Entertaining

Rating: 8/10 (6 January 2008)

In this entertaining sci-fi comedy, a young man is inadvertently sent back 30 years via a time machine (a Delorean car) and unwittingly interferes with the mating of his parents, thereby putting his future in jeopardy. The plot is silly and full of holes, but it is fun to watch. Most of the characters are stereotypes that seem to have stepped out of sitcoms. Fox became a star with this film and Thompson is good as his mother. This was an early success for the talented Zemeckis, who keeps the action moving at a fast clip. The scenes leading to the trip back to the future are very exiting and well executed. This film was a huge success and was followed by a couple of sequels.