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Movie ID: 789
RT slug: back_to_the_future
RT URL: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/back_to_the_future
Release year: 1985
Runtime: 116 mins
Wide release date: —
Limited release date: —
Festival premiere date: —
Streaming release date: 2013-08-08
Tomatometer final: 93%
Audience score final: —
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Directors: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: —
Producers: Bob Gale, Neil Canton
MPAA rating: PG
Executive Producers: —
Created: 2026-06-17 18:59:50
Updated: 2026-06-17 18:59:50
In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly is thrown back into the '50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown goes awry. Traveling through time in a modified DeLorean car, Marty encounters young versions of his parents, and must make sure that they fall in love, or he'll cease to exist. Even more dauntingly, Marty has to return to his own time and save the life of Doc Brown.
Inventive, funny, and breathlessly constructed, Back to the Future is a rousing time-travel adventure with an unforgettable spirit.
Canonical reviews: 118
Canonical fresh: 110
Canonical rotten: 8
Canonical calculated Tomatometer: 93%
Latest snapshot UTC: 2026-06-17 17:06:33
Snapshot Tomatometer: 93%
Snapshot review count: 118
Snapshot fresh count: 110
Snapshot rotten count: 8
Source note: Imported from manual review paste batch #1418 (full_snapshot)
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| Universal Pictures | distributor |
| Amblin Entertainment | production |
| Universal Pictures | production |
| Billing | Name | Character |
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| 1 | Michael J. Fox | Marty McFly |
| 2 | Christopher Lloyd | Dr. Emmett Brown |
| 3 | Crispin Glover | George McFly |
| 4 | Lea Thompson | Lorraine Baines McFly |
| 5 | Wendie Jo Sperber | Linda McFly |
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| ID | Critic | Outlet | Fresh? | Score | RT Time Raw | Approx Published UTC | Quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177947 | Arthur Thirkell | Daily Mirror (UK) | Fresh | — | 2026-04-17T23:11:26Z | 2026-04-17 23:11:26 | An entertaining science-fiction adventure laced with comedy, thrills and nail-biting suspense. |
| 177948 | Matt Brunson | Film Frenzy | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2026-03-31T20:50:51Z | 2026-03-31 20:50:51 | The first film remains the best. |
| 177949 | Branyan Towe | InSession Film | Fresh | A+ | 2025-12-16T16:01:12Z | 2025-12-16 16:01:12 | Thanks to an excellent cast and hilarious script, Back to the Future continues to be one of the greatest films ever made, 40 years after its original release. |
| 177950 | Matt Neal | ABC Radio (Australia) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2025-12-13T11:02:04Z | 2025-12-13 11:02:04 | While it sucks to think we live 10 years beyond the future Doc and Marty visited in the under-appreciated Back To The Future II, at least it's good to know that 40 years on from their first outing, Back To The Future remains a timeless classic. |
| 177951 | Giancarlo F. Ciprian | Cinencuentro | Fresh | — | 2025-11-05T19:59:39Z | 2025-11-05 19:59:39 | Back to the Future is, in addition to being an iconic film whose elements now form part of retro culture, a reflection on the passage of time and the vindication of the past. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 177952 | Adam Kempenaar | Filmspotting | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2025-10-31T20:44:44Z | 2025-10-31 20:44:44 | 40 years later, Future is as fun as ever, but Marty’s anxiety – and having to confront seeing himself reflected in his father – reveals a sneakily resonant story of self-doubt and self-discovery. |
