Mixed Emotions Looking Back On This Film Today

Rating: 7/10 (17 February 2008)

When this came out over 20 years ago, I thought It was solid entertainment with a clever story. It was a big hit, and spawned two sequels. I saw it at the theater and several times on VHS. Then, after an absence of time, I saw it again in the late '90s and was shocked to hear 11 blasphemes - a ridiculous amount for a comedy (and "PG-rated," to boot).
Also, the character "Biff" (Thomas Wilson) was so irritating to me (he must have done a good job acting) it also fun out of viewing. I could say the same about "Marty's" father (Crispin Glover), who was a disgusting wuss.
I did enjoy seeing Lea Thompson in her prime: a very pretty woman, and there were still a lot of laughs in here. She and Christopher Lloyd's "Emmet Brown" are definitely fun to watch. Michael J. Fox became an even-bigger star, thanks to this movie.
The mixture of humor, action, drama, special-effects, science-fiction, etc., all made this a film a lot of people enjoyed. Why they had to include all that "language" is a mystery to me, except that it's the twisted world of Hollywood.