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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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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.
Except 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.
Makes a few bows in the direction of time-travel complexities, and then settles down to be a routine Western comedy.
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.
Affectionate, innovative, and vaguely lunatic.
This last film in the Back to the Future trilogy is the most unrealistic of the three, but the story is much better than Part 2. The whole point here is to have fun, not to be scientifically accurate or believable, so enjoy the crazy ride for what it is.
February 7, 2012Super Reviewer
The final installment of the BTTF trilogy is ultimately a disappointment, but an extremely enjoyable one.
December 12, 2011Super Reviewer
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