| 177953 | Fred Topel | United Press International | Fresh | — | 2025-10-28T16:49:07Z | 2025-10-28 16:49:07 | On a deeper level, Back to the Future is about patterns that repeat throughout your life. If you don't break them, you're doomed to pass them on generationally. |
| 177954 | Brian Viner | Daily Mail (UK) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2025-07-09T17:44:16Z | 2025-07-09 17:44:16 | Back To The Future offers a reminder not just of a classic comedy but also of the value of tenacity and self-belief. |
| 177955 | Thomas Lethbridge | Screen Rant | Fresh | 10/10 | 2024-11-20T15:35:55Z | 2024-11-20 15:35:55 | Robert Zemeckis' rip-roaring sci-fi comedy classic still holds up four decades on from its release and is a fitting reminder of the power of love. |
| 177956 | Hannah Rose | CBR | Fresh | 9/10 | 2024-04-30T22:27:29Z | 2024-04-30 22:27:29 | Strip away the sci-fi, and this trilogy is a tale as old as time. It's a classic hero's journey, the story of someone growing up and discovering where his power really lies. |
| 177957 | Mark Jackson | Epoch Times | Fresh | 5/5 | 2023-10-25T17:16:03Z | 2023-10-25 17:16:03 | The ultimate American summer blockbuster. Incredibly clever, nostalgia-packed, and never gets old. To sum up BTTF in one line: "Last night Darth Vadar came down from the planet Vulcan and said if I didn't ask Lorraine to the dance, he'd melt my brain!!!" |
| 177958 | Stephen Hunter | Baltimore Sun | Fresh | — | 2023-06-28T19:56:28Z | 2023-06-28 19:56:28 | Glover's George McFly is the sweetest portrait of teen klutziness ever seen. |
| 177959 | Patrick Taggart | Austin American-Statesman | Fresh | — | 2023-06-28T19:21:04Z | 2023-06-28 19:21:04 | Finally, here it is the first unadulterated pleasure of the summer. Back to the Future is a kick-off-your-shoes, settle-back-in-the-seat movie of abundant humor, boundless energy, and a relentlessly good heart. |
| 177960 | Pauline Kael | The New Yorker | Fresh | — | 2023-06-28T19:18:46Z | 2023-06-28 19:18:46 | What pushes Back to the Future over the edge from so-so to oh-no is its willing complicity in the continuing glorification of the '50s. |
| 177961 | Eleanor O'Sullivan | Asbury Park Press (NJ) | Rotten | — | 2023-06-28T17:54:01Z | 2023-06-28 17:54:01 | Back to the Future is no more than one big joke about going where you don't belong. It has all the substance of junk food and is as harmless as your average TV show. |
| 177962 | Tom Ensign | Toledo Blade | Fresh | — | 2023-06-28T17:47:18Z | 2023-06-28 17:47:18 | Just when it would seem that Steven Spielberg has touched all possible forms of fantasy, he comes up with another one that not only plucks, but plays a complete symphony, on the heartstrings. |
| 177963 | Marsha McCreadie | Arizona Republic | Fresh | — | 2023-06-28T17:40:05Z | 2023-06-28 17:40:05 | Remember how Huck Finn daydreamed about going to his own funeral? Back to the Future does an inverse, witty turnabout on this theme. |
| 177964 | David Robinson | The Times (UK) | Fresh | — | 2023-06-27T21:11:08Z | 2023-06-27 21:11:08 | Michael J. Fox is bright and likeable, convincing as a 17-year-old, and excellent when he introduces rock-and-roll to a stunned high school audience only just getting over doo wop. |
| 177965 | Paul Byrnes | Sydney Morning Herald | Rotten | — | 2023-06-27T21:03:35Z | 2023-06-27 21:03:35 | Despite the frequent laughs, I came out of the movie vaguely dissatisfied. I expected something more original from this... and from Zemeckis, who proved in Romancing The Stone that he can produce fresh, witty and entertaining pictures. |
