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Fantastic Four

Stephen D. Sullivan · 2005
55/100
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A competent film tie-in that serves its narrow purpose — giving kids who loved the 2005 movie a way to revisit the story on the page, with a photo insert as a bonus. There is no original storytelling here, the film itself received mixed notices, and the novelization format does not add anything the film did not already provide. Fine if a child loved the movie; nothing to seek out otherwise.

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Verdict receipt0–100
safety82
substance42
craft50
originality28
accuracy62
hype55
age-fit72
human-eye48
Penny’s verdict55
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