Rating: PG
Genre:
Science Fiction
Release Date: 06/21/2009
Flags: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Suitable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
Contemporary high schooler
Marty McFly (
Michael J. Fox) doesn't have the most pleasant of lives. Browbeaten by his principal at school,
Marty must also endure the acrimonious relationship between his nerdy father (
Crispin Glover) and his lovely mother (
Lea Thompson), who in turn suffer the bullying of middle-aged jerk
Biff (
Thomas F. Wilson),
Marty's dad's supervisor. The one balm in
Marty's life is his friendship with eccentric scientist
Doc (
Christopher Lloyd), who at present is working on a time machine. Accidentally zapped back into the 1950s,
Marty inadvertently interferes with the budding romance of his now-teenaged parents. Our hero must now reunite his parents-to-be, lest he cease to exist in the 1980s. It won't be easy, especially with the loutish
Biff, now also a teenager, complicating matters. Beyond its dazzling special effects, the best element of
Back to the Future is the performance of
Michael J. Fox, who finds himself in the quagmire of surviving the white-bread 1950s with a hip 1980s mindset.
Back to the Future cemented the box-office bankability of both
Fox and the film's director,
Robert Zemeckis, who went on to helm two equally exhilarating sequels.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
