Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

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Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are high school buddies starting a band. However, they are about to fail their history class, which means Ted would be sent to military school. They receive help from Rufus (George Carlin), a traveler from a future where their band is the foundation for a perfect society. With the use of Rufus' time machine, Bill and Ted travel to various points in history, returning with important figures to help them complete their final history presentation.

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Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are just charming, goofy, and silly enough to make this fluffy time-travel Adventure work.

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Carrie Rickey

Philadelphia Inquirer

Though its one-liners elicit the occasional chortle -- when Bill and Ted don medieval armor, there's an obligatory heavy-metal joke -- the film doesn't engage, because its heroes don't engage with the historical characters.

Rated: 1.5/4

Oct 22, 2014

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Chris Willman

Los Angeles Times

Make no mistake, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is not a satire of mindlessness; it's unabashed glorification of dumbness for dumbness' sake.

Oct 22, 2014

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Variety Staff

Variety

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.

May 30, 2007

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Sarah Vincent

Sarah G Vincent Views

The film seems to suggest that our traditional view of greatness in the contemporary US is virtually impossible, but it also democratizes what greatness can look like in a society like ours by elevating friendship, decency and good naturedness.

Jun 14, 2024

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Kristin Battestella

InSession Film

Sharp dialogue and air guitar exclamations provide chuckle worthy moments that have seeped into the cultural lexicon almost because of the terrible fashions, simplistic eighties effects, and the bizarre vision of a future utopia.

Jul 25, 2023

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Zoë Rose Bryant

Loud and Clear Reviews

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure has a supremely silly story that some may deem “dated,” but its classic charms - and Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves' pitch-perfect performances - are still just as entertaining as ever.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 1, 2022

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Fabrícia F Uma comédia leve e engraçada, com o puro charme de Keanu Reeves no papel de um adolescente bobo que sonha em ser um músico de sucesso junto de seu amigo desajeitado (Alex Winter). Perfeito, original, divertido. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/25/24 Full Review Sasha R Unnecessary queerphobia ruins plot and character relationships. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/10/24 Full Review Colby B Hilarious retro comedy, must watch if you haven’t seen it yet Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/30/24 Full Review Shane K This movie is the greatest movie about time travel since Back To The Future. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/25/24 Full Review Nico B Fun movie. Some aspects of the movie didn't aged that well but it has the heart on the right place. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/10/24 Full Review Alan g A lot of fun. Strangely the historical figures are more historicaly accurate than expected. Good acting. Don't take it too seriously and enjoy the ride. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen Herek Director Keanu Reeves Ted Logan Alex Winter Bill S. Preston, Esq. George Carlin Rufus Bernie Casey Mr. Ryan Amy Stock-Poynton Missy Preston

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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: Official Clip - You Killed Ted!