Back to the Future
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
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. From TMDB
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Viewers celebrate Back to the Future as a beloved, fun, and timeless sci-fi comedy. [1][2][3] Many highlight the perfect chemistry between Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. [1][3] Some note the film's fast pace and enduring appeal across generations. [2][4]
- Sequels did not live up to the original. [2]
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"Robert Zemeckis remains the beating heart of modern science-fiction films" The first time I have ever redacted a critic was down in 2015, since then, I learned how impressive productions could change lives and start movements throughout the world. Back To The Future represents one of those films, such a powerful, inspirational, comical, heartwarming, and innovative one. Probably, McFly and Doc Brown proffer the …
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Entertaining A man goes back in time to save his mother - or something like that anyway - I was too entertained to fully grasp what was going on. Seriously, this film moves so fast that you will find yourself having to try your hardest to keep up with it. Great movie. Great soundtrack. Great performances. A shame that the sequels did not live up to this one. - Ian Beale
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Not sure how many times I've seen this (first time was on VHS ~1986 or 87 I think) but still an incredibly fun sci-fi comedy with Fox and Lloyd working perfectly off one another. Holds up so well each and every time I re-visit. 4.5/5
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The first time I saw this movie I was 6 or 7 years old and my friend had it on VHS and since then I can't count the number of times I have seen it. Such a fun time travel adventure movie.
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Watched Back to the Future with my kid and he *loved* it. He was SO TENSE during the clock tower finale! So lovely to see that whole thing through fresh eyes. What a movie.
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Critics, per Wikipedia
Back to the Future received generally positive reviews from critics. Most reviewers agreed Back to the Future was among the year's most entertaining films, partly because of its focus on storytelling instead of pure spectacle. Paul Attanasio and Gene Siskel argued that while Back to the Future appeared to be "everything wrong" with youth-targeted films, it successfully subverted expectations by focusing on a relatable narrative with an emotional core, and employed irreverent, good-natured humor. They, alongside Richard Corliss, agreed that it would endure because it offered something for children and adults. Some reviewers, such as Corliss and Leonard Maltin agreed that the exposition-heavy…
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60 of 223 · most liked firstBACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) was rejected by more than 40 studios before finally getting the green light. Most believed the film was either too family-friendly or not edgy enough to succeed. They couldn't have been more wrong.
neutral · AI labelView post →New pitch: Back to Back to the Future Where I go back in time and accidentally get cast in the movie instead of Michael j Fox. As Michael Fox fades from my VHS copy of Back to the Future I have to somehow hook him up with Bob Zemekis and get my self fired. Who shows me how? Eric Stoltz
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Back to the Future’ writer Bob Gale says they’ll never make a fourth film “People always say, ‘When are you guys going to do a Back to the Future 4?’ And we say, ‘Fuck you’ … And you can quote me on this”
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm 55 and today I learned that Christopher Lloyd was 47 when he played Doc Brown in the 1985 film Back to the Future. lol
neutral · AI labelView post →I remember one time I said Back To The Future was a flawless film on here and somebody came into my replies and said, "The movie with the Arab terrorists? That one?!?" That's when I knew I'd found a home here.
positive · AI labelView post →The poop video, the bulldozing of the White House, the criminals, the sex trafficking cover up, etc etc - it really is like T saw Back to the Future II and said “yes, in the 21st century, I will do everything Biff does in this movie”
neutral · AI labelView post →James Tolkan, 'Back to the Future' and 'Top Gun' actor, has died at 94 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s Back to the Future in Memphis- and no, this is not a movie, Marty McFly will not be the lead character. This is about real life history.
neutral · AI labelView post →You've inherited a movie theater, what's your first double feature? BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) THIS IS SPINAL TAP (1984)
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Back to the Future 2 last night. I think it would be embarrassing to have won any kind of acting award the year that Tom Wilson played Biff in that movie & didn’t sweep them all.
positive · AI labelView post →Power of Love” hits #1 on the US charts today in 1985. Huey Lewis initially said no when asked to write music for “Back to the Future”. “I said, 'I’m flattered, but I don’t know how to write for film.’ .. Plus, I didn’t fancy writing a song called ‘Back to the Future.’”
neutral · AI labelView post →Any fans of the original 1985 film, Back to the Future?
