Blackadder: Back & Forth

1999 "After 10 Years... He's Back!"
7.6| 0h33m| en
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What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompetent friends, turns out to be the real thing and hurls him and his imbecile underling, Baldrick, through the course of human history.

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Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Abbigail Bush what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.
Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) Basically if you consider watching this, it is probably not the first time you have come across Blackadder. I would rate the entire 33 minutes good, but not great. Sometimes the humor is spot-on, sometimes it is just childish and unfunny. These latter moments hurt the film even more as the whole air and appearance of Blackadder and this short film is fairly elitist, so it's a huge gap to bridge if they want to make humor on a character having sex with sheep credible. Anyway, the entire time traveling plot and what Blackadder did in these different periods was entertaining to watch. The ending when he returns back to his time could have been better and less self-indulgent. I am not the greatest fan of Blackadder, Mr. Bean or Rowan Atkinson's approach to comedy in general, but he was bearable in this one. And it also helped to see famous actors such as Hugh Laurie (wow he looks so young here), Colin Firth or Stephan Fry (a personal favorite) in many scenes here. All in all, I recommend this 15-year-old short movie by BAFTA nominee Paul Weiland.
Mightyzebra Unlike quite a few people on this website I enjoyed this a great deal. I found it hilarious, exciting and surprising (including the dinosaur bit and the squashed Wellington bit). Great fun all the way and well worth watching, if I do say so myself.This is a single episode of Blackadder, set in 1999 + many other times in history! The day before the millennium, Blackadder plays a prank on his companions, he shows a time machine and says he will bring back anything from the past for each person. Baldrick and Blackadder, with various "promised" items and find themselves really and truly travelling back in time! Hilarious happenings await...The cast:The cynical, intelligent Blackadder: Rowan Atkinson. The stupid, adorable Baldrick: Tony Robinson. + Various actors playing different parts such as Stephen Fry and Miranda Richardson.I recommend this to people who love the theme of time travelling + Blackadder and for people who like fun, mixed humour. Enjoy! :-)
Chris-4712 Even though a lot of people on this forum seem to think this is rubbish i think this is a great blackadder ( although not as good as the TV series i admit ), It is funny and tries to incorporate a family audience to blackadder, I saw the film @ the Dome when i was just 10 and i was laughing my head off. There are a phew mistakes with crew visible but it is a nice short film to end the blackadder series.The crew all seem to have had a great time making the film and it was a good send off after the killing off the characters in series 4, it shows them all as very good friends and Rowan Atkinson @ his cunning best.
ItIsILeclerc First i must admit that i have not seen most of the other Black Adder series, therefore i can not compare back and forth to them. Nevertheles I have to say that Back&Forth is one of the best if not THE best Series i have ever seen. I's genius. It has incredible dialogues and some very memorable quotes. My favourite is when Darlin and Napoleon are talking and napoleon says: "It is my firm belief that the god hates the British and he will intervene miraculously and bring us a glorious victory over the fields of waterloo." and he says it with a funny french accent, which makes brilliant. I have seen Back&Forth at least 7 times and i always find it very funny and a pure pleasure to watch. Every character that appears in it, has at least one very funny and memorable quote, which makes Back And forth a masterpiece and always very very enjoyable to watch.