Back to the Future (1985)
95 %
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
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 accidentally sent back in time to the 1950s. But the real... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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Reviews
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
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
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
Top Critic
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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