Just Perfect

Rating: 10/10 (15 April 2006)

I have no problem giving this movie a 10 out of 10. Exuberant, bursting with inventiveness, this movie is a joy. Marty MckFly is a great character, and the whole movie is done so well. Where are these movies nowadays? This may be my favourite Robert Zemeckis movie. And what a great career move for Michael J. Fox. He almost didn't get the gig; Eric Stoltz was almost cast instead. Flying Delorians and Flux Capacitors, Lightning Rods and Chuck Barry, an incestuous kiss and a disorderly scientist, elaborate inventions/models and pretty girls--1980's fun, indeed idiosyncratically 80's while also transcending cultural specificity...those lacking a sensibility for material from that decade will still find nothing to complain about in this happy exuberant adventure story.