neutral · AI labelView post →So was driving home and Power of Love came on the radio made me want to watch this lol. Yep it's Back to the Future and pizza tonight heck yeah. This movie is just pure 1980s awesomeness #filmsky #backtothefuture #80s
positive · AI labelView post →Went to a middle school concert last night where one of the pieces of music was the Back to the Future theme. Kid introduced it as: "Back to the Future was a movie where Marty McFly went back in time in a car, got hit by another car, and ended up dating his mom."
neutral · AI labelView post →I did a number of movie-themed commissions~ Back to the Future.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Back to the Future with my kid and he *loved* it. He was SO TENSE during the clock tower finale! So lovely to see that whole thing through fresh eyes. What a movie.
positive · AI labelView post →For years, McDonald's would run a "Holiday Film Fest" with cheap vhs tapes... the 1994 batch featured Field of Dreams, Land Before Time, Back to the Future & Fievel Goes West. If you grew up with all of these tapes, I bet this was why.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s funny that while watching BACK TO THE FUTURE II (or any BACK TO THE FUTURE movie), we thought Biff Tannen was the worst person ever.
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched Back To The Future 2 the other night and holy shit, you guys, time travel is 100% real because we are living in the plot of the movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →BACK TO THE FUTURE was released 40 years ago today. One of the most beloved movies of the 1980s, and the film that made Michael J. Fox a movie star, the behind the scenes story is pretty heavy… 1/45
neutral · AI labelView post →BACK TO THE FUTURE was released 41 years ago today. One of the most beloved movies of the 1980s, and the film that made Michael J. Fox a movie star, the behind the scenes story is pretty heavy… 1/45
neutral · AI labelView post →curious to see how closely this will hew to Steven Spielberg presents: Back to the Future: a Robert Zemekis film: a novelization by George Gipe based on a screenplay by Robert Zemekis and Bob Gale
neutral · AI labelView post →What's your favorite movie from each decade of your life? 80s - Back to the Future 90s - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 00s - Spirited Away 10s - Margaret 20s - The Worst Person in the World
positive · AI labelView post →pray for me I’m gonna watch Back to the Future with my kids and grapple with the fact that the movie is older than the amount of time Marty goes back 🤦🏻♂️
neutral · AI labelView post →October 21st is international Back To the Future day, I love that film, but it should be October 26th because that's when he left... and it's my birthday... coincidence or evidence of me being part of some secret shadowy organisation of time travellers? I deny everything. ;)
positive · AI labelView post →Happy 40th Anniversary, Back to the Future! Forever among my all-time fav film trilogies! 🕰️⚡️🎸 As a fan of the films, I even worked on a project called Bark to the Future, where I drew re-imagined scenes from the trilogy! The series ran from 2020-2022! (barktothefuturetrilogy.blogspot.com/?m=0)
positive · AI labelView post →Back To The Future, Star Wars) & all time classics (The Thing, Goonies, Hook, and many more) and worked with some of the best movie directors in the business. He was a great human too, always humble and gracious with everyone, & a constant inspiration to all of us who love making movie posters. 2/4
neutral · AI labelView post →Great Scott! ⚡ Back to the Future was released in theaters on this day 40 years ago. To celebrate, we’re revisiting all the folks—from Ryan Gosling and Josh Hartnett to Hannah Waddingham and Andrew Garfield—who have named the 1985 film in their four favorites.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun Fact: Biff Tannen, the vulgar, bully villain from Back to the Future, was based on Donald Trump www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oc...
neutral · AI labelView post →LOOPER. My favorite sci-fi film. EDGE OF TOMORROW is also a time travel movie and it fucking slaps. Hot take: BACK TO THE FUTURE is great. Not a movie, but THE CITY ON THE EDGE OF FOREVER is right up there.
positive · AI labelView post →Every Back To The Future movie was filmed tomorrow
neutral · AI labelView post →“Forrest Gump is a bad movie” No, Forrest Gump is a drama remake of Back to the Future. It’s a time travel movie except every accidental butterfly effect was supposed to happen to make the right timeline. It’s the “Marty playing Johnny B Good” joke for an entire movie. And that’s enough for me.
neutral · AI labelView post →Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Return of the Jedi Raiders of the Lost Ark Who Framed Roger Rabbit Transformers: The Movie Aliens Back to the Future The Big Lebowski Hudsucker Proxy
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched the first BACK TO THE FUTURE film last night for the first time in probably decades, and I forgot what a perfectly-constructed bit of movie-making that is. Will be watching 2 and 3 in short order.
