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.

More than six decades after Jack Kirby and Stan Lee created a superhero team to rival the Justice League, the Fantastic Four finally get a worthy big-screen adaption in a spiffy ’60s-era romp, bathed in retro futurism and bygone American optimism,

There’s almost an unfair amount of pressure being placed on The Fantastic Four: First Steps – expectations to do what it was most likely never designed to do. Thanks to all the things we know about what’s coming next for the MCU – most notably a green-cloaked villain played by the actor who helped launch the whole franchise.