Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
History is about to be rewritten by two guys who can't spell.
History is about to be rewritten by two guys who can't spell.
Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
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1989
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Bill and Ted are high school buddies starting a band. They are also about to fail their history class—which means Ted would be sent to military school—but receive help from Rufus, a traveller from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.
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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
90 min
Release date:
17 Feb 1989
Country:
US
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek (modern)
Budget:
$10,000,000
Revenue:
$40,485,039
Awards:
3 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Though its one-liners elicit the occasional chortle -- when Bill and Ted don medieval armor, there's an obligatory heavy-metal joke -- the film doesn't engage, because its heroes don't engage with the historical characters.
– Carrie Rickey,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
22 Oct 2014
rotten:
Make no mistake, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is not a satire of mindlessness; it's unabashed glorification of dumbness for dumbness' sake.
– Chris Willman,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Oct 2014
fresh:
Reeves, with his beguilingly blank face and loose-limbed, happy-go-lucky physical vocabulary, and Winter, with his golden curls, gleefully good vibes and 'bodacious' vocabulary, propel this adventure as long as they can.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
30 May 2007
fresh:
This is extremely silly, good natured, superficial stuff; a lot depends on whether you take to Bill and Ted's unique lingo (which contorts surfers' expressions) and their gormless behaviour.
– Colette Maude,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
A painfully inept comedy.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003