A well done movie, but a huge and suspensful buildup with a fantastic machine to go....nowhere.

Like other reviewers who could see the big picture,the hugely paid writers of this film could come up with nothing better than toothpaste commercial-quality special effects of some lame Florida nightclub beach with a (very) low galaxy studded ceiling ??!!! And to have the dead dad deliver some mushy, useless speech that said NOTHING??!!!

Things I agree with other reviewers on:

Angela Bassett had to ACT! instead of just acting. She ate the scenery in each of her scenes. Quite annoying. James Woods did the same.

Whenever Matthew McCaugheny came into a scene, the movie stopped dead in its tracks and yes, don't hit us over the head with religion! If religion had its way, we'd all be still living in the middle ages. Science (the opposite of religion) has given us technology and all the comforts that go with it. Laughably ZERO chemistry between he and Jodie Foster.

Zemeckis teased us with the big build up to nowhere. Shame on him for not finding creative minds that would have provided the necessary pay-off to taking a ride in the Fantastic Machine. How dumb did he think his paying audience was? Pretty dumb.

Like I said, well made big budget movie worth watching IF you do not expect a pay-off which this one thoroughly promised but failed to deliver.
A well done movie, but a huge and suspensful buildup with a fantastic machine to go.... nowhere. Like other reviewers who could see the big picture,the hugely paid writers of this film could come up with nothing better than toothpaste commercial-quality special effects of some lame Florida nightclub beach with a (very) low galaxy studded ceiling?? !!! And to have the dead dad deliver some mushy, useless speech that said NOTHING?? !!! Things I agree with other reviewers on:

Angela Bassett had to ACT! instead of just acting. She ate the scenery in each of her scenes. Quite annoying. James Woods did the same. Whenever Matthew McCaugheny came into a scene, the movie stopped dead in its tracks and yes, don't hit us over the head with religion! If religion had its way, we'd all be still living in the middle ages. Science (the opposite of religion) has given us technology and all the comforts that go with it. Laughably ZERO chemistry between he and Jodie Foster. Zemeckis teased us with the big build up to nowhere. Shame on him for not finding creative minds that would have provided the necessary pay-off to taking a ride in the Fantastic Machine. How dumb did he think his paying audience was? Pretty dumb. Like I said, well made big budget movie worth watching IF you do not expect a pay-off which this one thoroughly promised but failed to deliver.