Good actors but zero chemistry as a group, not helped by a bland, self-serious script. Pascal's legendary charm is nowhere to be found in this utterly humorless version of Reed Richards. I was sitting there the whole time thinking "it takes a whole bunch of people to write dialogue this boring" and sure enough, there are six credited writers. I assume ChatGPT petitioned to have its name removed.
Galactus is very cool, and the climatic battle with him works better than any MCU showdown in recent memory. Director Matt Shakman does a much better job of hiding his CGI limitations than James Gunn did.
As a long-time SIlver Surfer fan, I've been cranky about the sex change, but the character works pretty well. There is a flashback moment featuring Julia Garner, and all I could think of is Ruth from Ozark screaming at Galactus that he doesn't know [shirt] about [fork].