| 177966 | Susie Eisenhuth | The Sun-Herald (Australia) | Fresh | 4/4 | 2023-06-27T20:50:43Z | 2023-06-27 20:50:43 | I know it sounds a bit on the Disneyesque side, but like the hero's Delorean, it's light years away from all that. The gags, which are plentiful, are served up with a nice wry touch, and the performances all round are as zesty as Zemeckis's own. |
| 177967 | Neil Jillett | The Age (Australia) | Fresh | — | 2023-06-27T20:43:45Z | 2023-06-27 20:43:45 | Back to the Future has an irresistible playfulness. |
| 177968 | Michael D. Reid | Victoria Times Colonist (B.C., Canada) | Fresh | 4/4 | 2023-06-27T20:38:01Z | 2023-06-27 20:38:01 | Just a joyously whimsical, ingeniously devised, well-written time-travel comedy that anyone from five to 95 should find splendidly entertaining. |
| 177969 | Bruce Bailey | Montreal Gazette | Fresh | 3/5 | 2023-06-27T20:36:37Z | 2023-06-27 20:36:37 | In the end, this film puts you in such a good mood that you're liable to forget all about its fundamental contradictions. |
| 177970 | Noel Taylor | Ottawa Citizen | Fresh | — | 2023-06-27T20:34:13Z | 2023-06-27 20:34:13 | It's all fiendishly complicated but Zemeckis is an inventive filmmaker with a knack for the happy ending. Disney would have been proud of him -- and more than a little envious of an entertainment which takes a risk or two, and has a ball doing it. |
| 177971 | Eleanor Ringel Cater | Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Rotten | — | 2023-06-27T19:32:59Z | 2023-06-27 19:32:59 | What pushes Back to the Future over the edge from so-so to oh-no is its willing complicity in the continuing glorification of the '50s. |
| 177972 | Michael Sragow | Boston Phoenix | Fresh | — | 2023-06-27T19:07:33Z | 2023-06-27 19:07:33 | A startlingly funny, enjoyably intricate piece of slapstick satire. |
| 177973 | J. Hoberman | Village Voice | Fresh | — | 2023-06-27T19:04:58Z | 2023-06-27 19:04:58 | This sci-fi blending of American Graffiti and It’s a Wonderful Life is the kind of movie that, try as you might to avoid it, you'll end up ingesting by osmosis anyway. |
| 177974 | Andy Adams | Japan Times | Fresh | — | 2023-06-27T18:59:11Z | 2023-06-27 18:59:11 | Back to the Future is one of the most entertaining films of the year from virtually every aspect: the performances of the cast and production crew, the tongue-in-cheek comedy, the special effects, etc. |
| 177975 | Rex Reed | New York Post | Rotten | — | 2023-06-27T18:45:32Z | 2023-06-27 18:45:32 | Lost in confusion, director Robert Zemeckis and co-scriptwriter Bob Gale don’t know how to end the far-out fantasy they’ve created, and the smell of an equally silly sequel permeates the air like a gas leak. |
| 177976 | Michael Lasky | Bay Area Reporter | Rotten | — | 2023-06-27T18:37:19Z | 2023-06-27 18:37:19 | Back To The Future offers mild laughs and little else, making it really ready to go back to the drawing boards. |
| 177977 | Kim Newman | Monthly Film Bulletin | Fresh | — | 2023-06-27T18:34:53Z | 2023-06-27 18:34:53 | Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson as the 50s people are exactly in the movie image of that decade, and do a lot to give life to the film’s picture of an era when the very idea of having two television sets is science-fictional. |
| 177978 | Amy Smith | InSession Film | Fresh | — | 2023-05-01T22:26:48Z | 2023-05-01 22:26:48 | Back to the Future is a film of many different genres. While it is mainly a science fiction film focusing on the implications of time-travel, other subplots bring in action, romance, comedy, and drama. |
| 177979 | Wesley Lovell | Cinema Sight | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2022-12-20T19:00:24Z | 2022-12-20 19:00:24 | “Back to the Future” is a film you need to see. Whether you’re 9 or 90, you will enjoy this movie. It’s old-fashioned entertainment. |
