Directed by Wandavision filmmaker Matt Shakman with real 60s flourish, the story is set in a slick retro-futurist New York. Living in a mid-century apartment with a conversation pit and some teak furniture that would make Don Draper green with envy, the Fantastic Four are already superheroes of worldwide renown. The film skips past the origin story, recounting the basics via a clever series of old-fashioned television flourishes, grainy 35mm film footage, and a news-style patrician voiceover.
Joseph Quinn and Pedro Pascal in ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps‘ (Photo: Jay Maidment/Disney/AP)
But just as the four are settled into a groove of what seems to be Beatlemania-esque public adoration, disaster strikes. A sentinel from a distant planet – you might recognise her as the Silver Surfer (here played by an impassive Julia Garner) – comes to warn them that a space-god, Galactus, the devourer of worlds, plans to eat Planet Earth. The Four rally worldwide support to defeat the existential and near-unstoppable threat of Galactus, but not before he tries to take their precious new infant.
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Each performance feels believable and emotionally grounded, particularly the central bond between Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby, who have beauty and chemistry to spare. Cleverly deploying its mother and baby in a series of imperiled situations – right up to and including a zero-gravity childbirth on a rocket – the film knows just when to up the ante. It’s earnest – avoiding the trap of too-clever dialogue – but with a few quips thrown in.
Frankly, this is the first Marvel movie I’ve seen in recent years that feels it has genuine emotional stakes – simple, straightforward, family-oriented ones, though they are. I was gripped, moved even. Basically – and this is something I didn’t think a superhero film could achieve for me anymore – I had a wonderful time.
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