This is movie is known as the bad Fantastic Four film, released at the height of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) but without being a part of it. This film was competing with other Marvel films while being produced and distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, not Disney. Yet, this movie seems to have been inspired by the Ultimate version of the Fantastic Four, where the characters were younger, and perhaps, less Fantastic. 

This film tries so much to make sense of something as wacky as four travellers going out in space and gaining powers, that it removes the charm from the original comic book. It also spends too much time on the origins of the Fantastic Four and Doom, providing a short fight in the end where the villain is easily defeated. Of course, all the clichés about being a family and standing together.

One noteworthy element is the strong presence of Dr. Franklin Storm, as the anchoring adult in the film, following the rebellious and outsider casting of Reed Richards (Miles Teller). In comics, Dr. Storm, Sue and Johnny’s father is not a noteworthy character, and not involved in the superheroes’ origins. His presence in the film turned Reed Richards into an unstable nerd, not the strong leader of the Fantastic Four. Moreover, the casting of the actors is trying to pass 30 years old as older teens.