Back to the Future Part II

    Back to the Future Part II
    1989

    Synopsis

    Marty and Doc are at it again in this wacky sequel to the 1985 blockbuster as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

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    Cast

    • Michael J. FoxMarty McFly / Marty McFly Jr. / Marlene McFly
    • Christopher LloydEmmett Brown
    • Lea ThompsonLorraine McFly
    • Thomas F. WilsonBiff Tannen / Griff Tannen
    • Elisabeth ShueJennifer Parker
    • James TolkanStrickland
    • Jeffrey WeissmanGeorge McFly
    • Casey Siemaszko3-D
    • Billy ZaneMatch
    • J.J. CohenSkinhead

    Recommendations

    • 90

      Time

      It twists it, shakes it and stands it on its ear. But as before, the film's technical brilliance is the least of its appeals. Satirically acute, intricately structured and deftly paced, it is at heart stout, good and untainted by easy sentiment.
    • 83

      Entertainment Weekly

      All in all, Future II is another fantastic voyage in a thoroughly entertaining contraption.
    • 80

      The New York Times

      Back to the Future deserved a chance to come back, especially under the cheerful, enterprising, mathematically minded stewardship of Mr. Zemeckis and Mr. Gale. Their new film isn't an ordinary sequel. It's as if the earlier film had been squared.
    • 75

      Chicago Sun-Times

      I should have brought a big yellow legal pad to the screening, so I could take detailed notes just to keep the time-lines straight. And yet the movie is fun, mostly because it's so screwy.
    • 70

      Los Angeles Times

      If "Back to the Future" made you bored and querulous, then the tumbling inventiveness in its sequel may come as a pleasant surprise. Of course, if you were among the 92% of the world who loved the ride in Dr. Emmett Brown's diabolical DeLorean back in 1985, then Part II is your oyster. [22 Nov 1989, p.F1]
    • 60

      Empire

      Directed and played with terrific verve, this moves so fast from one special effects set-piece to the next that there's no time at all to reflect on the basic ridiculousness of its Chinese box of a plot.
    • 50

      Chicago Tribune

      A movie that must spend most of its running time explaining its hopelessly complicated premises, which leaves very little room for anything much to happen. [22 Nov 1989, p.C1]
    • 50

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Some of the best bits of the original movie are replayed here but lose their punch the second time around - the horse manure bit, the skate board sequence. Maybe people who never saw the first movie will get a big kick out of them. [22 Nov 1989, p.E1]

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