positive · AI labelView post →Back to the Future II is a very difficult film to like, but tonight it dawned on me why: number one is a romantic comedy, number III is a western, number II is a horror.
neutral · AI labelView post →You couldn't make a movie like Back to the Future in 2026 is the thing, because of Woke. Movies now are too ashamed of America. Too ashamed of the past. If you tried to make Back to the Future now, it'd probably be about Canadians travelling back to 2008 or something.
positive · AI labelView post →BACK TO THE FUTURE filmed for six weeks with Eric Stoltz playing Marty McFly before Robert Zemeckis fired him. They reshot everything with Michael J. Fox, who was shooting Family Ties during the day and Back to the Future at night, surviving on two hours of sleep. Follow us for more movie facts.
neutral · AI labelView post →For years, McDonald's would run a "Holiday Film Fest" with cheap vhs tapes... the 1994 batch featured Field of Dreams, Land Before Time, Back to the Future & Fievel Goes West. If you grew up with all of these tapes, I bet this was why.
neutral · AI labelView post →Started watching Back to the Future Part II but I turned to dust the moment I realized that the "future" depicted in the film with flying cars and portable nuclear fusion reactors was supposed to be October 2015
neutral · AI labelView post →‘BACK TO THE FUTURE’ writer when asked about a potential 4th film. “People always say when are you guys going to do a Back to the Future 4? And we say fuck you. And you can quote me on this.” (Via: @Collider)
neutral · AI labelView post →Back To The Future is still a perfect movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Who cares about the Seahawks, my kids are watching Back to the Future for the first time and they’ve never been this engaged in a movie, this rules
positive · AI labelView post →Back to the Future (1985) 🎬💙 Directed by Robert Zemeckis
neutral · AI labelView post →Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 Back to the Future (1985) By Christopher Shy
neutral · AI labelView post →#protagonist for @pixeldailies.bsky.social Marty McFly and DeLorean from "Back to the Future" - my favourite movie! #pixelart #pixel #pixel_dailies
positive · AI labelView post →Name a time travel movie that is not ‘Back To The Future’ 🎥⏰🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →Showing your kids movies you loved as a kid is a scary exercise. Showed them E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, the most meaningful movie of my young childhood. Didn’t like it. Risked showing them Top Gun, my fav teen-years movie. Loved it. 1 for 2. Now considering Back to the Future, but I’m scared…
neutral · AI labelView post →Iconic artist Drew Struzan, who created the movie posters for Star Wars, Blade Runner, and Back to the Future, has passed away: reactormag.com/drew-struzan...
neutral · AI labelView post →Back to the Future (1985) 🎬💙 Directed by Robert Zemeckis
neutral · AI labelView post →If you see this, quote with a time travel movie that's not BACK TO THE FUTURE.
neutral · AI labelView post →Back to the Future Part II (1989) 🎬💙 Directed by Robert Zemeckis
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a time travel movie that is not ‘Back To The Future’🎥📽️⏰🖤 ROAD TO YESTERDAY. A flapper thrown back to cavalier days.
neutral · AI labelView post →Name a time travel movie that is not 'Back To The Future' 🎥⏰🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →That “Back to the Future” movie where Biff Tannen takes over and turns Hill Valley into a tacky casino cesspit… True fact: Biff was based on Trump www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oc...
neutral · AI labelView post →Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox reunite to discuss Back To The Future at 40 – and why it still resonates today. “We live in a bully culture right now,” says Fox. “[The film] is all about how you stand up to them.” Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
neutral · AI labelView post →If back to the future was set today, Marty would be able to go back to his parents time & say “this is like that movie, Back to the Future”
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched Back to the Future 2 Yes, Biff Tannen was deliberately modeled on Donald Trump. In 1989 www.theguardian.com/film/2015/oc...
neutral · AI labelView post →Back to the Future Part III (1990) Directed by Robert Zemeckis
neutral · AI labelView post →Last two films watched have been Back to the Future and Back to the Future PT2 so I think tonight's movie is a rather obvious choice. That's right, Mute Witness (95)
neutral · AI labelView post →#AugustMovieChallenge day 10. Electric guitar in a movie. Back To The Future (1985) youtu.be/T_WSXXPQYeY?...
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