebon Moss-Bachrach , Julia Garner , Paul Walter Hauser
Where to watch in Indonesia
Disney+

Where to watch in Indonesia

  • Disney+

Why this score?

  • Majority of critics rated it fresh (86%).
  • General viewers mostly liked it (88%).
  • Metascore is generally favorable (73/100).
  • Celluloid Score 78% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.

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  • Viewers who want a well-regarded action, adventure, sci-fi pick

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    Is The Fantastic Four: First Steps worth watching?

    Yes — The Fantastic Four: First Steps earns a 78% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

    Critics Consensus

    Shakman's period-flavored origin gives the MCU a cleaner mythic reset than recent Phase Five swings — buoyed by Kirby and Quinn even when the third act leans on franchise connective tissue toward Doomsday.

    Celluloid Critics Consensus

    Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.

    What is The Fantastic Four: First Steps about?

    In a retro-futuristic 1960s alternate Earth, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, and Ben Grimm become Marvel's First Family after a cosmic flight rewrites their bodies — and forces them to protect a world that is not ready for heroes who look like them.

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