Back in Time

Released Oct 21, 2015

1 hr. 32 min.

Documentary

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Cast, crew and fans of the "Back to the Future" movies discuss the trilogy's impact on pop culture.

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Love Back To The Future like everyone does, but this documentary is a mess.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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rick w

Was expecting oodles of fun and sparkling entertainment. But it ran very slow during the center hour of the film rambling on about the Delorean. Missing dept and never even close to 88 miles an hour.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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bill t

A cute enough look back at Back To The Future. It did provide interesting insight to the making, the legacy and the fans of the franchise. Not too sure why all the hate.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Overlong and self-indulgent documentary, purportedly a thirtieth anniversary celebration of the Zemeckis-Gale popular trilogy, but mostly given over to far too many middle-aged fans who want to show you their DeLoreans. A bit of a wasted opportunity.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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ian t

This is ok but should have been about an hour long.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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You know, for a documentary about Back to the Future, it seems to focus more on the fans than what happened behind the scenes. Meaning that anyone coming to watch this movie expecting a lesson on franchise history will be disappointed. I was a bit disappointed, it doesn't even mention the cartoon set after the events of Part III and only mentions the video game from Telltale Games once or twice. However, I was still left "Oooooh! Aaaaah!" with what the documentary had to offer. We also get to see some unique footage of the original version of Back to the Future with a different actor instead of Michael J. Fox. I'm impressed with how the BttF fans were influenced by the franchise. A guy and his friend decided to build their very own DeLorean after learning that the failure that became a success was not fictitious and an Irish man and his son having a decent amount of Bttf stuff. Impressive. And there's still some educational value. Who knew that the infamous "nuke the fridge" scene from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was inspired by an original draft of the 1985 classic? So, Robert Zemeckis and that guy called Bob Gale who wrote the script were to blame all along. So, yeah, Back in Time is not great and is more about the fans than the actual movie but still remains interesting enough throughout to compensate for any flaws. We need more documentaries focusing on the cultural impact of franchises. Just try not to make titles that are inherently misleading.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Jason Aron

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Steven Spielberg

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Michael J. Fox

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Robert Zemeckis

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Christopher Lloyd

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Bob Gale

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Simon Brew

Den of Geek

It's a nice piece of work, this, although I couldn't say Back In Time is 100% essential viewing. But it's a warm companion.

Jun 8, 2020

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Brad Cook

Flickering Myth

Even if you're a die-hard fan of the trilogy who has seen just about every scrap of video about the movies, you'll find plenty to enjoy...

Rated: 4/5

Jun 8, 2020

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Christopher Campbell

Nonfics

Coming out at the same time as Back to the Future Day has only hurt it, making it all the clearer that this scattered fandom doc has nothing special to offer its audience.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 23, 2015

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Mike McGranaghan

Aisle Seat

While hardly revelatory for diehard fans, there's nonetheless a lot of fun information provided here.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 20, 2015

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Synopsis

Cast, crew and fans of the "Back to the Future" movies discuss the trilogy's impact on pop culture.

Director: Jason Aron
Executive Producer: Jason Aron, Ronald Ferguson, Louis Krubich, Akrum Sheikh
Distributor: Gravitas Ventures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 21, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 21, 2016

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