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Back to the Future Part III
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Not age appropriate for kids under 6, age appropriate for kids over 8; suggested age 8. -
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Common Sense says
Trilogy wrap-up is an old West thrill ride.
updated 06.29.09
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 8 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Back to the Future Part III
Parents need to know that this final entry in the trilogy is better for kids than the sexier Part I and Part II. Absent are the more mature themes of its predecessors, though kids may need to have adults explain some of the plot complications.
Read our full review by M. Faust
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about how Marty learns not to be goaded into doing stupid things by people who make him angry. How can you apply this lesson in your own life?
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Lives in TexasI rate this title on for age 2 and give it- Lives in MichiganI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
just as good as the first two!!!
If you like western movies, or Clint Eastwood, or time travel, this is your movie!!!
- Lives in NebraskaI rate this title on for age 11 and give it
Fun Wrap-Up to Amazing Trilogy!
BACK TO THE FUTURE blew me away. BACK TO THE FUTURE PART 2 was a worthy sequel. PART 3 tops 2, but one's still the best. Anyhow, PART 3 is a fun ending to one of the best trilogies ever. PART 3 picks up right where 2 left off. The 1955 Doc Brown gets Marty to the Old West where he assumes the identity Clint Eastwood and searches for Doc. But Doc's infatuated with schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and he wonders if he wants to go back to 1985. 3 is the most kid friendly of the triolgy, th only one worth a PG rating. No sex at all, unlike the first two. Language is milder too, down to the occasional "d**n" or "b**ch". Violence is what you'd expect from a Western, none of it nasty. BACK TO THE FUTURE PART 3 sums up the triolgy well and will for sure leave audiences satisfied, yet sad that the old Delorean will never flash again. Highly reccommended.
- Lives in CaliforniaI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Great second squel!
I like back to the future more than part 1! It's another great family movie. It has more acton than part one. I don't like Biff. When he is a teen his hair is short but when he is older he looks like and old man!! But watch this second squel!
- Lives in CaliforniaI rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Great Movie!
The Back to the Future movies are my favorite movies of all time. They are better as a set, but you can watch just one, too. This one has a small amount of violence, but it is not graphic at all.
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