Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Name: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family
Released: February 17, 1989
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 50
Cast: Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves

1989

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Orion Pictures Corporation | Release Date: February 17, 1989 | PG

Starring: Alex Winter, Keanu Reeves

Summary: Bill Preston and Ted Logan are two totally excellent dudes facing one most heinous history exam. With the help of Rufus an ultra-cool messenger in a time traveling phone booth, the triumphant twosome bag a bevy of historical heavy weights like the "Bodacious Philosopher Socrates, "One Very Excellent Barbarian" Genghis Khan, the "Short DeadBill Preston and Ted Logan are two totally excellent dudes facing one most heinous history exam. With the help of Rufus an ultra-cool messenger in a time traveling phone booth, the triumphant twosome bag a bevy of historical heavy weights like the "Bodacious Philosopher Socrates, "One Very Excellent Barbarian" Genghis Khan, the "Short Dead Dude" Napoleon and Noah's Wife Joan of Arc to stage the most hysterical high school project ever. History's about to be rewritten by two guys who can't even spell. (MGM)… Expand

Director: Stephen Herek

Genre(s): Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family

Rating: PG

Runtime: 90 min

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Delightfull time-travel comedy. Read full review

Chris Cabin

The thorough goofiness the film luxuriates in, as compared to the covert self-seriousness of nearly every teen comedy ever made, sets Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure apart and heads and tails above the glut of its ilk. Most triumphant, indeed. Read full review

Empire Ian Nathan

An insanely effective no-brainer of a film, sparkling with a simple charm and energy rarely witnessed this side of illegal substances. Read full review

Hal Hinson

If the director, Stephen Herek, has any talent for comedy, it's not visible here. Read full review

Johanna Steinmetz

It helps if you think of "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" as sort of a "Sesame Street" for teens. Beneath the self-aggrandizing plot, the rock music, the dudespeak and the humor lurks a smattering of knowledge. The premise is spectacularly silly, but harmless. Bill and Ted are a couple of woolly-brained teens who spend so much time dreaming about the rock band they're going to start that they are about to disqualify themselves from a public education. [20 Feb 1989, p.7]

Staff (Not credited)

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. Read full review

Mike Clark

Wow, dudes. Pu-trid. (1989 February 20, p.4D)

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MichaelR.

Oct 24, 2007

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.

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The3AcademySins

Apr 5, 2019

One of the best buddy comedies of all time, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a wholesome and hilarious romp through time. Anyone who loves the 1980s or that grew up in the 80s or 90s will find a lot of nostalgia when watching this movie, and the humor is good enough that even kids fromOne of the best buddy comedies of all time, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a wholesome and hilarious romp through time. Anyone who loves the 1980s or that grew up in the 80s or 90s will find a lot of nostalgia when watching this movie, and the humor is good enough that even kids from today or older audiences will appreciate it too. The script is hilarious and brilliant, the acting is divine, and the action and cinematography is bodacious. My only advice to you is to watch this movie, and be excellent to each other!… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

MarioPlayer

Dec 7, 2012

All my smarticles disappeared after watching this movie. It's so strange, yet there's something about it that makes it charming, funny, and just a great comedy. It's also mind-numbingly dumb, but what else can you expect from an '80s movie about two surfer-dude high school students travelingAll my smarticles disappeared after watching this movie. It's so strange, yet there's something about it that makes it charming, funny, and just a great comedy. It's also mind-numbingly dumb, but what else can you expect from an '80s movie about two surfer-dude high school students traveling through time to pick up famous figures in history for a report? Exactly.… Expand

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slider1983

Sep 15, 2020

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure shows that positivity, hope and being nice to one another can bring people together regardless of who they are and where they come from. There simply aren’t enough films like this in the world. It’s a terrific, good spirited movie because not only does itBill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure shows that positivity, hope and being nice to one another can bring people together regardless of who they are and where they come from. There simply aren’t enough films like this in the world. It’s a terrific, good spirited movie because not only does it offer a simple basic history lesson but above all teaches kindness towards others while being so damned funny. Excellent Adventure is a wacky adventure through time that’s not to be missed. Excellent dudes! (air guitars).… Expand

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TTWR

Apr 23, 2013

Good movie, love the Doctor Who reference. The cast is not an overload of special people, it's just two best friends who travel in time to find famous figures in history for a history report. I mean, what do you expect from an 80s movie like this? Most of these movies from the 80s and 90sGood movie, love the Doctor Who reference. The cast is not an overload of special people, it's just two best friends who travel in time to find famous figures in history for a history report. I mean, what do you expect from an 80s movie like this? Most of these movies from the 80s and 90s are underrated because people judge them fom their standpoint today, not like how it would've been back then. when we listen to old Jazz, do we ever criticize it like it just started this year, no. And we shouldn't judge these movies like that either. I think like I was in the 80s at that point, and that's why I think it's a really good movie. 8/10… Expand

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ComandanteCobra

May 13, 2023

Funny movie for 80's kid.
Bill and Ted were like the prototype of Wayne's world or MTV's Beavis and Butthead (some years before both).
Reeves and Winter plays the role of the stereotypical 80's metalhead slackers with low Q.I. that try to pass an high school history presentation with aFunny movie for 80's kid.
Bill and Ted were like the prototype of Wayne's world or MTV's Beavis and Butthead (some years before both).
Reeves and Winter plays the role of the stereotypical 80's metalhead slackers with low Q.I. that try to pass an high school history presentation with a sci-fi and crazy adventure trough time.
The movie is based on puns, history references, late 80's and 90's slang and notoriuos sci-fi movie spoof.
This film has a cult following in America, but it less known in Europe.
Give it a try, it entertain.… Expand

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umbershap

Aug 19, 2018

Worst movie I ever watch to this date. Acting was so bad specially Keanu Reaves.
I really don't understand what is funny about mocking with great historical figures.
Genghis Khan cleaning toilet. Are you kidding me?

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