Performances by the earnest Fox, the lunatic Lloyd, the deceptively passionate Lea Thompson, and, particularly, the bumbling-to-confident Glover, who runs away with the picture, merrily keep the ship sailing.
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05/05/08
Back to the Future (1985)
95 %
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Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 42
Rotten:2
Average Rating: 8.3/10
Consensus: Romantic, funny, and action-packed, Back to the Future is rousing entertainment for all ages.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A fast-moving and heart-warming comedy, BACK TO THE FUTURE is Robert Zemeckis' well-loved 1980s classic. It is the story of a teenager from 1985 who commandeers the time-traveling DeLorean invented by a wacky scientist friend, and is... [More]
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Reviews for Back to the Future
Top Critic To put it bluntly: if you don't like Back To The Future, it's difficult to believe that you like films at all.
05/05/08
Top Critic I'm tempted to call Back to the Future one of the more subversive films about the Reagan era, but that would imply intent. I honestly don't believe Robert Zemeckis knew what he was making.
06/21/07
Robert Zemeckis's direction, like the technical contributions, is first-rate, and after an ambling start takes off into frenetic, non-stop fun.
02/26/07
Director Robert Zemeckis confronts the oedipal heart of the time-travel genre with this zestfully tasteless 1985 tale about a teenager (Michael J. Fox) who is projected back to 1955 and then must arrange the romance of his parents.
02/26/07
An unqualified success, boasting an incredibly sharp screenplay and tons of appeal.
09/23/06
Equal parts hilarity, nostalgia, science fiction, screwball comedy, and white-knuckle suspense in a complex storyline wound tighter than a yo-yo in a centrifuge.
10/10/05
Technically, no film is impossible to like, but this techno-romantic comedy comes about as close as you can get.
11/02/04
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September 04, 2007:
Back to the Future Ride Now a Thing of the Past
If you've been waiting for just the right time to hop in Doc Brown's eight-passenger De Lorean and help him bring Biff Tannen to justice, it's no longer as simple as heading to... More...
December 19, 2006:
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While out drumming up some publicity for his new drama "We Are Marshall," director McG (I think his real name is Joe McGinty McNichol or something) was (of course)... More...
May 02, 2006:
Gondry and Jack Black Promise to "Rewind"
Director Michel Gondry and professional goofball Jack Black will soon be collaborating on a rather bizarre-sounding high-concept comedy called "Be Kind Rewind," the... More...
December 22, 2005:
Back Again to the Additional Future?
Guardian Unlimited shares some Michael J. Fox news from Moviehole.net and the lovable guy had a few interesting things to say about the (small) possibility of an additional... More...
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