| 177980 | Victoria Luxford | BBC.com | Fresh | 5/5 | 2022-12-15T14:20:25Z | 2022-12-15 14:20:25 | Superbly put together, an absolute classic.... an imaginative story filled with heart and humour. |
| 177981 | Cory Woodroof | Williamson Home Page | Fresh | — | 2022-06-28T02:09:34Z | 2022-06-28 02:09:34 | The weightlessness of Back to the Future is part of its singular charm. Marty McFly and Doc Brown's time-traveling adventure is one of our great movies because of the way it loves its characters, its story and the infinite possibilities of its universe. |
| 177982 | Danielle Solzman | Solzy at the Movies | Fresh | 5/5 | 2022-06-03T13:37:56Z | 2022-06-03 13:37:56 | Back to the Future is the very definition of a summer blockbuster and the adventure-comedy is one of the best films ever made. |
| 177983 | Wayne Broadway | Black Girl Nerds | Fresh | 5/5 | 2022-03-01T21:18:01Z | 2022-03-01 21:18:01 | It is perfectly 80s with its soundtrack, its fashion, and its gratuitous use of s-bombs in a PG-rated film. I imagine itll be hard for anyone who enjoys fun and mirth not to have a good time watching this movie. |
| 177984 | Allison Rose | FlickDirect | Fresh | 5/5 | 2020-10-19T16:51:23Z | 2020-10-19 16:51:23 | Fox, who was doing double duty while making the first film (he was still working on his sitcom, Family Ties at the same time) was the perfect Marty. |
| 177985 | Mike Massie | Gone With The Twins | Fresh | 10/10 | 2020-08-31T05:54:46Z | 2020-08-31 05:54:46 | By far one of the most competent time travel movies ever made, addressing even the most common loopholes and pitfalls. |
| 177986 | Allen Almachar | The MacGuffin | Fresh | — | 2020-08-04T16:21:00Z | 2020-08-04 16:21:00 | It is the perfect package of entertainment, drama, comedy, excitement, and heart, wrapped up in special effects that still look convincing. |
| 177987 | Joseph Gelmis | Newsday | Fresh | 4/4 | 2020-06-26T13:32:12Z | 2020-06-26 13:32:12 | "Back to the Future" is the best comic-strip movie I've seen this year. It's well-made, lighthearted and is exactly the right length to give you excitement and laughs and a few surprises, and then it's over, leaving you feeling good. |
| 177988 | Tom Meek | Cambridge Day | Fresh | 3/4 | 2020-05-04T17:00:43Z | 2020-05-04 17:00:43 | The play on culture swaps is neatly done, and director Robert Zemeckis keeps it all fairytale-like and family friendly. |
| 177989 | Fico Cangiano | CineXpress Podcast | Fresh | 5/5 | 2020-04-13T21:13:19Z | 2020-04-13 21:13:19 | One of the few perfect films that truly deserves to sit on the pedestal it rests on. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 177990 | Rachel Wagner | rachelsreviews.net | Fresh | A+ | 2019-04-18T21:37:06Z | 2019-04-18 21:37:06 | There isn't a wasted scene. |
| 177991 | Sebastian Zavala Kahn | Cinencuentro | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2015-10-21T10:39:02Z | 2015-10-21 10:39:02 | A great mix of fantasy, humor and drama, with a light tone but not in a ridiculous way and with well built characters you can identify with. [Full review in Spanish] |
| 177992 | Lou Lumenick | Bergen Record (New Jersey) | Fresh | 4/4 | 2015-10-21T09:49:53Z | 2015-10-21 09:49:53 | Zemeckis and Gale have cannily chosen the time periods, which are funny as much for their similarities (political and materalistic) as their contrasts (music, fashions, language). |
| 177993 | Tom Huddleston | Time Out | Fresh | 5/5 | 2015-10-20T05:05:33Z | 2015-10-20 05:05:33 | Every bit as classy, clever and cockle-warming as it was 30 years ago. |
