Movie Review

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)

EW's GRADE
C-

Details Release Date: Jun 15, 2007; Rated: PG; Length: 95 Minutes; Genres: Action/Adventure, Sci-fi; With: Jessica Alba and Chris Evans

 \'RISE\' AND FALL Chris Evans, one of the Four, an achievement that, in Surfer, isn\'t so Fantastic
Image credit: Weta
'RISE' AND FALL Chris Evans, one of the Four, an achievement that, in Surfer, isn't so Fantastic

If you swept the cosmic dust of the superhero boom into a flimsy dustpan, you'd have the Fantastic Four franchise. In Rise of the Silver Surfer, Marvel's serendipitously irradiated family must stop a massive, planet-eating plot device by unraveling the secrets of the Silver Surfer, a rapturous screensaver of a creation. He also doesn't talk much, which is a blessing: The dialogue aims young and low, and sounds translated from comic-book Esperanto. C-

Originally posted Jun 15, 2007

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