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Name: Back to the Future Part II
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Genre: adventure, comedy, science-fiction
Released: 1989
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 7.8

Back to the Future Part II has an iRankMovies score of 69.8/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Back to the Future Part II (1989)

Getting back was only the beginning.

Release:1989

Runtime:1h 48m

Country:United States

Director:Robert Zemeckis

Language:English

Genre

AdventureComedyScience Fiction

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Keywords

Flying CarSkateboardingCar RaceLightningGuitarInventortime-travelDiner

iRank70

Back to the Future Part II rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.8/10· 621K votes

Rotten Tomatoes63%

Metacritic57%

TMDb7.781/10· 14K votes

With 63% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.8/10 on IMDb and 57/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Back to the Future Part II

Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

Cast of Back to the Future Part II

Michael J. Fox
as Marty McFly / Marty McFly Junior / Marlene McFly
Christopher Lloyd
as Doctor Emmett Brown
Lea Thompson
as Lorraine
Thomas F. Wilson
as Biff Tannen / Griff
Elisabeth Shue
as Jennifer
James Tolkan
as Strickland
Jeffrey Weissman
as George McFly
Casey Siemaszko
as 3-D
Billy Zane
as Match
J.J. Cohen
as Skinhead
Charles Fleischer
as Terry
E. Casanova Evans
as Video Waiter (Michael Jackson)

Back to the Future Part II facts

Budget: $40M
Box office: $332M
Collection: Back to the Future Collection

Our take on Back to the Future Part II

Robert Zemeckis's 1989 sequel sends Marty and Doc forward to 2015 to head off trouble in the McFly family, only for bully Biff Tannen and a sports almanac to derail the plan. A last-ditch fix sends Marty back to 1955, where he must navigate the events of the first film from the outside. This adventure-comedy is the busiest, most intricately plotted chapter of its trilogy, delighting in paradox and overlapping timelines. It rewards viewers who already know the original and enjoy watching a story fold back on itself. Newcomers should start with the first film; fans will relish the mechanical cleverness.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Imaginative time-travel plotting creates engaging narrative with clever twists
•Effects and production design effectively visualize future and alternate timelines
•Ensemble cast delivers charismatic performances maintaining franchise charm

What the audience disliked

•Convoluted plot occasionally confuses viewers with multiple timeline complexity
•Pacing slower than original with exposition-heavy sequences affecting momentum

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