Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 42
Fresh: 27 | Rotten: 15
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Average Rating: 4.7/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 4
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Things have barely settled from the excitement and resolve of the original Back to the Future, when in pops that crazy inventor Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) with news that in order to prevent a series of events that could ruin the McFly name for posterity, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox ) and his girlfriend are whisked into the future to the year 2015, where Marty must tangle with a teen rogue named Griff, who's obviously the descendant of Biff, the first Future film's bully. Marty foils
Jan 1, 1989 Wide
Dec 17, 2002
MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Michael J. Fox
Marlene McFly, Marty Mc... -
Christopher Lloyd
Dr. Emmett Brown -
Lea Thompson
Lorraine -
Thomas F. Wilson
Biff Tannen/Griff -
Harry Waters Jr.
Marvin Berry -
Elisabeth Shue
Jennifer -
Charles Fleischer
Terry -
Flea
Needles -
James Tolkan
Strickland -
Jeffrey Weissman
George McFly -
Crispin Glover
George McFly in footage... -
Casey Siemaszko
3-D -
Billy Zane
Match -
J.J. Cohen
Skinhead -
Joe Flaherty
Western Union Man -
Lisa Freeman
Babs -
Charles Gherardi
Ayatollah Khomeini -
James Ishida
Fujitsu -
Jay Koch
Ronald Reagan -
Jason Scott Lee
Whitey -
Marty Levy
Cab Driver -
Rick Logan
Data [2015] -
Wesley Mann
CPR Kid -
Judy Ovitz
Anitque Store Saleswoma... -
Theo Schwartz
Hoverboard Girl -
Darlene Vogel
Spike -
Elijah Wood
Video Game Boy Mickey -
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Neil Ross
Museum Narrator -
John Erwin
Radio Sportscaster -
Lindsey Barry
Hoverboard Girl -
Nikki Birdsong
Loretta -
David Harold Brown
Starlighter -
Jennifer Brown
Baseball Kid -
Tamara Carrera
Jacuzzi Girl -
Irina Cashen
Baseball Kid -
Tracy D'Aldia
Jacuzzi Girl -
Casanova E. Evans
Michael Jackson -
Junior Fann
Mom -
Charles F. Fitzsimmons
Biff Photo Double -
Freddie
Einstein -
Angela Greenblatt
Baseball Kid -
Kevin Holloway
Marty Photo Double -
Shaun Hunter
Harold -
Cameron Moore
Baseball Kid -
Justin Mosley Spink
Baseball Kid -
Tommy Lee Thomas
Starlighter -
John Thornton
Video Game Boy -
Lloyd L. Tolbert
Starlighter [1955] -
Al White
Dad -
Stephanie E. Williams
Officer Foley -
Granville "Danny" Young
Starlighter -
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All Critics (42) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (32) | Rotten (15) | DVD (26)
Zemeckis' fascination with having characters interact at different ages of their lives hurts the film visually, and strains credibility past the breaking point, by forcing him to rely on some very cheesy makeup designs.
By the end, you may feel that you've just sat through a feature-length commercial for both part one (which has to be seen to make this sequel comprehensible) and part three (a trailer for it literally ends part two).
It's impressive entertainment, and best of all, it never degenerates into Spielbergian sentimentality: you can laugh, be thrilled and think without feeling embarrassed.
It manages to be giddily and merrily mind-boggling rather than confusing.
Cleverly plotted, but commercially overloaded.
The latest must-see, peer pressure, carve the logo on your head, designer blue jean experience.
one-half a very bad movie and one-half a very good movie
Sure, [Back to the Future II] has a clunky first act - which takes place in a hilariously overblown futuristic society - but the film knows just how, and when, to entertain us, and it does so in spades.
Lackluster yet benign time-travel sequel.
Taken as a pair, the first two films ask a number of unresolved and unresolvable questions about causality, order, and intention; and taken as a pair, they're also a hell of a lot of fun.
For anyone who ever wanted to see Michael J. Fox playing Tracey Ullman, there's Back to the Future Part II.
The one thing the film got right was the crushed effect the media's growing omnipresence has had on human existence.
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Solidly entertaining.
An ambitious film that fails to recreate the warmth or excitment of the first Back To The Future.
There are definitely aspects of laziness to the script--jokes which haven't been fully considered, simpleminded characterizations, subplots which have no life outside of the narrative--but at the same time the movie has a spirit of exploration and daring,
The film works best through its magnificent technical achievements (the visual effects received an Oscar nomination) and the inherent charm of Fox, Lloyd and, especially, the delightfully menacing Thomas F. Wilson.
It turned off most viewers, but fascinated me.
The relatively quaint and simple time travel arc from BTTF gets far more confusing and, in some ways, more fulfilling.
Audience Reviews for Back to the Future Part II
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- Dr. Emmett Brown: [running out of the room] 1.21 gigawatts!
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- Video Game Boy: You mean you gota use your hands? That's like a babies toy.
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- Biff Tannen/Griff: It's 'Leave' you idiot! Make like a tree & leave! You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong!
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- Biff Tannen/Griff: LORRAINE!
- Lorraine: Oh, my god, it's you father.
- Marty McFly: My father?
- Biff Tannen/Griff: You're supposed to be in Switzerland, you little son of a bitch!
- Marty McFly: My FATHER?
- Biff Tannen/Griff: Did you get kicked out of another boarding school?
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- Biff Tannen/Griff: [to Lorraine] That's about as funny as a screen door on a battleship.
- Marty McFly: [to himself] Screen door on a submarine, you dork.
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- Dr. Emmett Brown: Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.
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Foreign Titles
- Zurück in die Zukunft II (DE)
- Back to the Future Part 2 (UK)


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