As Reed, Pascal is convincing as the world’s smartest man who is nevertheless overwhelmed by the irrational flood of thoughts and emotions that accompany fatherhood. As written, Sue is a somewhat thankless character, but Kirby manages to add depth to the Invisible Woman with subtle performance choices.

It seems the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Fantastic Four needed one another. The creation of Marvel greats Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the latter quartet of heroes — Reed Richards/Mister

The Fantastic Four hasn’t been able to catch a break. They were the first Marvel superhero team created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, and with a comic legacy this “fantastic,” you’d think it would be easy to create a good movie about them,