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Blackadder: Back & Forth
Comedy · History · Science Fiction · 1999
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.
Movie details
Blackadder: Back & Forth
“After 10 Years... He's Back!”
1999 Comedy · History · Science Fiction 33m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.0 / 10
Community rating
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.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Blackadder: Back & Forth?
For the defence
The Auteur Devotee
“You watch the director, not the movie.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Paul Weiland
Written by
Richard Curtis · Ben Elton
Rowan Atkinson
Blackadder
Tony Robinson
Baldrick
Stephen Fry
Melchett
Hugh Laurie
George
Tim McInnerny
Darling
Miranda Richardson
Queenie
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Court is in session
Put Blackadder: Back & Forth on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“Technique in search of a pulse.”
Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.