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Wayne's World
Paramount Pictures

Wayne's World reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 53 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.8 out of 10
based on 13 reviews
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MPAA RATING: PG-13

Starring Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere, Brian Doyle-Murray, Lara Flynn Boyle, Donna Dixon, Chris Farley, and Alice Cooper

In the tradition of “The Ten Commandments,” “Lawrence Of Arabia” and “Gandhi” comes a sweeping screen epic bursting with spectacle and drama... NOT! It's Wayne's World, the hilarious, party-down movie of the year, featuring rockin' tunes, radical babes, and your most excellent hosts, Wayne Campbell (Myers) and Garth Algar (Carvey). (Paramount Pictures)


GENRE(S): Comedy  
WRITTEN BY: Mike Myers (also characters)
Bonnie Turner
Terry Turner
 
DIRECTED BY: Penelope Spheeris  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: July 10, 2001 
Video: February 6, 2001 
Theatrical: February 14, 1992 
RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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88
TV Guide Staff(not credited)
WAYNE: "No way, Professor; we just needed a story so we could string a lot of gags together without it getting too boring."
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75
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
The movie wants to be a laffaminit extravaganza like the Zucker & Abrahams productions, but with slyer humor, more inside jokes, throwaway references and just plain goofiness, as when the characters occasionally break into their own language.
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75
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
As a movie, Wayne's World isn't much more than an amiable goof, yet it's carried along by the flaked-out exuberance of its two stars.
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70
The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
The film tends to be funny when confining itself to short sketches or dopey television-based humor, flat when pretending to be anything more.
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70
Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
"Bill & Ted's Aurora Adventures" might almost serve as the subtitle for this very silly but enjoyable 1992 comedy, developed from characters introduced on Saturday Night Live--heavy-metal fans (Mike Myers and Dana Carvey) with a cable access show in Aurora, Illinois.
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70
Time Richard Corliss
Well, it's sorta funny, and most genial: for all their ranking on parents and drooling over hot babes, Wayne and Garth are innocent kids wasting time creatively.
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63
USA Today Susan Wloszczyna
Actually, as films inspired by Saturday Night Live sketches go, this is pretty good. Count on three big belly laughs if you are over 30, more if you are under 18 and even have a belly. [14 Feb 1994 Pg. 04.D]
60
Washington Post Desson Thomson
Myers, who created the original characters, has to make a feature film out of a teeny sketch. With cowriters Bonnie and Terry Turner, he fares better than you'd expect.
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60
Empire Staff(not credited)
However, thanks to engaging performances and a sharp script, this movie - essentially a series of three-minute sketches filling 101 minutes could be just the right choice for that Saturday night date, while Wayne-speak will no doubt be quoted and become part of the English language.
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50
Variety Staff(Not credited)
Director Penelope Spheeris, with her first major studio assignment (and eight-figure budget), delivers a colorful but uneventful picture.
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40
Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
The Wayne's World concept, which, egged on by a rabid studio audience, works so beautifully in skit format, ends up feeling dragged out and energy-less at feature length. [14 Feb 1992 Pg. F1]
30
The New Yorker Michael Sragow
In the movie, Myers still boasts his inexplicably confident and cheery expressions -- he's a mischievous smile button. But Carvey overworks his twisted mouth.
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25
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Jay Scott
Wayne's World has been engineered to amuse people who are mirror images of its heroes, but it goes wickedly wrong: It's so dumb it talks down to the stupid.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.8 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Lee W. gave it a10:
This is possibly one of the best comedies ever created, following in tradition of Saturday Night Live, Myers and Garth live in their own worlds and produce a movie of epic proportions. The injokes, the real jokes, and the deliberately cheesy jokes are all humorous and are sure to make you want more (Buy Wayne's World 2 as well.).

Fred You gave it a10:
Easily said my favorite movie of all time.

Harry gave it a10:
F all you newspaper critics, this is one of the funniest movies of all time, total classic. It is my favorite movie and i dream of owning garths car one day. Michael Myers best movie * way better then 2 * and I love rock so it just through that much more into it for me.

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