From its opening shots, the film is like an invigorating elixir, a movie pick-me-up that delivers thrills and races your pulse but keeps your head in gear too. It's divinely frivolous, nearly perfect fun.
Although I would rate Part III beneath Part I, the final installment does have the blessing of closure: There's something undeniably satisfying about seeing all those loose ends tied up. [25 May 1990, p.7]
Back to the Future Part 3 pulls off something most final movies in a trilogy cannot, it manages to be great. Part 3 is made to the same level of quality as the first 2, but this time adding a western twist that ends up totally working. Rather than rehashing what the first two did, Part 3 gives you something new and fresh to keep the excitement high. Great writing, great performances, great music, great costume and production design, and lots of laughs all contribute to making this movie so awesome.
The series suddenly springs back to life. It's delightful and exciting, with good jokes and fun characters. While it might lack the freshness of the first installment, the formula isn't stale, just familiar. And familiar in a cozy and pleasant way. [25 May 1990, p.E1]
Back to the Future Part III nicely concludes the threesome (calling this a "trilogy" confers just a bit too much honor on an extended, live-action cartoon). Unlike the second, III is quite satisfying -- often funny, and ultimately thrilling. [25 May 1990, p.G5]
If nothing else (and there isn't much else), Part III rises above the wholesale clutter of its immediate predecessor, then contents itself with settling into an easy commercial groove. What remains is amiable kid's stuff, as sweetly forgettable as an orange Popsicle on a summer's day. [25 May 1990, p.C4]
Doc says: "I can't believe this is happening." …That sentence may be the only one uttered in the entire film that contains an ounce of true feeling. Certainly that was the thought on my mind as I watched this depressing rehash of material that seemed original just five years ago, when it was. And "I can't believe this is happening" seemed to be what most of the actors were thinking as they gamely trudged through their paces yet again. [31 May 1990, p.A12]
Doc im back from the future iv watched this so called Back to The Future and i just didnt go Back To the Future i went back to the past. In this third and final conclusion to such a great trilogy directed by Robert zemeckis and produced by Stevin Spielberg. In back to the future part 3 Marty go s to the Dr. Emmit Brown so he can take him to the real Dr. EMMIt Brown and take him back to the future and prevent him from dying in this fun western movie,conclusion to my 5th favorite trilogy.
I loved the first film, and while a step down I enjoyed the second as well. The third film is tremendous fun from start to finish, and contrary to what the other reviewers say I prefer this over the second. Yes the storyline is mediocre in places, but Doc's romance was touching and the steam-train finale was phenomenally staged. The film is set in the Old West and gives the stars a chance to revel in the situations that made the matinée western serials such a delight for so many people. The script is as witty and clever as the ones in the first two films, the direction is once again excellent and I loved the casting of the old western favourites such as Harry Carey Jnr and Pat Buttram. And as always Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd are on cracking form as Marty and Doc. Overall, despite the occasionally mediocre story, this is a worthy end to a great trilogy. 9/10 Bethany Cox
An average ending to what was a quite entertaining franchise.
While it does tie up some loose ends, the story seems laboured and forced and on the whole it's all rather underwhelming
Director Robert Zemeckis brings us the third and final chapter of the Back to the Future films completing the film series as a trilogy..... BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III is yet another sci-fi outing for Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd as they return and there's so romance thrown in to the mixture. Mary Steenburgen joins Fox and Christopher Lloyd this time and I must say at times she's lovely and beautiful and at times also annoying. Back to the Future III is set in the old west with Michael J. Fox calling himself Clint Eastwood which is laughable as he hasn't the talent or the same personality for starters and Thomas F. Wilson plays Buford Tannen in the old west and Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd hatch some plan to push the time machine along a traintrack with a train pushing it then it goes back to the future before the train track ends. The time machine at the end is destroyed and Christopher Lloyd who plays Doctor Emmett Brown has kids with Mary Steenburgen who plays Clara Clayton and disappears on a time machine style train. The acting isn't the problem it's the story as it's so horrible and not as fun as the first two films. Watchable at best.... Made in 1990