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Back to the Future (1985)

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Reviews Counted: 45

Fresh: 43

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 massive success upon its 1985 release, BACK TO THE FUTURE has since become a bona fide classic--Robert Zemeckis’s time-travel adventure has spawned sequels, theme park rides, and even a mention... A massive success upon its 1985 release, BACK TO THE FUTURE has since become a bona fide classic--Robert Zemeckis’s time-travel adventure has spawned sequels, theme park rides, and even a mention in Ronald Reagan’s 1986 State of the Union address. Michael J. Fox stars as Marty McFly, a restless '80s teen who takes a ride in Doc Brown’s (Christopher Lloyd) "flux capacitor"-rigged DeLorean and ends up in 1955. Once on the ground, Marty meets his teenaged mother (Lea Thompson) and accidentally wins her affections, thereby threatening the relationship she’s supposed to form with his father (the delightfully geeky Crispin Glover). Now it’s a do-or-never-be-born situation: Marty must get his parents to fall in love before Doc Brown can send him back to the proper decade. BACK TO THE FUTURE remains one of the rare family films that enjoyed both critical and box office success, and garnered a permanent spot in the pop-culture lexicon thanks to highly-quotable dialogue. The picture garnered both Golden Globe and Oscar nods (though it lost Best Original Screenplay to WITNESS), and continues to rank as one of the top-100 highest grossing films of all time. [More]

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Director: Robert Zemeckis

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Release:

Jun 21, 2009

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DVD Features:

  • Region [unknown]
  • Snap Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French
  • Subtitles - English, (SDH), Spanish

DVD-ROM Features:

  • Total Access

Disc 1:

Additional Release Material:

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Outtakes
  • Trailers: Theatrical Teaser Trailer

Audio Commentary:

  • 1. Producers, Bob Gale
  • 2. Neil Canton

Featurette:

  • 1. The Making of Back to the Future
  • 2. Making the Trilogy: Chapter One
  • 3. Enhanced Conversation with Michael J. Fox
  • 4. Q & A Director Robert Zemeckis and Producer Bob Gale
  • 5. Did You Know That? Universal Animated Anecdotes
  • 6. Original Makeup Tests
  • 7. Excerpts from the Original Screenplay
  • 8. Special Announcements

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Photo Galleries
  • Production Notes

Biographies:

  • 1. Cast
  • 2. Filmmakers

DVD-ROM Features:

Disc 2:

Additional Release Material:

Featurette:

  • 1. Back to the Future: The Ride
  • 2. Looking Back at the Future
  • 3. Back to the Future Night
  • 4. Michael J. Fox (Q&A)
 
 
 
 

Reviews for Back to the Future

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Thompson's funny, carnal performance forces us all to face an ugly truth: once, our moms might have been prowling teens too.

Full Review Source: LarsenOnFilm | comment Comment
03/01/09
Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm

Probably the most carefully-scripted blockbuster in Hollywood history.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
02/25/09
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/05/08
Variety Staff
Variety
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To put it bluntly: if you don't like Back To The Future, it's difficult to believe that you like films at all.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
05/05/08
Adam Smith
Empire Magazine

Amongst the finest family films of the 1980s.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
05/05/08
Channel 4 Film

Robert Zemeckis's direction, like the technical contributions, is first-rate, and after an ambling start takes off into frenetic, non-stop fun.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
02/26/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
02/26/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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An unqualified success, boasting an incredibly sharp screenplay and tons of appeal.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
09/23/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

A classic adventure that holds up perfectly today.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
09/16/06
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

The movie has all the benign good nature of a Frank Capra.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Time Out

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.

Full Review Source: Decent Films Guide | comment Comment
10/10/05
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

No review available.

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10/01/05
Rebecca Murray
About.com

No review available.

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07/17/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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01/24/05
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

Technically, no film is impossible to like, but this techno-romantic comedy comes about as close as you can get.

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11/02/04
Nick Davis
Nick's Flick Picks

An unusual time travel flick about a gifted match-maker.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/22/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

No review available.

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04/25/04
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies

No review available.

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04/13/04
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

No review available.

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11/28/03
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Part II was better, but that's just me. The first one is a fun romp too.

comment Comment
08/29/03
Shawn Bowers
Kansas City Star
 
 
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