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The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review (2025) — 76% 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 76% 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?

Calculated from 4 available inputs: Celluloid editorial rating, Metascore, Letterboxd and IMDb. Audience sentiment is shown separately and never changes the composite. See how we calculate scores.

76%
Celluloid Score Recommended

4-input transparent breakdown

86% Editorial Rating
88% Audience snapshot · excluded
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
Streaming
Disney+
Language
English

Where to watch

  • Disney+

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Where to watch The Fantastic Four: First Steps by country

Country Streaming on
India Disney+ Hotstar
Japan Disney+
South Korea Disney+
Turkey Disney+
United Kingdom Disney+
United States Disney+

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Why this score?

  • Celluloid's editorial rating is positive (86/100).
  • General viewers mostly liked it (88%).
  • Metascore is generally favorable (73/100).
  • Celluloid Score 76% combines 4 verified rating inputs; audience sentiment is shown separately.

Best for

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

Not ideal for

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    Is The Fantastic Four: First Steps worth watching?

    Yes — The Fantastic Four: First Steps earns a 76% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

    Celluloid Verdict

    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 editorial verdict

    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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