--- description: The movie opens in theaters Friday title: Here Are Some of the Roughest Critiques of 'Fantastic Four' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47f43849c05a92ae/69885177f887dc0e89e909b8/johnny-storm-michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here Are Some of the Roughest Critiques of _Fantastic Four_ by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 7, 2015 3:24 PM CUT  20th Century Fox by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 7, 2015 3:24 PM CUT The reviews for the new _Fantastic Four_ reboot are so bad, the movie’s own director, Josh Trank, [has tried to distance himself](http://time.com/3988678/fantastic-four-fox/ "undefined") from the final product, blaming its low quality on the studio. With a star-studded cast (Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell) and a director whose previous work (_Chronicle_) was so promising, what went wrong? Here’s what some of the movie’s toughest critics have to say. --- > “” --- \-A.O. Scott, [New York _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/07/movies/review-fantastic-four-the-reboot-wanted-or-not.html?%5Fr=0 "undefined") --- > “” --- \-Peter Travers, [_Rolling Stone_](http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/fantastic-four-20150806 "undefined") --- > “” --- \-Michael Phillips, [Chicago _Tribune_](http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-fantastic-four-movie-review-20150805-column.html "undefined") --- > “” --- \-Michael O’Sullivan, [Washington _Post_](http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/review-fantastic-four-reboot-sets-franchise-back-in-more-ways-than-one/2015/08/06/210501ca-3bf0-11e5-9c2d-ed991d848c48%5Fstory.html "undefined") --- > “” --- \-Joe Neumaier, [New York _Daily News_](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/fantastic-review-latest-marvel-heroes-not-super-article-1.2316984 "undefined") --- > “” --- \-Clark Collis, [_Entertainment Weekly_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/06/fantastic-four-ew-review "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3988799/fantastic-four-reviews/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3988799/fantastic-four-reviews/"},"headline":"Here Are Some of the Roughest Critiques of Fantastic Four","datePublished":"2015-08-07T15:24:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:00:05.047Z","description":"The movie opens in theaters Friday","url":"https://time.com/3988799/fantastic-four-reviews/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47f43849c05a92ae/69885177f887dc0e89e909b8/johnny-storm-michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt47f43849c05a92ae/69885177f887dc0e89e909b8/johnny-storm-michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"johnny-storm-michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four","caption":"johnny-storm-michael-b-jordan-fantastic-four","creditText":"20th Century Fox","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3988799/fantastic-four-reviews/","name":"Here Are Some of the Roughest Critiques of Fantastic Four"}}]}] ```