This is a very comprehensive sci-fi adventure...

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 1999)

This movie is really stuffed with all kinds of adventure themes and the usual social "issues" (i.e. confrontation of fear)... It still makes a decent sci-fi adventure. The story is big and interesting, the movie is fast-paced (it speeds even through its more meaningful dialogues).There are some nice special effects, most of the action is original (in a movie, I suppose), and it has one of the most interesting adaptations of the idea of time travel. All the characters are depicted colorfully, without any useless or "empty" ones (for example - the Planet of the Apes' second astronaut, the one whose brain is modified, is only there to give the main hero [the first astronaut] another reason to dislike the Apes). Christopher Lloyd gives his best and characteristic performance here (although I haven't seen many movies where he stars or co-stars). Michael J. Fox gives one of his best performances here, as good as the one in "The Secret of My Success"... Overall "Back to the Future" a very good movie...