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.
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!'
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
6 May 2008
fresh:
The movie has a pleasing daftness.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
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:
Very silly but enjoyable.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
6 May 2008
rotten:
The film tends to be funny when confining itself to short sketches or dopey television-based humor, flat when pretending to be anything more.