Even 35 years on, this film remains accessible, engaging and exciting. Its strength are in the notion that it's a human story first, where the time travel element exists only to create wild and intriguing scenarios.

This movie doesn't suffer the kind of aging seen with other films of the era, as the depictions of both the 1980s and the 1950s are faithful and consistent. Even as the 1980s have started to look more like the 1950s today, it doesn't date itself with any wild predictions about technology and social trends, apart from a cheeky, pandering, but ultimately thrilling final shot, which serves its purpose perfectly.

The films pacing and writing is flawless, with just about every major set piece firmly established then paid off. A solid example of bookmarking, which doesn't appear to be too apparent or jarring on first viewing.

The only thing that prevents this film from being a 10 for me, is it's over reliance on comedy to drive the film. I mean, I understand that this blockbuster was marketed as a comedy, driven by its star talent Michael Fox at the time to get people in cinemas... but its legacy is its adventure. I wish that we had a few more moments of drama and peril interjected, with a more defined focus on causality, particularly as Marty deals with strange and unfamiliar scenarios. The comedy is solid, but it occasionally takes me out of the story. In addition, the films ending is pretty cliche, and the biggest thing that dates the movie today, as the characters happy ending is effectively represented by [spoiler]a gross embodiment of the American dream, and reliance on material possessions.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]The creators would get the opportunity to explore different methods of storytelling in the sequels, and they serve fantastically to build the Back to the Future world into something rich and engaging....[/spoiler] but that all starts with this absolutely solid story that could easily stand on its own.

The first time I saw this movie I was 6 or 7 years old and my friend had it on VHS and since then I can't count the number of times I have seen it. Such a fun time travel adventure movie.

**Entertaining**

A man goes back in time to save his mother - or something like that anyway - I was too entertained to fully grasp what was going on. Seriously, this film moves so fast that you will find yourself having to try your hardest to keep up with it.

Great movie. Great soundtrack. Great performances. A shame that the sequels did not live up to this one.

- Ian Beale

Not sure how many times I've seen this (first time was on VHS ~1986 or 87 I think) but still an incredibly fun sci-fi comedy with Fox and Lloyd working perfectly off one another. Holds up so well each and every time I re-visit. **4.5/5**

Earth Angel And The Nuclear DeLorean.

It's 1984 and director Robert Zemeckis, fresh from the success of Romancing The Stone, is trying to film Back To the Future - a film about a young teenager called Marty McFly who is accidentally sent back in time to 1955 and inadvertently risks the future of his family. Zemeckis is troubled by his leading man, Eric Stoltz, who just isn't capturing the youthful teenager exuberance that he wants for Marty McFly. Stoltz is jettisoned and in comes Michael J. Fox who was busy wowing audiences in the hugely popular sit-com Family Ties. Fox had been first choice anyway but couldn't get a release slot from shooting with Family Ties. Luckily the wasted time with Stoltz created an opening for Fox to play Marty McFly as well as work on the show - the result of which would turn out to be one of the most beloved fantasy trilogies of the modern era.

It's honestly hard to find anyone who seriously doesn't like Back To The Future part one. The second one has its critics, because, lets face it, it's a bridge between two better films, while the third film loses some people because of its Western themed plot (the heathens that they are). Yet really this trilogy opener is as near perfect cinema for all the family as you could wish to view. It's a water tight script from Zemeckis and Bob Gale that not only encompasses witty time travel paradoxes, but also dares to be dramatic into the bargain. The first 15 minutes contains a real shocker that is as cheeky as it bold, something that really gives Marty's 1955 quest a real urgency that the audience can buy into as the comedy relief then comes in spades. The set pieces are first rate - hello skateboard - hello rock "n" roll 101, and the makers have fun in winking towards other notable sci-fi pictures along the way. Hell they even manage to deal in an Oedipal strand that is tasteful, handled superbly and garners guffaws aplenty. No mean feat that last one actually. Alan Silvestri provides a whirring & pleasing score and the theme song, The Power Of Love, by Huey Lewis & The News, is infectiously enjoyable. Finally it's the cast that seal the deal for why this is as good as it gets for fantasy escapist cinema. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson & Crispin Glover are the perfect quintet, each feeding off each other and doing justice to the excellently constructed story.

Made for $19 million, Back To The Future went on to make a worldwide gross of over $381 million, and those are the kind of figures you really can't argue with. It's snappy, happy and down right funny, so really, if you don't like Back To The Future then seek medical help immediately. 10/10