| 177994 | Kathleen Carroll | New York Daily News | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2015-07-07T17:29:18Z | 2015-07-07 17:29:18 | Kids and parents alike are gonna dig this wonderful fantasy. |
| 177995 | Paul Attanasio | Washington Post | Fresh | — | 2015-06-23T14:45:32Z | 2015-06-23 14:45:32 | Zemeckis and Gale have given the movie a core of feeling that makes real claims on us. For all its comedy, Back to the Future is about a kid coming to terms with his parents' inadequacies, a moment familiar to everyone, and the fulcrum in growing up. |
| 177996 | Mark Monahan | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2015-06-23T14:44:34Z | 2015-06-23 14:44:34 | This fusion of sci-fi, action, romance and comedy could have been a dreadful mess, were it not for writer-director Robert Zemeckis and co-writer Bob Gale's refusal to let a loose line or idea escape their pens. |
| 177997 | James O'Brien | Daily Mail (UK) | Fresh | 5/5 | 2013-06-26T11:14:24Z | 2013-06-26 11:14:24 | The humour, the pathos, the tension - even the blooming soundtrack - all conspire to ensure that the tale of a teenager traveling back 30 years to ensure his parents meet and ultimately mate can, given its vintage, now be fairly described as a classic. |
| 177998 | Roger Hurlburt | South Florida Sun-Sentinel | Fresh | — | 2013-06-26T11:04:03Z | 2013-06-26 11:04:03 | Under the splendid direction of Robert Zemeckis, who also co-authored the screenplay with Bob Gale, Back to the Future is a joyous flight into the domain of a teen-ager`s fantasy. |
| 177999 | Peter Travers | People Magazine | Fresh | — | 2013-06-26T11:02:02Z | 2013-06-26 11:02:02 | Just sign on for the trip. Back to the Future offers the summer's most dazzling joyride. |
| 178000 | Jay Boyar | Orlando Sentinel | Fresh | — | 2013-06-26T10:30:17Z | 2013-06-26 10:30:17 | It isn't often that extremely clever moviemakers use their brains in the service of pure fun. But that's just what the people who made Back to the Future have done. This brilliant contraption of a film could become the hit of the summer. |
| 178001 | Sheila Benson | Los Angeles Times | Rotten | — | 2013-06-26T10:19:58Z | 2013-06-26 10:19:58 | It's big, cartoonish and empty, with an interesting premise that is underdeveloped and overproduced. |
| 178002 | David Sterritt | Christian Science Monitor | Fresh | — | 2013-06-26T10:17:25Z | 2013-06-26 10:17:25 | It's great fun most of the way and makes up in humor what it lacks in sense. |
| 178003 | Gene Siskel | Chicago Tribune | Fresh | 4/4 | 2013-06-26T10:16:17Z | 2013-06-26 10:16:17 | Zemeckis and Gale... give us two priceless scenes in which the young time-traveler simply regards his parents-to-be with wonderment, delight and empathy. And we cannot help but share that emotion and relate it to our own lives. |
| 178004 | Simon Reynolds | Digital Spy | Fresh | 5/5 | 2011-07-14T05:15:01Z | 2011-07-14 05:15:01 | It was, is and always will be a true Hollywood classic. |
| 178005 | Emanuel Levy | EmanuelLevy.Com | Fresh | B+ | 2011-04-21T04:42:28Z | 2011-04-21 04:42:28 | The most commercially popular of 1985. |
| 178006 | Richard Corliss | TIME Magazine | Fresh | — | 2011-03-29T15:54:43Z | 2011-03-29 15:54:43 | The picture packs a wonderful wallop. |
| 178007 | Shaun Munro | What Culture | Fresh | 5/5 | 2011-02-16T10:07:54Z | 2011-02-16 10:07:54 | Undeniably one of the greatest films of the 1980s and indeed, of all time, Back to the Future has endured so well because it walks that fine tightrope of managing to appeal to just about everyone... |
| 178008 | Elliot Panek | Common Sense Media | Fresh | 5/5 | 2011-01-01T20:22:51Z | 2011-01-01 20:22:51 | '80s time-travel favorite has laughs, romance, action. |
