Customer Reviews
'Back to the Future' was way ahead of its time...kind of... - By: M. Garforth, 06 Mar 2008 
I don't like kids today passing comment on this film. This film is not for them. It is for me, & the many, like me, who saw the film in the cinema in 1985.
It's ironic that a film dealing with going into the past, should inspire, in me, the longing for the eighties that probably equallled many people's longing for the fifties when they first saw it.
For me, everything is pitch perfect. The comedy balances confidently between smart & slapstick & the adventure element is still exciting now. Sure, special effects have come a long way since '85 but it's testament to Zemeckis & Gale that it doesn't reallly matter. It never was an effects movie anyway.
The real joy is the relationship between Marty & Doc. Oh, & Marty & his dad. His mum, too. Actuallly, what would you do if you could speak to your parents when they were your age? I still think to this day that I would have little to say to them. But that is a question for a media studies student, not an Amazon review.
I'm not saying that if you weren't nine in 1985 that you shouldn't watch it. But if you were, you probably love the film more that anybody else.
Timeless classic - By: Gem, 22 Mar 2007 
This is an absolute classic. I first saw it in 1986 when I was seven & it will always have a special place in my heart. The not-too-showy special effects & the fact that a car was used as the machine instead of some outlandish-looking contraption makes the film more "believable" somehow & therefore more exciting. I just wish the the producers hadn't made the two sequels to this film as neither of the sequels were able to replacate the atmosphere of the first instalment. The simplicity of the first film is the source of most of its charm in my opinion. I don't bother with the other two films: this is the one I've watched over & over again.
The film i have seen most in my life - By: megamarble, 19 Dec 2005 1985 - Back to the future is released to the world & i was 8.
Fastforward a few years & BTTF is shown on TV on xmas day. So i watch & record it on my parents VCR. So started a sequence of events that would shape my sister & my saturday evenings for over a year. EVER saturday night we would watch this MARVELLOUS film & never were we bored with it. There is so much to watch for in this film that much of it we missed on the first, second, third showings. Approx 2 hours of hollywood at it's best.
Micheal J Fox is amazing as Marty McFly & Robert Zemecks (of Forrest Gump fame) is excellent as director. Steven Spielberg even had an input (I think he was a producer)
What is particularly good is that this film will appeal to such a wide variety of people. It's funny, exciting, thought provoking & has given me more hours of enjoyment than any other film.
If you haven't seen it, give serious thoughts to renting or buying as you're missing out on what i can only describe as a classic
Well executed and lots of fun - By: B. Chandler, 16 Nov 2005 Marty (Michael J. Fox) leads a languid life. His family is mediocre & just at tad better off than trailer trash. Much of this is due to his father's lack of worth & fear of confrontation.
Well Doc (Christopher Loyd) made a time machine out of a Delorian. Marty being his friend gets to help with the experiment. As a result he gets to go back in time (November 5, 1955.) There he meets his mother; she fallls inlove with him. She knows he is Kelvin Kline because it is written on his underwear.
Will his little visit to the past change the future?
Will he ever be able to go "Back to the Future?"
A CLASSIC - By: Rachel, 12 Aug 2004 a great film from the 1980s, michael j fox shines in this film. I used to watch this loads when i was a younger, & it is still just as good today!!!
