The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access television. The show comes to the attention of a sleazy network executive who wants to produce a big-budget version of "Wayne's World"—and he also wants Wayne's girlfriend, a rock singer named Cassandra. Wayne and Garth have to battle the executive not only to save their show, but also Cassandra.
The film tends to be funny when confining itself to short sketches or dopey television-based humor, flat when pretending to be anything more.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Very silly but enjoyable.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
6 May 2008
rotten:
Director Penelope Spheeris, with her first major studio assignment (and eight-figure budget), delivers a colorful but uneventful picture.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
6 May 2008
fresh:
The movie has a pleasing daftness.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 May 2008
fresh:
Hollywood surely accepts the movie's message: laughter is the least expensive therapy. And audiences may happily parrot another Wayneism to Myers: 'He shoots! He scores!'