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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
Director: Tim Story
Movie review
From Time Out New York
Dear Fox: Do you think we comic-book readers will just lap up any superhero film? We’re grateful for the first two X-Men movies, but this Fantastic Four sequel is even more insulting than the lowest-common-denominator original: The performances are plywooden, the cornball visual gags are groanworthy, and Tim Story still can’t direct his way out a sack with a map. Even the fan-fave Silver Surfer (Jones) becomes nothing but a generic clusterfuck of messy CGI pixels. But who cares when it’s all about the opening-weekend grosses, right? Right?Author: David Fear
Time Out New York
Cast & crew
Director: Tim Story
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, Doug Jones, Laurence Fishburne full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction
Rated: PG
Duration: 95 mins
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