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Back to the Future Part II

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Back to the Future Part II (1989)

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Reviews Counted: 37 Fresh: 24  Rotten:13 Average Rating: 5.9/10

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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... 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 through nearly seven decades in an attempt to set events back into their proper order. And many of the scenes from the first film are revisited, only this time from a slightly different point of view. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Elisabeth Shue

Director: Robert Zemeckis

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Oct 25, 1990

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05/30/08
Rory L. Aronsky
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3/5

Solidly entertaining.

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05/05/08
Tom Tunney
Empire Magazine
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2.5/5

An ambitious film that fails to recreate the warmth or excitment of the first Back To The Future.

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05/05/08
Channel 4 Film
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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.

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05/05/08
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Variety
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3/5

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,

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06/15/07
Douglas Pratt
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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.

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02/26/07
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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).

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02/26/07
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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It turned off most viewers, but fascinated me.

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09/23/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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4/5

The relatively quaint and simple time travel arc from BTTF gets far more confusing and, in some ways, more fulfilling.

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09/16/06
Christopher Null
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05/15/06
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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It's impressive entertainment, and best of all, it never degenerates into Spielbergian sentimentality: you can laugh, be thrilled and think without feeling embarrassed.

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01/26/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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07/05/05
Emanuel Levy
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03/24/05
Mark Palermo
Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
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09/16/04
Austin O'Connor
Lowell Sun
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07/08/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
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2/5

A weak, convoluted attempt to cash in on the original's charms.

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06/17/04
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
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01/22/04
Nell Minow
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01/06/04
Greg Maki
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