A well though-out film in which a strong foundation is set the great sequels.

Rating: 9/10 (18 October 2001)

This film is an impressive creation of the incredible adventure of time travel. Many aspects of this film make it work, especially the talents of the great director Robert Zemekis. It is a movie where the new kid on the block of the 80's truly shines with great acting. The other main actors of this movie, eg the Doc, Biff, George, Lorraine were an excellent cast selection.
The musical score for this film by John Williams is as usual, a fantastically composed piece of musical art that fits perfectly in to Back to The Future. The film was excellently edited, contained phenomenal special effects and many great moments. In my opinion a movies main job is to create special moments, and this one had no shortage.
Other aspects of this film made this a success, ie the lighting, set, acting, props(which includes the DeLorean), the several motifs that run through the movie about 'time'(music, clocks, being late for something etc) and many more. The camaraderie between Marty and the Doc in 1985 and 1955 is beautifully contrasted in that they make solid friendships in both time frames.
The audience can tell this movie isn't meant to be a totally series film and that it is also a comedy aswell as science fiction. The deliberate over-acting sometimes visible, ie when the Doc says, "..Next Saturday night were sending you back to the future!," and points straight to the camera shows this, and is appropriate in this comedy. Also when George says, '..And not you or anyone on this planet is going to make me change my mind.." This in addition to the comedy tells the audience that the film she be taken as a light hearted sci-fi comedy.
Robert Zemekis has shown in this film that he is indeed a prolific director. I look forward to writing reviews on his other successes but for y'all who haven't seen this movie it is smash, SO SEE IT.