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Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Paramount Pictures


8.6

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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for continuous crude sex-related humor and language, and for a drug-related scene

Starring Mike Judge, Cloris Leachman, Robert Stack, Jacqueline Barba, Eric Bogosian, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, and Greg Kinnear

Beavis and Butt-head hit the road in search of their stolen TV and get mistaken for hit-men hired to "do" a man's sexy wife (Moore). In the pursuit of their misunderstood task, the duo tour the country from Vegas, to the Grand Canyon, and finally to D.C. where Beavis' alter-ego Cornholio makes his last stand at the White House.

GENRE(S):	Adventure \| Animation \| Comedy
WRITTEN BY:	Mike Judge (television series "Beavis and Butt-head") Joe Stillman
DIRECTED BY:	Mike Judge Yvette Kaplan (animation)
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: November 23, 1999 Video: June 10, 1997 Theatrical: December 20, 1996
RUNNING TIME:	81 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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Film Threat Brad Laidman

Even the harshest critic has to recognize the sheer unbridled joy of their ignorance.

The New Yorker Bruce Diones

Their monumentally stupid and childish observations burst like water balloons over the heads of everyone they encounter; the movie plays like a dumbed-down "Animal House," and its idiocy is irresistible.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

A wellspring of lowbrow comedy that leaves you giggling in spite of yourself. Truly, it does not suck.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Those who deplore Beavis and Butt-Head are confusing the messengers with the message.

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Nastily amusing

Variety Joe Leydon

Has some genuinely amusing moments of dumb and dumber silliness.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

Successfully brings to the big screen those no-brainer nerds who have brought laughter to living rooms around the world for nearly four years.

Washington Post Desson Thomson

Takes the spirit of their late night TV show and flies with it.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

A hallucination sequence and a scene set in a Vegas nightclub are so engrossing you forget they're animated; even the showiest techniques don't detract from the story.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Scene for scene, the duo are in good form. Yet this is one case where more turns out to be less.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

Those who have learned to enjoy the duo on MTV (for whatever reason) will welcome this as a holiday treat. Everyone else will have a better time if they stay away.

TV Guide Staff (Not credited)

It's just as juvenile as you'd expect, and even funnier.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Admirers of their MTV series will find a few laughs in this animated odyssey. Others will find it as repetitious as it is vulgar.

Salon.com Gary Kamiya

There are some yucks in this ludicrous movie, but what was amusingly imbecilic at 20 inches becomes simply simian at 20 feet. To paraphrase SCTV's fishing louts, some things just don't blow up real good.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

Has some funny moments, and if you're a Beavis and Butt-head fan, you'll enjoy the movie.

The Onion (A.V. Club) John Krewson

Adds up to another prefab youth-culture event and a mediocre movie.

The average user rating for this movie is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Sam gave it a9:
While Butt-head is indeed hysterical, the real star of this movie is beavis. "Cornholio" is one of the funniest things to ever grace cinema and the music video/mirage sequence will leave you dying.

Pat C. gave it a7:
There's actually some character development here as we take a trip to the shallow end of the gene pool to find out how the boys turned into such losers. Good tunes. Frighteningly reminiscent peyote scene. Easy story line. And of course the maddening chaos caused as the boys who, though immune to stress, are such virulent carriers.

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Beavis and Butt-Head Do America Paramount Pictures

Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
Paramount Pictures