See which Marvel Comics-inspired film has the lowest critical approval rating
Since the 1970s, Marvel comic book characters have had their stories adapted for the small and big screen in live-action format, with some of the oldest examples being “Spider-Man: The Movie”, a TV movie released in 1977, and “The Punisher”, which hit theaters in 1989.
However, it was from the 2000s onwards that the number of flesh-and-blood versions of characters created by the House of Ideas began to increase, since, with better technological devices and more editing possibilities, it became possible to approach heroic narratives and demonstrate the powers of the heroes and villains in a more realistic way.
So much so that, in 2008, the company created the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse, connecting all productions released from then on under the Marvel seal and transforming the MCU into a worldwide phenomenon, since in addition to a legion of fans, the titles competed for major cinema awards and achieved box office records, as happened with “Avengers: Endgame” (2019), which is the second highest-grossing film, earning 2.797 billion dollars worldwide.
As much as the label’s works have achieved a place of prestige, not all of them stand out positively, and some of them ended up entering the worst rankings of review aggregator sites, such as “Madame Teia”, released in 2023, and which has only 13% approval on Rotten Tomatoes.
Even though it is a bad rating, the film SJ Clarkson and starring Dakota Johnson It’s not the lowest-rated film among those that adapt Marvel stories from comics — that title goes to the most recent version of Marvel’s First Family: “Fantastic Four”, released in 2015.
At the time, Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch and the Thing were characters that were owned by 20th Century Fox. The studio decided to reboot the “Fantastic Four” that premiered in 2005, bringing Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Ioan Gruffud It is Michael Chiklis to play the heroic alter-egos of Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, respectively.
Produced by Constantin Film, the film released nine years ago placed the actors Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan It is Jamie Bell to bring the quartet to life. The synopsis reads: “A young genius builds a portal to another dimension with the help of friends and colleagues, but an accident leaves one of them adrift and the others with unusual powers. Four years later, the abandoned Victor returns as a megalomaniac conqueror and the Fantastic Four must forget their differences to stop him.”
As a result, the film failed to please either critics or the general public, earning just a 9% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the lowest percentage for a film based on a Marvel comic.
It’s worth remembering that another Fantastic Four film is on the way, and it will have Peter Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach It is Joseph Quinn in the cast. This time, the title, which is set to hit theaters on July 25, 2025, will be released by Marvel Studios and will be part of the MCU. Check out the first preview:
Source: Recreio
