Where we're going we don't need roads

Rating: 9/10 (11 March 2010)

Marty McFly is a teenager with a lot of problems. His best friend is a mad scientist. His dad is a wimp who gets picked on by the bully Biff. His mom smokes and drinks too much. His uncle is in prison. And he can't get his band into the Battle of the Bands because they're called the Pinheads and Huey Lewis doesn't like them. He comes home to find that Biff wrecked his dad's car, and he was planning on taking his girlfriend Jennifer to the lake. His friend Doc Brown calls him and says to meet him at the mall in the middle of the night so he can check out his sweet DeLorean. When Marty gets there, Doc Brown makes his dog Einstein drive the car and then he gets assassinated by Libyan terrorists. Marty drives the car and hides it in the bushes. Then he walks back into town to read the paper. He goes into a coffee shop and rips pages out of the phone book. He tries to order a soft drink but the soda clerk is confused. He is surprised to find his dad eating breakfast there. Biff comes in and yells at both of them. Marty's dad leaves to climb a tree and stare at Marty's mom with binoculars. Marty's grandpa runs over him. Marty's mom helps him get well after being run over and falls in love with him. Marty leaves his grandparents' house and runs to Doc Brown's house to tell him his mom wants him. Doc Brown wants to know who the President is, doesn't believe Marty. Marty shows him the sweet DeLorean. Doc Brown is impressed. Doc Brown wants Marty to go to school with his parents, and convince his dad that his mom is hot. His dad writes science fiction stories, and Biff doesn't want him going to the coffee shop, so Marty makes him listen to Van Halen, then makes Biff fill his car with horse manure. Marty's mom asks him to the dance. He says yes. He tells his dad to punch him in the face. He takes his mom to the dance, where Biff throws him in the trunk and tries to rape his mom. His dad shows up and punches Biff in the face. Chuck Berry's cousin lets him out of the trunk if he'll play with him. Marty's parents kiss, and Marty goes to find Doc Brown to tell him. Doc Brown is doing a science experiment with lightning. Marty drives the sweet DeLorean to the mall where Doc Brown is assassinated by Libyan terrorists. Marty is upset, but Doc Brown is alive. Marty goes home to sleep. When he wakes up, his family is rich, has better jobs, and plays tennis. Biff gives him the keys to the truck so he can go to the lake with Jennifer. Doc Brown shows up and says something will be wrong with their kids, so he drives them to go see them in a time machine he made out of the sweet DeLorean.
This film is rated PG, but is good for kids over 10 or so. A timeless classic.