| 178009 | James Kendrick | Q Network Film Desk | Fresh | 4/4 | 2010-10-28T08:46:03Z | 2010-10-28 08:46:03 | an undeniably fun film, one whose clever plotting, memorable characters, and deft balance of both wistful nostalgia and celebration of the here and now deserves comparisons to The Wizard of Oz |
| 178010 | R.L. Shaffer | IGN DVD | Fresh | 10/10 | 2010-10-25T19:54:57Z | 2010-10-25 19:54:57 | Back to the Future is one of the best popcorn movies ever made. It's ingenuity, time-traveling twist ups and wonderfully vibrant characters resonate in ways few films ever achieve. |
| 178011 | Rubin Safaya | Cinemalogue | Fresh | A+ | 2010-10-25T17:53:02Z | 2010-10-25 17:53:02 | It's a timeless joke that never gets old: One day you will grow up to be your parents and they'll have the last laugh. The innovation here was in telling the joke backwards. |
| 178012 | Eric Kohn | IndieWire | Fresh | — | 2010-10-15T12:57:13Z | 2010-10-15 12:57:13 | "Future" fandom resonates in the public imagination because it marries innocence with high-concept fun. |
| 178013 | Derek Malcolm | London Evening Standard | Fresh | 4/5 | 2010-10-06T18:05:47Z | 2010-10-06 18:05:47 | A little more sophistication would have been no bad thing -- but a good script keeps it zipping along. |
| 178014 | David Gritten | Daily Telegraph (UK) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2010-10-02T05:15:00Z | 2010-10-02 05:15:00 | Delightful and sophisticated to a degree beyond the dreams of today's movies in similar vein. |
| 178015 | Matt Glasby | Total Film | Fresh | 5/5 | 2010-09-30T16:43:03Z | 2010-09-30 16:43:03 | Zemeckis' popcorn classic combines watertight scripting with broad but brilliant performances, all held together by Fox's stumbling charm. |
| 178016 | Peter Bradshaw | Guardian | Fresh | 4/5 | 2010-09-30T16:16:09Z | 2010-09-30 16:16:09 | The counter-Freudian drama is handled with easy wit and flair, like a Shakespearian disguise comedy, and it made a whopping star of Fox. |
| 178017 | John Ferguson | Radio Times | Fresh | 5/5 | 2010-09-30T15:45:20Z | 2010-09-30 15:45:20 | This irresistible combination of dazzling effects and sly comedy propelled Michael J Fox to stardom and Robert Zemeckis to the front rank of Hollywood directors. |
| 178018 | Robbie Collin | News of the World | Fresh | 5/5 | 2010-09-29T10:16:04Z | 2010-09-29 10:16:04 | This film is WASTED on kids. |
| 178019 | Tim Brayton | Antagony & Ecstasy | Fresh | 9/10 | 2010-07-27T14:36:11Z | 2010-07-27 14:36:11 | Boasts probably the tightest screenplay of any film in Zemeckis's body of work. |
| 178020 | Josh Larsen | LarsenOnFilm | Fresh | 4/4 | 2009-03-01T14:25:26Z | 2009-03-01 14:25:26 | Thompson's funny, carnal performance forces us all to face an ugly truth: once, our moms might have been prowling teens too. |
| 178021 | Eric Henderson | Slant Magazine | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2009-02-25T09:21:06Z | 2009-02-25 09:21:06 | Probably the most carefully-scripted blockbuster in Hollywood history. |
| 178022 | Variety Staff | Variety | Fresh | — | 2008-05-05T14:18:02Z | 2008-05-05 14:18:02 | 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. |
| 178023 | Adam Smith | Empire Magazine | Fresh | 5/5 | 2008-05-05T14:15:28Z | 2008-05-05 14:15:28 | To put it bluntly: if you don't like Back To The Future, it's difficult to believe that you like films at all. |
| 178024 | Film4 Staff | Film4 | Fresh | — | 2008-05-05T14:14:10Z | 2008-05-05 14:14:10 | Amongst the finest family films of the 1980s. |
| 178025 | TV Guide Staff | TV Guide | Fresh | 3/5 | 2007-02-26T22:04:08Z | 2007-02-26 22:04:08 | Robert Zemeckis's direction, like the technical contributions, is first-rate, and after an ambling start takes off into frenetic, non-stop fun. |
