Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 41
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 11
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Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 9
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 5
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The final installment in the Back to the Future trilogy picks up where the second film left off, but it casts off the dizzying time travel of the first two films for mostly routine comedy set in the Old West. Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) receives a 70-year-old letter from his inventor friend, Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), who tells Marty that he has retreated a century in time to live out a relatively quiet life in the Old West. Doc Brown reveals that he hid his DeLorean car/time machine in an
May 25, 1990 Wide
Dec 17, 2002
MCA Universal Home Video
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Cast
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Michael J. Fox
Marty McFly, Seamus McF... -
Christopher Lloyd
Dr. Emmett Brown -
Mary Steenburgen
Clara Clayton -
Thomas F. Wilson
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen -
Lea Thompson
Lorraine McFly, Maggie ... -
Elisabeth Shue
Jennifer -
Matt Clark
Bartender -
Richard Dysart
Barbed Wire Salesman -
James Tolkan
Marshal Strickland -
Pat Buttram
Saloon Old-Timer -
Harry Carey Jr.
Saloon Old-Timer -
Dub Taylor
Saloon Old-Timer -
Christopher Wynne
Buford Tannen's Gang -
Sean Gregory Sullivan
Buford Tannen's Gang -
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Todd Cameron Brown
Jules -
J.J. Cohen
Needle's Gang -
Jo B. Cummings
Pie Lady -
Flea
Needles -
Leno Fletcher
Conductor -
Glenn Fox
Boy with Gun -
Burton Gilliam
Colt Gun Salesman -
Hugh Gillin
Mayor -
Kaleb Henley
Strickland's Son -
John Ickes
2nd Festival Man -
Larry Ingold
Train Fireman -
Michael Klastorin
1st Townsman -
Tim Konrad
Barbed Wire Salesman's ... -
Rod Kuehne
Ticket Agent -
Rick Logan
Needles' Gang -
Steve McArthur
1st Festival Man -
Marc McClure
Dave McFly -
Marvin J. McIntyre
Mortician -
Bill McKinney
Engineer -
Brad McPeters
Eyepatch -
Joey Newington
Joey -
Phinnaes D.
Toothless -
Leslie A. Prickett
Celebration Man -
James A. Rammel
Festival Dance Caller -
Donovan Scott
Deputy -
Wendie Jo Sperber
Linda McFly -
Michael Watson
Buford Tannen's Gang -
Jeffrey Weissman
George McFly -
Dean Cundey
Photographer -
Michael Mills
2nd Townsman -
Kenny Myers
3rd Townsman -
Kevin Holloway
Marty Photo Double -
Daniel Evans
Verne -
Michael Higgins
Marty Dance Double
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All Critics (42) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (36) | Rotten (11) | DVD (28)
The simplicity of plot, and the wide expansiveness of its use of space, are a refreshing change from the convoluted, visually cramped and cluttered second part.
This is a good deal more likable than part two because the product plugs have been held back, and Zemeckis is clearly having fun alluding to his favorite westerns; there's also a certain sweetness and charm in the Lloyd-Steenburgen romance.
Affectionate, innovative, and vaguely lunatic.
Top CriticExcept for Mr. Lloyd, the film is so sweet-natured and bland that it is almost instantly forgettable.
Divinely frivolous, nearly perfect fun.
Ties up all the loose ends but runs out of energy and inspiration.
Wild West-themed final installment is fine for older tweens.
avoids many of the previous sequel's narrative and logical pitfalls and reengages more successfully with the simple, direct pleasures that made the 1985 original such a hit
Back to the Future Part III continues to move the spirit of the series forward in new and exciting directions, and it reaches a satisfying conclusion to the overarching story.
Every bit as confident and slick as its two predecessors; but it is hard to ignore a distinct feeling of deflation.
It's a lovely, rootin' tootin' cowboy romp with a superbly suspenseful runaway train finale, and an apt closer that permits the excitement to continue on beyond the screen. It was an utter joy in 1990, and again in 2010.
Doc Brown's threatened time paradox is no match for the final installment's dreary life lessons.
It ain't only the DeLorean that's out of gas.
A fitting end to one of the most enjoyable fantasy series of the 1980s.
A clever and enjoyable wrapping-up of the time-travelling adventures.
Fttingly the one installment in the trilogy that most resembles an old-fashioned movie, from its lovingly evoked western setting to its charmingly sentimental mood.
A triumphant combination of comedy, science fiction, romance and the Western.
Overall this is a good time, but the steampunk adventure doesn't thrill us quite as much as the original.
Audience Reviews for Back to the Future Part III
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- Dr. Emmett Brown: It means your future hasn't been written yet, no one's has. Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one.
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- Marty McFly: Hey, Doc. Where are you going now? Back to the future?
- Dr. Emmett Brown: No, already been there.
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- Dr. Emmett Brown: It's a very interesting story, future boy, but there's one thing that doesn't make sense, If a me of the future is now in the past, how could possibly know about it?
- Marty McFly: You sent me a letter.
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- Marty McFly: Does this place have a back door?
- Bartender: Sure, it's in the back.
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- Train Fireman: Is this a holdup?
- Dr. Emmett Brown: No, it's a science experiment!
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- Colt Gun Salesman: Where'd you learn to shoot like that?
- Marty McFly: The 7-11.
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Foreign Titles
- Zurück in die Zukunft III (DE)
- Back to the Future Part 3 (UK)
It's not a bad film, it's one of the better "Part III" in the grand scheme of things. It's an extraordinary showcase for Christopher Lloyd - and the Western plot works better than "Part II"'s future plot. It could have used a bit more originality. Instead it just takes the earlier films construct and adds Western clichà (C)s to it.
This final installment of the "Back to the Future" trilogy is a good wrap up it just not one that warrants a second watch.