The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

115 min · Action

USPG-13UK12AAUPGCAPG

55 BOLD

ScoutScore

Heads up before you watch. Notable content.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps scores 55 on the ScoutScore, which is Bold. Heads up before you watch. Notable content. FilmScout maps 19 flagged scenes and 7 marked caution.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up	12
Caution	7

Content map

How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged for violence and action with scary and dark.

Scary and dark	32%
Violence and action	38%
Themes	26%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	none flagged
Language	4%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Heads up Mild Profanity and Deity Exclamations
Heads up Mild profanity
Heads up Mild profanity - action scene reaction
Heads up Silver Surfer's Ominous Announcement
Heads up Galactus Has Eaten Five Planets
Caution Planet Consumed by Galactus
Caution Galactus Demands the Unborn Child
Caution Escape from Galactus with Sue in Labor
Caution Neutron Star Slingshot and Birth of Franklin
Heads up Press conference: Reed admits Earth is not safe

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Age ratings by country

AU	PG
CA	PG
GB	12A
US	PG-13

Talk about it after

“Sue tells the crowd she will not sacrifice her child for the world, but she also will not sacrifice the world for her child. What do you think it feels like to love someone so much that giving them up seems impossible, even when the stakes are that high?”

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Common questions

Is The Fantastic Four: First Steps okay for kids?

The Fantastic Four: First Steps scores 55 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Bold tier. Heads up before you watch. Notable content. FilmScout has mapped 19 flagged scenes in it, covering theme, action, profanity (mild). The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for The Fantastic Four: First Steps?

55, which is the Bold tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is The Fantastic Four: First Steps rated?

The Fantastic Four: First Steps is rated PG-13 in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU PG, CA PG, GB 12A, US PG-13. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

Is it OK for your kid? The age-by-age answer

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