The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ title is amusingly misleading, given that Matt Shakman’s spectacular isn’t Marvel’s maiden attempt at bringing its iconic family of superheroes to cinematic life.
Alas, following okay-to-awful efforts in 1994, 2005, 2007, and 2015, the fifth time doesn’t quite prove to be the charm, as the studio’s reboot of the pioneering quartet is an aggressively fine intergalactic adventure whose earnest optimism and sweetness flirts—faithfully and dully—with hokiness. Getting the franchise’s forthcoming phase off on a wobbly foot, it won’t usher in a new MCU golden age.
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