| 178026 | Dave Kehr | Chicago Reader | Fresh | — | 2007-02-26T21:57:48Z | 2007-02-26 21:57:48 | Director Robert Zemeckis confronts the oedipal heart of the time-travel genre with this zestfully tasteless 1985 tale about a teenager (Michael J. Fox) who is projected back to 1955 and then must arrange the romance of his parents. |
| 178027 | Jeffrey M. Anderson | Combustible Celluloid | Fresh | 3.5/4 | 2006-09-23T03:19:56Z | 2006-09-23 03:19:56 | An unqualified success, boasting an incredibly sharp screenplay and tons of appeal. |
| 178028 | Christopher Null | Filmcritic.com | Fresh | 4.5/5 | 2006-09-16T03:18:13Z | 2006-09-16 03:18:13 | A classic adventure that holds up perfectly today. |
| 178029 | Chris Peachment | Time Out | Fresh | — | 2006-01-26T03:15:32Z | 2006-01-26 03:15:32 | The movie has all the benign good nature of a Frank Capra. |
| 178030 | Steven D. Greydanus | Decent Films | Fresh | A- | 2005-10-10T10:18:09Z | 2005-10-10 10:18:09 | Equal parts hilarity, nostalgia, science fiction, screwball comedy, and white-knuckle suspense in a complex storyline wound tighter than a yo-yo in a centrifuge. |
| 178031 | Rebecca Murray | About.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2005-10-01T21:02:09Z | 2005-10-01 21:02:09 | — |
| 178032 | Greg Maki | Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | Fresh | 4/5 | 2005-01-24T20:43:41Z | 2005-01-24 20:43:41 | — |
| 178033 | Nick Davis | Nick's Flick Picks | Fresh | 4/5 | 2004-11-02T00:06:45Z | 2004-11-02 00:06:45 | Technically, no film is impossible to like, but this techno-romantic comedy comes about as close as you can get. |
| 178034 | Mary Ann Brussat | Spirituality & Practice | Fresh | 3/5 | 2004-08-22T13:57:27Z | 2004-08-22 13:57:27 | An unusual time travel flick about a gifted match-maker. |
| 178035 | Michael Dequina | TheMovieReport.com | Fresh | 5/5 | 2004-04-25T04:19:54Z | 2004-04-25 04:19:54 | — |
| 178036 | Frank Swietek | One Guy's Opinion | Fresh | 4/5 | 2004-04-13T08:21:23Z | 2004-04-13 08:21:23 | — |
| 178037 | Jules Brenner | Cinema Signals | Fresh | 5/5 | 2003-11-28T16:52:51Z | 2003-11-28 16:52:51 | — |
| 178038 | Shawn Bowers | Kansas City Star | Fresh | 3/5 | 2003-08-29T22:12:02Z | 2003-08-29 22:12:02 | Part II was better, but that's just me. The first one is a fun romp too. |
| 178039 | Ryan Cracknell | Movie Views | Fresh | 4/5 | 2003-08-22T22:48:16Z | 2003-08-22 22:48:16 | — |
| 178040 | Jon Niccum | Lawrence Journal-World | Fresh | 5/5 | 2003-06-07T18:40:11Z | 2003-06-07 18:40:11 | One of the most purely entertaining blockbusters of the 1980s |
| 178041 | Janet Maslin | New York Times | Fresh | — | 2003-05-20T17:03:05Z | 2003-05-20 17:03:05 | 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. |
| 178042 | Nell Minow | Movie Mom | Fresh | 5/5 | 2003-04-18T02:29:02Z | 2003-04-18 02:29:02 | — |
| 178043 | Forrest Hartman | Reno Gazette-Journal | Fresh | 4/5 | 2003-03-21T22:49:39Z | 2003-03-21 22:49:39 | One of the best of the 1980s comedies. A career highlight for Michael J. Fox. |
| 178044 | Brian Mckay | eFilmCritic.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2003-03-19T15:35:18Z | 2003-03-19 15:35:18 | infectiously silly and fun time-travel comedy. Lloyd and Fox are a great team. |
| 178045 | Marjorie Baumgarten | Austin Chronicle | Fresh | — | 2003-03-10T08:08:50Z | 2003-03-10 08:08:50 | One of the most beloved movies of the Eighties. |
| 178046 | Widgett Walls | Needcoffee.com | Fresh | 4/5 | 2003-02-24T01:28:19Z | 2003-02-24 01:28:19 | Probably the most fun Zemeckis has given the world. It's okay, I'm paying him a compliment. |
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