Back to the Future

4.13
    Back to the Future
    1985

    Synopsis

    Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

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    Cast

    • Michael J. FoxMarty McFly
    • Christopher LloydEmmett Brown
    • Crispin GloverGeorge McFly
    • Lea ThompsonLorraine Baines
    • Claudia WellsJennifer Parker
    • Thomas F. WilsonBiff Tannen
    • Marc McClureDave McFly
    • Wendie Jo SperberLinda McFly
    • George DiCenzoSam Baines
    • Frances Lee McCainStella Baines

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Boston Globe

      The best mainstream film since "E.T.," is an uplifting reminder that Hollywood can still produce truly great entertainment...The plot is so exquisitely developed that divulging anything beyond the basic outline might diminish the joyous surprises that await an audience thirsting for originality in a reactionary medium. [03 July 1985, p.57]
    • 100

      Chicago Tribune

      So what we have in the middle of Back to the Future, this seeming kids' movie full of screeching cars, special effects and lightning storms, is nothing less than an adult reverie. And if families could be persuaded to see this film together, it might touch off a long night of sharing between parents and children. [03 July 1985]
    • 100

      Orlando Sentinel

      This brilliant contraption of a film could become the hit of the summer. It's a cinematic Rube Goldberg machine whose parts connect in audacious, witty ways. [04 July 1985, p.E.1]
    • 91

      Christian Science Monitor

      Back to the Future doesn't exactly leap out of the starting gate, and some scenes are strung out by gimmicky editing. But the story picks up steam as it goes along, and the last third is especially full of speedy surprises. [3 July 1985, p.23]
    • 90

      The New York Times

      Mr. Zemeckis is able both to keep the story moving and to keep it from going too far. He handles Back to the Future with the kind of inventiveness that indicates he will be spinning funny, whimsical tall tales for a long time to come.
    • 90

      Variety

      Performances by the earnest Fox, the lunatic Lloyd, the deceptively passionate Lea Thompson, and, particularly, the bumbling-to-confident Glover, who runs away with the picture, merrily keep the ship sailing.
    • 88

      Chicago Sun-Times

      The movie, in fact, resembles Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" more than other, conventional time-travel movies.
    • 75

      San Francisco Chronicle

      I just don't know how all this sweetness and light will go down with a teenaged movie audience presumably gung-ho with Rambo - especially now that he's got the presidential seal of approval. And that's no joke, son! [3 July 1985, p.58]

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