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Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 63

  out of 100

  USA Today

  Doesn't quite live up to the billing, but it improves mightily on the original. And the superhero family can thank its new addition for the upgrade.

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• 60

  out of 100

  VarietyJustin Chang

  At a time when tortured superheroes like Spider-Man, Superman and Batman would benefit from some serious psychotherapy, it's almost refreshing to see a comicbook caper as blithe, weightless and cheerfully dumb as Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan

  Earnest, gee-whiz and foursquare, this simple and intentionally inoffensive sequel gets points for being easy to take and scrupulously avoiding obvious sources of irritation.

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• 50

  out of 100

  Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern

  Good fun -- more fun than in the original -- punctuated by some lines of admirable awfulness.

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• 50

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen

  An improvement of sorts over the lifeless 2005 edition.

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• 42

  out of 100

  Entertainment WeeklyScott Brown

  The dialogue aims young and low, and sounds translated from comic-book Esperanto.

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• 30

  out of 100

  The New York TimesManohla Dargis

  This existentially and aesthetically unnecessary sequel to the equally irrelevant if depressingly successful "Fantastic Four."

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