Fantastic Four (2005)

Director:

Tim Story

Writers (WGA):

Mark Frost (written by) and
Michael France (written by) ...

Release Date:

8 July 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

4 times the action. 4 times the adventure. 4 times the fantastic.

Plot:

A group of astronauts gain superpowers after a cosmic radiation exposure and must use them to oppose the plans of their enemy, Doctor Victor Von Doom

Plot Keywords:

Radiation | Astronaut | Space Station | Fire | Fantastic Four

Awards:

11 nominations

Cast

Ioan Gruffudd	...	Reed Richards
Jessica Alba	...	Sue Storm
Chris Evans	...	Johnny Storm
Michael Chiklis	...	Ben Grimm
Julian McMahon	...	Victor von Doom
Hamish Linklater	...	Leonard
Kerry Washington	...	Alicia Masters
Laurie Holden	...	Debbie McIlvane
David Parker	...	Ernie
Kevin McNulty	...	Jimmy O'Hoolihan
Maria Menounos	...	Sexy Nurse
Michael Kopsa	...	Ned Cecil
Andrew Airlie	...	Compound Doctor
Pascale Hutton	...	Nightclub Girlfriend
G. Michael Gray	...	Nightclub Boyfriend

Also Known As:

Fantastic 4 (USA) (alternative spelling)
Fantastic Four (Germany)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action, and some suggestive content.

Runtime:

106 min | USA:125 min (extended edition)

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Taiwan:GP | Iceland:10 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41765) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Mexico:B | Australia:M | Finland:K-11 | Sweden:11 | South Korea:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Philippines:PG-13 | Ireland:PG | Australia:PG (re-rating on appeal) | Mexico:A | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | Norway:11 | Brazil:10 | Australia:PG (re-rating) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva)

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The scene on the bridge took about 5 weeks to shoot.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Ben stands on the beam that the jumper has retreated to on the bridge it bends several inches under his weight. After he jumps down onto the bridge surface it springs back to normal. Not only would a bend in such a beam be a permanent deformity, a mass large enough to cause such a bend would hit the asphalt with enough force to cause a similar depth crater - which does not happen. In fact if his weight remained at this level through out the movie every foot step he made would break paving slabs, floor tiles and pretty much every thing he walked on, and put him crashing through any floor not reinforced to bank vault levels in any multi-story building he tried to enter.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Ben Grimm: Typical of Victor Von Doom to build a 30 foot statue of himself.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Spring Breakdown (2009)

Soundtrack:

Goodbye to You

Truly enjoyable.

This film was well put together, fun, and didn't take itself at all seriously. I am not sure where the negative hype comes from, but I find when a good film gets bad reviews, that means most people just didn't get it. In this case, perhaps from the last few comic book films that attempted to "mean something," I think people forgot how to enjoy themselves. Laden with kitsch and tongue-in-cheek humor, this movie embraces that it comes from a comic book and allows itself to be big and a little silly. Yes, Jessica Alba wears an impossibly tight jumpsuit. Yes, the Human Torch is so slick and charming that, if you met him in real life, he'd get a solid smack for his arrogance. But this isn't real life, people, in case you forgot-this is the Marvel Universe, where clothes are tight and the dialog...isn't. Who cares? This movie is so fun that you wish these people did exist and would take some media focus off the jerks that are in the public eye.