Back to the Future Part II (1989)
65 %
Reviews Counted: 37 Fresh: 24 Rotten:13 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Synopsis: Time-traveling Marty McFly propels himself into the year 2015 in order to keep his future son from going to prison. But while there, he commits a careless error that threatens to disrupt the precarious balance of the space-time continuum. What follows is a dizzying chase back and forth... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue
Director: Robert Zemeckis
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An ambitious film that fails to recreate the warmth or excitment of the first Back To The Future.
05/05/08
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.
05/05/08
Top Critic
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.
02/26/07
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).
02/26/07
Top Critic
The relatively quaint and simple time travel arc from BTTF gets far more confusing and, in some ways, more fulfilling.
09/16/06
It's impressive entertainment, and best of all, it never degenerates into Spielbergian sentimentality: you can laugh, be thrilled and think without feeling embarrassed.
01/26/06
News
Back Again to the Additional Future?
posted by Scott Weinberg December 22, 2005
Guardian Unlimited shares some Michael J. Fox news from Moviehole.net and the lovable guy had a few interesting things...
posted by Scott Weinberg December 22, 2005
Guardian Unlimited shares some Michael J. Fox news from Moviehole.net and the lovable guy had a few interesting things...
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