Back to the Future (1985) Parents Guide & Movie Info
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Back to the Future - Family Review

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

1985 | 116 Minutes

No MPAA rating
IMDB: 8.5 ⭐️ Votes: 1,208,336

Content Warnings

  • Sexual Content
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    Lorraine constantly tries to seduce Marty throughout the film although she is unaware that Marty is her son.

    About 3 kissing scenes.

    George Mcfly spies on Lorriane in her underwear.

    Although very subtle you can see the words XXX on a theatre movie list in the first couple minutes, this is made clearer later on in the movie.

  • Violence
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    A teen man tries to attempts to sexually assault a teen girl in a car but a group of other men stop him.

    A character injures his hand in one scene. He is later seen with a bloodied bandage around it.

    In two separate scenes, a running gag Biff taps George on the head asking, "Hello. Anybody home?" and gets him to the look at the floor (shoe's untied) and then slaps him in the face.

    A man gets shot multiple times on screen, not very graphic.

    During the lunch hall scene with Lorraine and Biff, Lorraine slaps Biff across the face and tells him to shut his dirty mouth.

  • Profanity
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    Use of "holy shit!"

    The racial slur "spook" is used once.

    A lot of times Use of "Dammit".

    "God," "jesus," "christ," "hell," "damn," "ass," "bitch," "bastard," "asshole," and "shit" respectively.

  • Intense Scenes
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    There's a mild amount of suspenseful music in the movie and a few threats scenes.

    For older kids/tweens and up.

    None/Mild for neurodivergent viewers.

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