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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
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44 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 7 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 2 out of 7
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  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    100
    Delightfull time-travel comedy.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    50
    Has an intangibly charming goofiness about it that is somehow endearing: here is a movie about teenagers that contains no excessive profanity, no drug references, and no explicit sexual activity.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hal Hinson
    50
    If the director, Stephen Herek, has any talent for comedy, it's not visible here.
  4. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    40
    Everything Reeves has done since always has the whiff of "Ted" about it. Party on, dudes.
  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    40
    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.
  6. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Vincent Canby
    30
    Meant to be funny, but it only swells the sinus passages. It is a painfully inept comedy.
  7. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Mike Clark
    25
    Wow, dudes. Pu-trid. (1989 February 20, p.4D)
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User Score
8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. SDK
    10
    Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure is the Zen of the 20th century.
  2. ZackB
    10
    Absolutely a film that just makes you feel good. It really does have something for children and adults and it's been my favorite film since the 3rd grade. I still remember the day I finally got the 69 joke. What really makes this film work is the endearing innocence of the title characters. Even in comedies it's rare to find characters who blindly accept others as they are and want nothing more than everyone to just have a good time. Furthermore, in my opinion, it genuinely boasts many clever jokes throughout. It's certainly not the greatest movie ever made, but for just being a good time, it's a 10.… Full Review »
  3. MichaelR.
    10
    freaking awesome.The people that give this movie negative reviews are 30-60 year olds that don't like movies us young adults watch.they grew up in a different generation what they find funny is not funny to me.… Full Review »
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