--- title: Honest Trailers Takes a Deeper Look at 'Back to the Future' description: The clip dives into all three installments of Robert Zemeckis’ trilogy canonical: https://time.com/4081845/back-to-the-future-honest/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-21T17:57:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:58:30.183Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Honest Trailers Takes a Deeper Look at 'Back to the Future' og:description: The clip dives into all three installments of Robert Zemeckis’ trilogy og:url: https://time.com/4081845/back-to-the-future-honest/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb614182a860637f/698859620a4a222c809c4fed/back-to-the-future.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: MSDBATO EC002 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Honest Trailers Takes a Deeper Look at 'Back to the Future' twitter:description: The clip dives into all three installments of Robert Zemeckis’ trilogy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb614182a860637f/698859620a4a222c809c4fed/back-to-the-future.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Honest Trailers Takes a Deeper Look at _Back to the Future_ by [Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly Oct 21, 2015 5:57 PM UTC  Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox star in Back to the Future Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox star in Back to the FutureUniversal by [Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly Oct 21, 2015 5:57 PM UTC As sure as Biff Tannen’s Grays Sports Almanac wagers, it was a safe bet that the Screen Junkies team would pick the _Back to the Future_ trilogy as its honest trailer for Future Day. And though hoverboards and _Jaws 19_ have not come to pass as _Back to the Future: Part II_ predicted, the honest trailer has, diving into all three parts of Robert Zemeckis’ trilogy. From 1985 to 1955 back to 1985 to 2015 to 1985 to — well, you get the point — the honest trailer tracks the time-jumping adventures of Doc Brown and Marty McFly (or the inspiration for Rick and Morty, depending on your love of the Adult Swim show). Watch the trailer above to be reminded of the original film’s less savory plot points, how all three films share plenty of DNA, and question just why everyone’s bloodlines in Hill Valley result in such similar looking ancestors and descendants. And for more Future Day celebrations, check out the Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd [Toyota reunion ad](http://ew.com/article/2015/10/14/back-future-reunion-toyota) and hear both stars reprise their roles in the new [_LEGO Dimensions_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/12/lego-dimensions-ew-review). _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/21/back-to-the-future-honest-trailer) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4081845/back-to-the-future-honest/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4081845/back-to-the-future-honest/"},"headline":"Honest Trailers Takes a Deeper Look at Back to the Future","datePublished":"2015-10-21T17:57:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:58:30.183Z","description":"The clip dives into all three installments of Robert Zemeckis’ trilogy","url":"https://time.com/4081845/back-to-the-future-honest/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb614182a860637f/698859620a4a222c809c4fed/back-to-the-future.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jonathon Dornbush / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb614182a860637f/698859620a4a222c809c4fed/back-to-the-future.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MSDBATO EC002","caption":"MSDBATO EC002","creditText":"Universal","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4081845/back-to-the-future-honest/","name":"Honest Trailers Takes a Deeper Look at Back to the Future"}}]}] ```